Feedback & Reports

Arrived on same beat after reasonable day before, full of expectation. River up slightly and employed same tactics but despite much effort the rods did not move. Blank day unless you count foul hooked Gudgeon. Further frustrated by losing 4 lots of gear. Will hope for better when we revisit this beat.

River was dropping overnight from previous lift but there was another rise through the day. No bites on pellet, meat, corn in morning so tried a few other swims to try and locate some fish. 3 oz feeder only just doing the job, if I'd had more weight it might have made a difference.

Finally had a bite and a fish at 4.30, but nothing after. Lovely beat and good mix of water to try. Will return again.

1 Barbel

Had a great day on this fantastic stretch of the Wye,ended up with 6 Barbel,highlight of the day was catching a Barbel of 10 lbs 13 oz.
Nice to meet other anglers Harry and Alan and thanks again to Harry for taking the photos.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

River up and managed to find fish close in the slack. Barbel caught in 90 mins from 2pm followed by the Chub but nothing in the magic last hour. All fish to double dumbells and feeder tactics.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Pretty good day on the lovely creel beat, with my Dad landing 1 grayling, 16 chub and around 20 dace all on maggot feeder tactics. I also had 7 chub and 2 barbel myself also on maggot feeder. River was 0.55 metres and rising. The last hour of the day the river rose alot and bites completely stopped.

1 Grayling, 2 Barbel, 23 Chub, 20 Other

Main priority today was to stay safe (& dry). Horrendous weather - howling winds and heavy rain. Even with dog spike & rope was difficult to find anywhere that wasn't treacherous. Settled at top of fishery and managed a couple of barbel and lost one - actually felt I should have done better. Love this beat but not so nice on days like this !

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

A tricky day with the river running low, clear and cold. And the sun out for much of the day. A lovely beat though and the fish did oblige later in the afternoon.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Get all the excuses out of the way first, river was slow, quite clear and it was sunny.

Had a decent chub (4lb+) first thing plus lost a barbel. Several hours after a move I finally caught a barbel mid afternoon followed by 3 chub. Nothing in the last couple of hours.

Still love this beat, but it didn't fish well for me today. Certainly be back again next autumn.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub