Feedback & Reports

River up and running hard in a very fast area. Had 1 chubb & 1 small barbel on meat in the morning. In the first swim next to bridge, needed 4oz weight to hold.

Thank you Ian for meeting us on Sunday 24 June. Due to the heavy rain the night before, the river was very high but we found a slacker area on the gravel bank on beat 5 and managed 2 chub between us.
On Monday the level had gone down a fair bit, but it was still not easy. We fished the same place and had 1 barbel (5lb 12oz) and 6 chub up to 5lb between us. It was a glorious day on the Monday and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
All fish except one chub were caught on Halibut pellet. I tried corn and meat with little success (1 chub on meat).
I would love another trip to the Wye in more favourable conditions.
Once again, many thank.

My first time at How Caple Court, and it is another great location. After reading the river reports overnight I wasn't confident of even fishing, so it was great to find most of the beat was fishable. Chose a peg about a third of the way up from the bottom end - in hindsight I don't think the two of us sharing the same peg was the best idea, but c'est la vie. Got in to fish straight away, and had landed 10 barbel to just over 9lb within the first 2.5 hours - and then nothing for the rest of the day!

Had to leave early (some football match - which we lost again!), so not sure if the evening would have turned the fish on again. I did briefly catch a glimpse of something large on the surface around lunchtime, so it may be they were spooked by a pike - one of the barbel I landed had a large (healed) bite mark across his back.

Dad switched to trotting in the afternoon and landed some very nice chublets, dace and roach. All the barbel were caught on Mistral Baits 14ml elipse pellets (2 glued to a hair rig), with 3&4ml mixed pellets in a block-end feeder. 15lb mainline (red mist) and 12lb Guru hooklenghts to a size 10 hook. Daiwa Infinity 1.75lb test curve specialist barbel rod.

Hope to fish the beat again soon.

Another pleasant day on the Wye. River was up a fair bit and preventing the access to some swims. Started early and had nothing until late afternoon. Two barbel to about 6lb. Looking forward to getting back there.

P.S. Would be useful if more detailed parking details could be provided with booking information i.e. a diagram indicating where you should park. Not a problem for many locations.

Another pleasant day on the Wye. River was up a fair bit and preventing the access to some swims. Started early and had nothing until late afternoon. Two barbel to about 6lb. Looking forward to getting back there.

P.S. Would be useful if more detailed parking details could be provided with booking information i.e. a diagram indicating where you should park. Not a problem for many locations but may be useful for this one.

8 Barbel to 9Lbs.
4 Chub to 6Lbs.

6 barbel, 4 chub all on pellet.

Fished 1st day in the deeper swims at the lower end. River still running very high making fishing difficult. Managed 3 barbel and 6 chub with the best barbel just under 9lb. Second day fished above the orchard. River dropping and loosing some colour. Had 12 barbel and 3 chub.

Windy, grey day, river up about 7 foot and not leaving many places to fish as the banks are tree lined and the trees were way out into the river. I found a couple of places to fish but was casting blind never having been here before.
Second swim produced two fish to 9.13, one further lost to a snag then another bite and it went dead. All caught on garlic spam. Rain came at 5pm and it was time to go home, river having dropped about 6 inches.
Can't wait to get back here in better conditions.

Interesting day on Middle Hill. River rising at the start of the day and a few whole trees seen going past in the high water. Started fishing the top end and b.h. Had 2 barbel 8lb & 5lb. In the evening moved down below parsons tree stream and the rope b.h. Had 2 more barbel and lost 1. Around the 7 lb mark. I.w. had 6 barbel in an hour all between 6 & 8 lb mark. River rising and may be unfishable if this rain keeps up Monday. Word of warning banks are very slippery underfoot, put landing net handle in to check depth at one point and had over 8ft of water a foot out. Looking forward to returning. Thanks wuf.