Feedback & Reports

First time on WUF waters, picked a really nice day for a change. This is a lovely bit of water - managed to catch 7 barbel between 5lb and 7.12 all in excellent condition and boy do they scrap. Fished mainly with pellets and hemp. All in all a great days fishing and I'm off to Lower Ballingham tomorrow to round off a great trip so far.

All four rods caught total of six barbel and 8 chub. On site bailiff was very helpful.

1st of 3 days booked on Courtfield. Had problems and didn't get on the bank until 15.30 but still managed four barbel including a superbly conditioned 10.04, and also a brace of 5lb+ chub. All from Legg Meadow on elips pellets behind a groundbait feeder.

An overcast but not cold day we had planned to fish float and maggot until midday and ledger with big baits until dusk. We caught eight chub between us in the morning and six trout. The largest chub were close to 5 lbs. At about 12.30 debris started to come downstream. At first we thought this was clearance from an upstream bridge but it got worse. Huge islands over ten foot across with so much small debris in between that even float fishing became impossible. Ledgering was out of the question. It looked like a farmer upstream was clearing his fields of floodwater flotsam. We sat and waited until 4.00 and things had not improved so we packed up early and went home.

Luck varied between us from a blank to quite a few chub to 3lb, trotting maggots. Static baits on the bottom didn't produce this time.

Fantastic day's fishing on the Afon Llwyd. Saw several rises to sporadic hatches of a very light coloured up-winged fly (around size 14 i'd say) Tried to match but without success. Caught 2 x brown trout, 7inch and 5inch. Plus a bonus sea trout of 9inch (all carefully returned and waiting for your visit!) All fell to a gold head GRHE in size 14. Highly recommended!

Abbey Dore beat - one grayling about 8ins - virtually impossible to fish - coppicing regrowing with 6 stems in place of the original one, and barbed wire so close to river that there's no good alternative to wading, even where too deep for chest waders.

1 x 15 inch trout, on Waterhen Bloa short-lined upstream. A grey, warm morning with a very short, sparse hatch of olives. No confident takes; a lot of fish missed or pricked!

Nil return.

Whatever life throws at you, there is no better cure than a day by the river. Fished with my brother on what has to be our favourite WUF stretch of the Wye. Very clear conditions and the most beautiful blue sky; Buzzards wheelng overhead and Curlews calling in the fields opposite. Between us we had 12 Barbel between us and 4 Chub, all on the pellet feeder combo. The best fish of the day (8:11) came around five o'clock. Thanks once again to the WUF - efficient booking and everything working smoothly.