Feedback & Reports

Same timings and tactics as yesterday, just fewer fish! Blimey it is hot, even at 4.30am, not a breath of wind.

3 Chub

Fished from first light until 10ish. River very low. All fish caught before 9.00am. Touch ledger pellets, corn and spam all did the trick. Enjoyed this beat.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

A very long walk on a hot day, not many swims until the end of the beat, fished near the Pumping Station, 3 chub early before leaving at lunch time nice beat.

3 Chub

Very poor access to the beat limits its potential. River was low and fish taken to pellet and feeder.

3 Barbel

Early start, 2 eels, one very large from the Pumping Station. Later in the day fished what we think was Henrys pool, 5 chub, biggest around 5 pounds and 1 barbel. This is a fantastic looking stretch but needs to be a sign indicating beat start and end. Word of warning the canoes started at around 9.30am and did not stop until 5pm. After fishing the Wye for a long time I feel the canoes are starting to have a negative effect on the fishing. Too many for too long. Having said that will be back again for some of the best chub the UK has to offer.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

Walked the whole beat in the morning resulting in 5 chub from various swims. Afternoon, stayed in one swim where 10 barbel were caught, weighing between 7lbs 3oz and 10lbs 14oz.
Really good beat with so many variety's of swims, will be even better once there is a bit more water.

10 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished bouncing touch ledger and large H pellet in the pot below island (by wading out to it) from 19.00hrs to 22.15. 4 Barbel between 6 and 8lb released in the water, all in good condition.
There is a swans nest close by concealed under the willows and pen jumps off nest on top of canoeists if they get to close which makes good entertainment!

4 Barbel

No fish caught but still an enjoyable day.

Mixed bag but turned out well. Spent from 6.30 am to 2.30pm wandering all the way to the far end of the beat as this was our first time here. Only 3 Chub to show for our efforts. 2 of which were on the last peg at the end of the beat. Love that peg and I will definitely make the walk again next time. See lots of potential there.
We ended up walking back to the start and fishing between the Island and Ferry pool for the last 2.5 hours. Had 12 chub here all around 4lbs. Also had 2 Barbel. One about 6lbs and one that was just over 9lbs. A very short fish but very thick across the shoulders. Lost 4 barbel. Just came off the hook when they got in to the streamer weed on our bank (Barbless hooks). No losses through breakages. So a good day at the end. Would have liked more Barbel. Will be back in the next couple of weeks or so. Learned a lot about the stretch today. Be warned, very long walks to a lot of the swims particularly the far end pegs. A good half hour-40 mins at a reasonable pace.

2 Barbel, 15 Chub

Long walk, swims hard to find and access difficult, I blanked but PC had 1 barbel and 4 chub.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub