Feedback & Reports

Day 3 of 4 the WUF. Started fishing at around 10:30am on what looked like a perfect river. 6 chub, 1 barbel and 2 lost barbel in the first half hour (all on pellet) suggested a bumper day, but then the river started to rise rapidly. Managed another 3 barbel in the next hour before the amount of weed in the faster water made the swims unfishable and forced us to move. Again another day of heavy rain. Moved to the top of the stretch and managed 1 further barbel late in the evening, but the weed made life difficult.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub

The rain arrived earlier than forecast so we spent long periods cowering under the brollies. River still low. A slightly tougher day than normal but still a pleasure and we managed to catch a few. Most Barbel caught wading / touch ledgering, which I really enjoyed, although the practicalities of netting them whilst most of your body is under water were challenging.

14 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fishing hard, river low with bright conditions and hundreds of canoeists, they never seem to see you.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

River up slightly but more rain needed to really liven it up

7 Barbel, 11 Chub

I fished from 1.00pm - 9.30pm, unfortunately the second rod had to cancel. Initially a bit of a struggle in very low water and bright sunshine, but I donned the chest waders and found the shoals of barbel underneath far bank trees. Caught steadily enough through the afternoon and added another 7 or so in a manic last hour to finish with 16 Barbel. Another enjoyable day, thanks.

16 Barbel, 16 Chub

River low, bright conditions, hardly any ripple on the water so not the best of conditions. Had fish from several swims, Colin the baliff very helpful as always. Barbel to 6lbs+ chub to 5lbs+. Many thanks to Wye and Usk Foundation, you do a great job.

2 Barbel, 27 Chub

We were disappointed. This beat has been very productive in the past but the barbel were few and far between. The river is very low and sluggish and though we searched hard for the barbel particularly in the faster swims if they were there they weren't inclined to feed. Let's hope there will be significant rain soon. Didn't we think we'd be asking for that after last year!

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

River very low zero on the Lucksall web cam.
Chub fed from the start, 31 between us. 7 Barbel towards the end of the day including my son's first Wye double.
Good to see Colin in fine health and form, thank you for your guidance.

7 Barbel, 31 Chub

Hot, most of the action after 6pm. If we could have stayed up to dusk would certainly have caught more. Beautiful, well kept stretch of the Wye. Continue to see occasional dead fish floating past mostly chub, probably half a dozen since start of season. Fished many years on Wye and not noticed this before.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

What a scorcher! River low, clear and slow but some reward for tolerating the heat.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub