Feedback & Reports

very warm again, first barbel outing for two years and was chuffed after an hour of landing one about 7lb then nothing the remainder of the day . tried 3 swims and other than the one take not a knock.

1 Barbel

For the past couple of years whenever we visit the Wye it is either 20 feet deep or 20 inches....no doubt others have enjoyed similar challenges recently.
We made the trek up that hill and at the summit were moving about the same pace as the England team in extra time the night before but fortunately the effort was rewarded with some good fishing.
It was fairly steady all day and we are delighted to report the fish still fought hard but all recovered swiftly after given a little time rested in the landing net.
Feeder was the method and did not use too much feed in the low water conditions.

5 Barbel, 16 Chub, 3 Other

Only fished the top stretch for a couple of hours due to there being an England football match on, which we did even win!!

3 Chub

All fish were caught in the evening through to dusk on a variety of baits.

13 Barbel, 30 Chub

Started at 06:00 in the woods with 4 small chub in the first hour, they everything stopped. I change from pellets to meat brought one bite and an eel! Decided to pack-up at 11:00 and go watch the football. The river was very low.
Returned at 19:00 and immediately started catching chub. Had 6 in the first hour, then the barbell eventually started to feed. Between 20:00 and 22:00, I had 7 barbel and a couple more chub, all on pellet.

7 Barbel, 15 Chub, 1 Other

Worst day I’ve had on the Wye to date. Fownhope is a lovely section but it was yesterday spoilt by the total ignorance of a group running a dog agility competition in the field behind. Totally disgusting to see hundreds of dogs being pushed in 30degree heat. The tired dogs were then literally being thrown in the river all around me for hours on end. With the low conditions it recked the day. Far too little oxygen in the river at present..... will be leaving it alone until later in the season.

1 Chub

A wonderful but very hot day. The river was pretty low and clear. To be honest I lost count of the number of chub I caught, they came steadily throughout the day. The barbel were hard work but I had a couple on the float and then at dusk I caught 6 in 30 minutes!

8 Barbel, 20 Chub

Very hot day

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

The river was quite low. It was around 27 or 28 degrees and very sunny. We started fishing around 14:30 through to 21:00.
We fished under the trees below the shallows where there appears to be a deeper section. I was using a running lead plus 12mm halibut pellet while Chris was using a cage feeder with the same bait.

We had a great day and this is a lovely stretch of the Wye with plenty of scope for future visits. The Fishing Passport and booking system works really well.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Steady going, another mid afternoon until dusk session. All caught on 10mm pellets. Nice to catch on the centrepin with a Wallis cast.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub