Feedback & Reports

Four anglers travelled up from Oxfordshire, two of whom were looking to catch a barbel for the first time. Arriving just before lunchtime, river conditions were excellent, coloured and flowing following significant rain in the week before. Early signs were good for two of the group, settled in the first swim to the left of the tree line in the middle of the beat... they had a few fish immediately. The other two rods picked a swim further upstream, which despite looking promising delivered nothing. So around 3pm, they moved downstream below the other two where a few bites were to be had. All in all, 15 barbel were caught between four rods, along with a solitary modest chub. I was a little surprised by the lack of chub, I've also seen more eels on this beat when fishing it before (and I even tried luncheon meat on a number of casts, without a nibble!). However, all in all this will go down as a very good day's fishing as both of the newcomers were relieved of their barbel virginity. All fish fell to pellets below groundbait/pellet feeders. Surprisingly, given the excellent river conditions, there were no anglers on the far bank? So we had the stretch to ourselves which suited us just fine. Thanks to WUF, beat directions were great, we parked through the gate in the sweetcorn field, and subsequent access to the river was easy. I'm sure I said this the last time, but I can certainly see us coming back here in the future.

15 Barbel, 1 Chub

River in perfect condition, bit of colour still visible, started slowly with just 1 barbel.
Then switched on in afternoon. Had 4 small barbel about 1lb and the rest between 6lb & 8lb, the biggest had 3 hooks in its mouth which I removed. There seems to be a barbel population explosion this year, ive never caught so many small fish.
The biggest chub was about 3 1/2- 4lb. Fantastic day.

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

Nice place. River was down to about it's normal level for the time of year. Plenty of Commorants knocking about and a Mink. Parking is not great and a lot of anglers on the opposite bank. So if you don't get there early you are likely to struggle because those opposite will be fishing into your swim

3 Barbel

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

River still well up after last week's spate. Weather bright. Started fishing soon after 2.00 pm and had four barbel (and lost two) in the first three hours. It was quiet for the next hour and I was about to move to another swim when I caught another fish, so I stayed where I was. Probably a mistake as nothing else before darkness fell. All on pellet and feeder.

5 Barbel

Fished a rising river on the float. Lost more fish than we landed. a great day on a beautiful stretch.Many thanks

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Another slow day after fishing the Creel the day before, however still very enjoyable in stunning surroundings.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

River level peaked overnight and dropped slowly during the day. Due to level and colour the most productive swims were in the middle section fished close in on the edge of the flow. Barbel throughout the day mainly to meat. Most fish 4 to 6lbs with best of 9lbs. Also some good chub and one eel.

12 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

CM and GW second day on the Wye. Both had a good day with fish being caught steadily throughout the day. Fished from 11am until 6.30pm and had 17 Barbel and 1 Chub between us. Thanks.

17 Barbel, 1 Chub