Feedback & Reports

Another tough day, the river here is really low with very little flow, not helped by three abstraction pumps doing there best to empty the river. We only fished the morning and thought the storm in the night may have freshened things up a little, not to be. We struggled to get any interest in baits at all and the four chaps on the opposite bank had nothing either, and they were using maggots, I thought they weren't allowed until September 16th??? Although the fishing was tough, we all had a great time and thanks go to the Wye & Usk for opening up these fantastic places to fish.

WUF note - Maggots, pupae or non-aquatic larvae can only be used between 15th September and 14th March (inclusive). No fish roe or crayfish baits.

1 Chub

Weather hot and river low. Not a bite all day. Lots of canoes most of whom were well behaved, but some decided to ignore the code and messed about right infront of me.

Too hot, one nice chub for a lot of effort.

Difficult day. River very low and clear. A few small chublets, one decent chub and one barbel on the waggler. No bites at all on the feeder.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished the top of the beat in the afternoon in the heat of a scorching day and received not a single bite for my efforts. Moved downstream and fished the beach in the evening with the desired effect. Lots of interest from the resident barbel and two 5 pounders landed plus an eel. The former on halibut pellets and the latter on a piece of luncheon meat. A wonderful beat, great vehicle access and a very friendly farmer. Banks are very steep at the top end but the lower end is pretty easy going, I even managed to get a chair out. Many thanks to WUF.

2 Barbel, 1 Other

Very hard conditions, steaming hot and low river combined.
We only caught 1 barbel and 1 chub. But the Barbel weighed 9 pound and was in mint condition. Still a very enjoyable day.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fantastic day with great fishing. Float.

5 Barbel, 16 Chub

It was a very windy day with conditions not ideal. Both my brother and I were trying for barbel fishing halibut pellets on open ended feeder rigs. My brother caught 4 barbel to about 6lbs in weight and I caught 1 barbel and 1 small chub. Very enjayable day in lovely surroundings.

Only 2 anglers in party although there were 5 anglers on the opposite bank. Warm overcast day river was running low.
Walked the whole stretch and settled for 2 pegs at very bottom of stretch in fast water. No action so moved early afternoon and my friend fished edge of pool and caught several chub, I fished in front of 'salmon hut' and caught 3 barbel on boilie pellet best about 7.5 lb. Packed up at about 7pm.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub