Feedback & Reports

Very enjoyable day, weather good and river had a good flow.

1 barbel and chub caught mid morning, had to wait until the last 2 hours to get the other chub and 3 barbel.
Best barbel 8lb.4oz

All fish caught on pellet bait fished with a PVA bag

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 Barbel, 41 Chub

First time on this beat. Parking for 2 cars on the grass verge by the stile to the river in a lane with access only to the manor house, so safe. Easy clean grassy walk to and along the river which was just as well as I'd left a drying welliy from yesterday in the house, DOH!

Conditions were again overcast with a lighter breeze and with the overnight rain adding a bit of colour, prospects looked good. Started in the 3 swims at and below the hut. One chub on GB feeder and nothing on the float prompted a move for me down below my mates, to the first big croy, with the intent of running a float down the crease - that was before the thunderstorm and it DID rain!

SM had a chub and a 7lb barbel hooked on halibut pellet in the storm whilst holding his brolley. Almost immediately the river started coming up. I had 2 more chub and an 8.10lb barbel on a fishy boillie at 1410.

During the afternoon the river rose about 2 foot and the other 2 left at 1630 after a biteless 3 hours. As I was thinking I'd already had a good day I had the first of 3 late barbel on spicy sausage pellets to make it a great day before leaving at 1815. With lots of comfy swims and an easy walk we will definitely return to this beat. Thank you WUF.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

A good day on the Wye in unseasonally warm, if somewhat damp weather. There wasn't much sign of fish until about 3.00pm when everything happened in the space of about 30 minutes and it then went to sleep again. I'm guessing a shoal passed through heading upstream feeding as they travelled.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very quiet all day, until late evening 'fish-a-chuck' madness.

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

12 Chub

10 Chub

Arrived early, nice and easy to access in general however, the bank at the lower end is treacherous to say the least. No reflection on anyone just nature eroding the bank and wet slippy mud.
1st cast lost a chub, I know this as he left me a calling card from our very brief encounter. 2nd cast lost a barbel at the net as the hook link gave out. Picked up a nice chub about 11am and then quite until 4pm when I got another chub. 2 barbel in quick succession at 5pm, hit a third which I can only assume was a barbel but obviously no-one had told it I was a paying customer as it took me straight into a snag. That was the end of that, I considered re-tackling but I figured it was a sign!

Great day and a lovely beat.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 Barbel, 8 Chub