Feedback & Reports

Arrived to find the river up and chocolate brown with a fair pace to it Very quiet day with nothing troubling the rod top except vast amounts of blanket or silkweed which coated everything, masking the hookbait and smothering the feeder.
Looking at the river level gauges everything seemed to be gradually dropping in the evening which is when bites started to occur. An eel of 1.5lb started it, a gnarly battered looking barbel of not quite 5lb gave a great fight despite its torn, bent and mangled tail not to mention a 50p sized sore on its flank.
A chublet of 6oz swallowed a 16mm pellet and finished with one of 2.5lb on meat.
Can't wait to return though to what is a breathtakingly beautiful stretch. All sorts of creatures to be seen, egrets, herons, buzzards, deer, all manner of birds but the crowning glory was a goldcrest sat in the tree above me.

Stunning

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

real struggle with the weed coming down

1 Barbel

A good day although a bit slow on the fishing front. Always good to be on this lovely stretch of the Wye. River looked good with a bit of colour but could probably benefit from a rise in level.
All fish caught on feeder tactics. 1 barbel and one chub apiece from the top of the stretch. Have had some huge days here and will be back.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

River looking good and a bit less weed coming down today. Mostly cloudy, so I started in a spirit of optimism. Small chub from the off, whatever the bait and twice as many must have fallen off as I landed. Once again no sign of the barbel. I think I may revert to my former habit of not trying to catch them in the first couple of weeks of the season. But then it's good to be on the Wye even if the fish are elusive.

10 Chub

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

The other were chublets the far bank was full of them!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 6 Other

Dry & sunny, river low and weedy. Fished from 2:00 - 22:00 Nothing ! Fished usual 3 swims using pellet feeder and tried sweet corn Disappointing but relaxing

Weather extremely hot with bright sunlight. River the colour of tea but with a reasonable flow. Did not start fishing until 5.30pm. Fished the top end of the beat. All fish caught on luncheon meat.

6 Chub

Love this beat but again bewildered by the lack of reports.

Small chub taken throughout the day, in several different swims. Roving between 3 that I baited with a handful of pellets every hour was key and brought on the bites on the first or second casts.

Fished from 10am to 10pm. All fish caught on pellet and cage feeder.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

Warm sunny day, river up a bit and carrying plenty of colour (brown, not green!). Fish very fickle. 6 hours trotting with pellets and meat produced 16 chub. Most around 3/4 of a pound, but one decent 4lb plus fish.

Lovely trotting swim, nice upstream wind, should have caught much more...…….

No sign of any barbel.