Feedback & Reports

River was mid-height, and rising due to rain. Fed plenty of loose feed throughout the day and managed to promote some bites by chopping and changing hook baits. Other was a 2-3lb eel. Track up the hill was tricky in an SUV.

3 Barbel, 1 Other

Another great session on this beat , the day started slow with 2 chub caught 100 yards up from the car park , then moved 500 yards downstream and found a few barbel and chub , we met Stefan on the bank who has done so much to the bank clearing swims and putting in ropes , must of our fish were caught on plain meat and pellets , it was a great autumn day on the wonderful river Wye !

5 Barbel, 9 Chub

A slow day rewarded with 2 late Barbel, worth the wait.

2 Barbel

My third and last day, water levels were high, lots of debris from the overnights conditions, but stuck with the olive nymphs and netted another grayling (lost another). Great location to fish from, easy wading and hardly any trees, weeds or bushes.

1 Grayling

All caught on PTN, water levels low but fishable until the heavens opened up relentlessly, only fished about 100m or so upstream from the entry point straight across the fields from the two gates, I would imagine it would be difficult to fish if the water was its normal self as there is barbed wire fences along the banks, fortunately I could Wade as it was only about 2ft deep along the length I fished

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Not good weather cold blowing a gail

1 Trout

The only fish caught all day and the only bite I had all day. A chub of about 1.5lbs - saved the Blank !

1 Chub

This report is for AW


Blanked

Day 2 … very blustery, overcast and heavy rain was forecast for the afternoon. Fished two of the swims downstream of the woods - challenged by the wind and constant stream of leaves hooking up on my feeder line. Stuck with same tactics of feeder with mixed pellets, ground bait and meat or boilee as the hookbait.

Absolutely nothing all day until literally my very last cast - saved from a blank by a stonking 9lb 5oz barbel. By the time I’d taken a photo and let the fish recover, the light was fading fast. Had a bit of a nightmare packing up… it was raining, a swan crawled up the bank and was sticking it’s head into my gear, the brolly pole wouldn’t unscrew from the tilt mechanism and all this whilst trying to walk up an increasingly slippery bank from all the rain… ended up walking back to the car with a half open brolly … I was quite warm by the time I got back. A most memorable finish to my trip.

…I will return

1 Barbel

1 Barbel, 4 Chub