Feedback & Reports

Fished here before and had varying success in different conditions. Today's tally was way above our expectations. Chose a good looking area today and we fished our simple method of bomb and pellet again and just catapulted pellets in the right place all day to keep fish interested. Started mid day until dusk as usual and caught steadily with a better spell in the evening. The barbel scrapped well and we had some chunky specimens with plenty in the 7lb to 8lb range.
Nice to get the centrepin screeching too! Nice to watch the heron hunting and a kingfisher doing well too. Must be a great river for them to survive on.

Another memorable day on the Wye.

20 Barbel, 1 Chub

A fairly tough day due to bright conditions and a low river. Winkled out a few chub throughout the day before the barbel fed after 7pm.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub

Best day ever including my first 10!, 3 nines and an eight. Whole day was a bit of an experiment trying out some pellet rig changes recommended by a popular Wye guide so the plan was for a short session but what a session. River was low and clear with the usual canoeists all of whom behaved brilliantly.
Great day. Will be back for more.
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9 Barbel, 3 Chub

A hot bright day, started at dawn to try and beat the canoeist's and blazing sun...... two coloured fish seen jumping, alas no fish caught. Packed it in at 10.00am.......
WUF Note: there is a different arrangement for canoeing this stretch - canoeing takes place out of season and during spates

River very low indeed. We were able to hold bottom with 2 and 2.5oz feeders fished across the river next to far bank cover which is where the barbel were. Nothing much caught in more open water. Most of the fish were in the 4-6lb bracket with three touching 9lbs. We fished two of only three swims we could find. Gratifying to see some effort has been made for access to these swims by the installation of some steps - same spot my friend fell down last year and dislocated his shoulder!
A picturesque stretch marred only by the severe lack of swims, which is a shame because there is some interesting water which is just completely inaccessible.

17 Barbel, 8 Chub

Caught on a beaded nymph in the early afternoon. Water very clear and quite high.

1 Trout

Cone head yellow and black caught at 11.55am in Jack Dunn. I have previously lost 7 fish the last one 10 minutes before this 16lb hen fish. Despite other fishers being extremely experienced nothing else touched due to weather conditions. I begin to question whether we should be fishing now that the water temperature is around 68 degrees

1 Salmon

Much better conditions today, river still low and clear but more cloud cover. Fished pellet and feeder in the fastest flow and produced a few bites and 4 banked barbel.

4 Barbel

3 Trout

Evening ticket. A salmon in the pool above the bridge treated us to a leap. Trout rising but picky and spooky, as usual. Finally managed a couple each before it was too dark to see. There are some good sized fish, but hard to catch in low clear water that is barely moving. Good challenge on a beautiful beat. Praying for rain now.

4 Trout