Feedback & Reports

Looked good at 1pm when arrived , opted first swim over bridge , bit too confined with that height of water , moved down and hit chub first cast ,after a little corn loose fed , took 4 in a 45min session float fishing ,then it seemed to shut down ,straight led with 3oz struggled to hold where I wanted it and constant leaves , weed and debris, meant I was bringing in kit every 10 mins . lost 3 Barbel and landed 3 up to 6lbs+ all on golf ball sizes of Aldi chopped ham with pork , in that flow bites were savage , another great day on the Wye , thank you all concerned....

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Tried luncheon meat for four hours without success. Then switched to maggots with swim feeder. Two barbel were caught straight away on consecutive casts, one about 6lbs and one about 8lbs. had to pack up then to go home. Wish we had started using maggots earlier. River conditions ideal, weather sunny and warm. Will go back again and fish differently. lovely section of the wye!!

2 Barbel

The banks were quite treacherous and the river was still recovering from the weekend floods. All fish taken on luncheon meat at the last downstream swim. All barbel were monsters, 9lb, 9lb 1oz and the biggest at 10lb 8oz. Lost 1 more when hook pulled out and also lost half a dozen chub in the nearbank snags, they certainly know exactly where they are!!!

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

22 Barbel, 8 Chub

Definitely fewer fish present than other stretches we’ve fished this week. Perseverance paid off late in the day. 1 barbel early and 4 really late on.

5 Barbel

3 Barbel

A difficult day. The water was a lot higher and flowing faster than expected from the image on the Lugg webcam. This was the third time visiting Lyepole and some of the pools and likely fishing spots had disappeared under the increased water flow. The fish caught fell to a variety of heavily weighted nymphs fished at relatively short range on long leaders.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

5 Trout

Weather was clear and sunny at times. Unlike the fishing. The river levels were 3 foot up on summer levels, so the usual swims were unfishable. The water was very coloured.
Scratched about to get what would normally be caught in the first hour during summer.
Great venue, will come again when conditions are hopefully less challenging.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Nice day, caught 7 chub trotting hemp and caster on the centre pin, lost a couple of better ones also. Fished over the loosefeed p.m. with quivertip adding a dace whilst missing a few knocks on Spam. Location was about a hundred yards up into the wood just above a crib that wasn't showing when I landed at 8ish . Water dropping nicely for the weekend, opposite bank already filled today (friday). Thanks W and U , I'll be back !

7 Chub, 1 Other