Feedback & Reports

There was only 2 of us fishing on a wonderful beat on the Herefordshire Wye it was stunning as usual ,the fishing started slow due to it being 25 degrees and having the sun shining directly in our faces and the river running very high and was coloured still like a rich beef consome it was tough going tommy bois even tried various ye olde pork products but this didn’t work either ,I managed to get in the trees and fished tight in a bush which was submerged and knocked a nice 7lb barbel but the other fisherman struggled in the hot sun then that evening we found a patch on the river by the steps which was filled with chub every cast we could put the feeder and pellet out and it was non stop takes we had over 24 takes but only banked ten between us???????? all in all it would have been great if the river was running lower and the beefy tinge had passed through and it wasn’t 25 degrees ????

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

Looked perfect for summer fishing - dropping off nicely with a some colour. Managed 9 decent Chub on Pellet from 2.1/2 to 4lb.. No Barbel which was a shame but reading other returns it seems that they are not being caught in big numbers as of yet. As always amazing scenery and wildlife

9 Chub

Fished from 4 to 9 some bites and one lost in weed.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Caught 15 chub over 3lb and one barbel over 10lb passed the island. Fishing was hard due to the high water level ,but persevered.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub

River very high, dropped 6 inches through the day. Spent a while trying to find a slack area as the river was pushing through so much. Finally we caught from about 5pm on pellet. Sunny enjoyable day but very hard fishing.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived to find the river high but fishable, weather was very bad with high winds and rain,
expensive umberela smashed to bits. Caught 1 barbel each but had to finish early due to a bad hail storm, rearly like this venue just a shame about the weather.

2 Barbel

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Not a great end to the season for us...we arrived with limited expectations due to the state or should we say spate of the river which continued to rise during the course of the day.A cold wind and showers blowing into our face all day did not lift the mood much either!! A couple of tentative bites missed resulted us in blanking on this productive beat...our lack of experience in these type of conditions probably to blame though....But we consoled ourselves with a great meal and night in the Cottage of Content up the road and decided in the morning to cut our fishing weekend short and make the long trek back home.
On a final note many thanks to WUF and owners of all the beats for allowing us the opportunity to fish on the magical Wye...and to all our fellow anglers who take the time to post a report...just hope it is better than this one for you!!!