Feedback & Reports

Was hoping for the best with the weather we've had but arrived to find it well up and seriously pushing through. Was on the verge of giving up but then had a flurry of activity early afternoon fishing in the downstream field.
Fished feeders with extra leads up to 8oz and still struggling to hold bottom but when it held bites came.
4 smaller fish, one of 3/4lb and the rest 6+ up to 7.10.
All went quiet but suspect that was something to do with the otter patrolling the near margin during the afternoon. Always worth the 2 hour drive!

9 Barbel

fished by the car park gate. River rising slowly, plenty of leaves/debris on the line. Bites on robin red and meat.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Chub

Complete washout. Couldn't even get to the water to attempt to fish. Certainly not a beat for higher water levels.And please wye & usk. Change your info. The courtfield Arms no longer exists. Is now ' river wye Lodge. We struggled to find location until we did a few drive byes.

Flood conditions, river came up .5m during the day, couldn't hold bottom with 6oz lead more than one rod length out

River pushing through and coloured. Most fish from the big slack peg.

Chub up to 3lb, but mostly small. Barbel 4&5lb

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

7 Barbel including a PB of 10lb 9oz. The rest were all between 5 1/2 to 9 1/2 lbs.

The river was 1m up after the weekend rain.
A perfect day on the Wye.

7 Barbel

Got there and the r8ver was over 2m and flowing through very fast, almost turnt round and went home, walked a little and found a nice slack in the margin. Had a bit in the first 30 mins and ended up spending 9 hours in the same place, ended up with 7 chub upto 5lb7oz (new pb) All caught on 14mm halibut pellet, switched to meat and had an eel so switched back straight away.

7 Chub, 1 Other

The best fishing was in the slower water close to the bank after recent rains put the level up to 7' on the Lydbrook guage a few miles upriver. Three barbel at 4, 7 1/2 and 9 1/4 lbs (a pb) and two eels with numerous fish lost in snaggy areas below trees. A good day in difficult river conditions.. All caught on meat. They weren't up for pellets today.

3 Barbel, 2 Other

Water high, coloured and moving fast after recent rains upriver. Fished the quieter water by the bank and might have had one or two more if they hadn’t escaped in tree roots.
Two decent eels also put a bend in my old fibreglass John Wilson Avon rod.

3 Barbel, 2 Other