Feedback & Reports

I chose to leave my feeder rod at home in order to fish the bolo float for the first time. I was delighted to catch a 7lb barbel on the peg nearest the hut. I missed more fish than I hooked. This is a beautiful beat, but it's becoming quite overgrown. No one should come expecting a comfortable peg.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

Favourable conditions although lower level than expected, fish taken on meat with feeder and bread on the float from the wooded section and the field below the woods, unfortunately the Barbel failed to show. Have fond memories of Fownhope but at 74 I think that is my last "Up and over".

44 Chub

39 chub no barbel

39 Chub

50 Chub, 4 Other

15 Chub

2 Chub

Lots of good chub here. I decided to go all out for the barbel in the evening and switched from 8mm Robin Red to Hinders Barbel Bomb. Big mistake as I only caught one chub after that. This whole beat feels a lot more overgrown since I was here three years ago. I was in a pretty tight swim below the wood. It would not have been my first choice as the bank was steep and the grass was quite slippery in the wet but my options felt limited. I am already booked in for next week so I shall scout the beat in advance to see what better swim options there are. And I will leave the Barbel Bomb at home.

10 Chub

Not quite as prolific as the previous day but once again lots of Chub but unfortunately no Barbel.

25 Chub

Another fantastic day at Fownhope. Plenty of Chub but we think the Barbel are still spawning. I only hooked one Barbel but unfortunately it ended as a 'one that got away story'. The others were both eels caught on luncheon meat.

58 Chub, 2 Other

The first rule of Chub Club is that you don’t talk about Chub Club...

Chub Club is a made up association, for which I am the founder member, for anglers who have caught more than 20 chub in a 2 hour session and not a dingy back street establishment somewhere in West Bromwich that caters for a certain clientele who like the larger lady.

With a reduced sized rucksack and less bait than usual, I braved Heart Attack Hill to reach the Lucky Stones at the beautiful Fownhope 5.

I've always done ok here and it didn't disappoint, with the chub practically chucking themselves on the hook at one point.

23 chub, 1 eel and a big bonus barbel. All the fish came in a mad 2 evening hours between 6 and 8, caught either rolling with fatty pork meat or light ledger with fish flavoured pellet.

So good to be back on the Wye.

1 Barbel, 23 Chub, 2 Other