Feedback & Reports

Whilst it was a cold day, thought I might be able to winkle out a chub or two on paste/meat/maggot, fishing in the deeper margins , but to no avail. Not a touch, but a lovely day out. I would like to have a moan; there was obviously some kind of clearance work going on further upstream , fishery work perhaps and annoyingly large rafts of freshly cut branches came down stream all day clearly showing freshly cut saw marks. Surely this sort of waste can be easily put on the bank and burned / disposed of, instead of using this beautiful river as a dustbin ? Perhaps W+UF could use their influence to prevent this kind of behaviour.

No bites all day tried various swims, baits and presentations ie straight lead and feeder but not even a chub to show for my efforts. It was cold and the river was pushing through with plenty of water in it. That’s why they call it fishing not catching.

No bites a blank day

Obviously some ' bank work ' being carried out upstream as both yesterday and today was being inundated with debris for 2/3 hours from 10 A.M. onwards. Now on a river like the Wye you expect to encounter debris especially at this time of the year but this was not natural as the large 'passing' branches and 'rafts' had clearly been cut. Basically, somewhere upstream you've got a fishery owner or angling club who are too lazy to get this debris onto the bank and dispose of it properly so instead dump it in the 'oggin' not giving a toss about who or what it affects downstream...

2 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

6 barbel between 2 rods a good return considering the day started at -2c with a heavy frost and the the mist from the river swirling. Usual method of pellet feeder with either pellet or boilie on the hook

6 Barbel

A fairly bright and sunny day. Water level low. No bites during the day. Switched from pellets to luncheon meat and caught a chub of approx. 3.5 lbs and an eel at dusk. My friend lost one barbel at dusk on pellets. Difficult day.

1 Chub, 1 Other

An early start saw me and K.B heading for the Wye again. Traveling through the darkness and pouring rain we were glad to see the river even if it was running low and clear. The section had been fishing well the week before although it had slowed as the temperatures had dropped leading up to our arrival, typical !!! Having fished the Wye many times we knew that it would be a case of finding the fish and fishing hard for the short November daylight. Frequent casts and constant moving saw us working our around the beat until fish were found. Unfortunately for me the first time the rod wrapped over a not particularly small eel was the result, much to the amusement of K.B. Thankfully the Barbel did show up and although the feeding spells were very short and spaced out we both managed to catch. K.B took the win at 6-2.

River clear and weather bright all day, so the barbel were difficult to tempt. However, chub kept the action going in all three swims I tried. Barbel to just short of 7lbs, several of the chub at 3lbs+. Most fish on pellet/feeder, with a couple of the chub on meat.

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

Overnight frost, bright sun all day, low clear water. Thats my excuses for a tough day. I started in the bottom field and as expected failed to find any fish willing to feed, however a move back up to the island area in the faster water brought some interest and a hard fighting Barbel of 6lb 4ozs obliged mid afternoon. This was followed by a slightly smaller Barbel and finally a Chub of about 2 1/2lb as the light started to fade.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub