Feedback & Reports

First time on this beat this season , glad to be back , as you'd expect the river was extremely low after this dry summer we're having , so was expecting a tough day .
Was very happy to catch what I did , lost a couple to ! Fished from 3pm to 9:30pm , great day , lots of sunshine , wildlife and a few fish in the net .

4 Barbel

Water low and clear. We did an interesting side by side comparison of pva bags and pellet feeder- the bags caught twice the number of fish in the low water.
One lovely fish stalked from under the feet pool and the bottom of the beat. Lovely scenery and day out as always.

9 Barbel, 2 Other

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

The river was still very low, despite rain in Wales during the previous few days. I decided to fish the fast water opposite what is normally the island, now firmly connected to the far bank. Did not start to fish until about 4.30 so that the canoes, which have to share the narrow flow, had more or less finished for the day. Several groundings and a capsize kept me entertained until they had gone. The swim seemed to have plenty of chub with two caught, a couple lost and some missed bites but no sign of barbel. Eventually , just as it was getting dark the barbel came on and I had two respectable fish, the largest around 7lbs, which was as much as I expected in the conditions.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 Barbel

Hot day, river low, fishing hard on this normally productive stretch. An 8lb 7oz Barbel made it worthwhile.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel

Another red hot day on the Wye. Never been so hot whilst fishing!

We were travelling home today so had little hope of much action. After spotting some chub on the surface we managed 4 off the top of bread, along with a chub and an eel on meat. Had we fished the evening, I'm confident we would have had the odd barbel.

Saw our mates from the canoes at Fownhope yesterday. Fools. One canoe came straight for my line and I had to quickly grab the rod and put the tip under the water. All I got was looked at while I was stupid...

Also had a family swimming in the river near the island. Can't understand why you would want to swim in a river thats full of cow excrement but each to their own. Had they been swimming there in normal conditions I would have been annoyed but with the river been so low fortunately we were not fishing there.

What is the procedure if you find someone swimming on the Wye? Do they have the right to swim or do they have to move? Either way its annoying when we pay 25 pounds a day to fish.

5 Chub, 1 Other

Fished below the steps from 3pm to 6.30pm, caught 1 Barbel 6lb 3oz, 1 Chubb 3lb 14oz and an eel. Once again conditions were hot and the weed pretty heavy, but a very enjoyable afternoon. All fish were caught using a feeder and pellet. Thanks Wye and Usk.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other