Feedback & Reports

With a falling river, mild weather and an overcast day I hoped for a couple of barbel. However, despite my best endeavours, they refused to play and I had to make do with two half-decent chub.

2 Chub

Did not fish. River just shy of 3m above normal. I’m not a good flood fisherman if I’m honest.

Rising river after recent rain. Most fish falling to usual pellet/feeder tactics

1 Grayling, 3 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Grayling, 4 Barbel

River very cold with lots of deris coming down. 3 nice chub and a nice eel.

1 Trout, 3 Chub, 1 Other

River was low and clear so we were not expecting any bumper catches. We were pleased with the returns given the conditions.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

X3 anglers

4 Chub

Scraping ice from the car windscreen on a clear sky freezing morning did not fill us with much confidence before heading off to the Creel.We arrived to a glorious early winters day but a very cold river...But much to our surprise we found the obliging Chub feeding and bagged 13 good fish with all the action in the afternoon.Another highlight was noticing a lesser spotted woodpecker resident on the beat which was somewhat unexpected and capped a great day.
Thanks WUF..

13 Chub

Another stunning day on the great river. No barbel or chub despite our best efforts. But an angry pike of about 10-12 pounds nailed my dead bait about mid afternoon to save the blank and duly impress my junior partner in crime. A great looking beat with a lovely variety of water - we will return next summer to attempt to winkle out some whiskered ones.

1 Pike

Beautiful frosty morning on this lovely section of the Wye. My favourite venue by far with the WUF. Clear blue sky, low river and cold clear water, not the best recipe for fishing but perseverance and patience was the order of the day. Didn't have a bite on the feeder during first hour. Switched to waggler. Caught a couple of Grayling trotting maggot then a clonking Brownie over 2lbs. Then I had a little walk down the river, to warm up a bit. Later in the day it clouded over and then I started catching Chub upto 4lb 12oz and even managed a 6lb Barbel, all on the feeder. All fish were in pristine condition. A fabulous day off on a cold day.

One sad note. On walking the bank. One particular peg, the steps, had rubbish all over it , even tucked into the steps - Krill pellet bags, plastic sandwich tubs, Quaver crisp packets, bounty wrapper, plastic Coke bottles etc etc. These were not here on the 24th October when I fished last time, so this was the past week, 25th to the 30th. Shameful behavior. Don't worry I took your rubbish home!

Booking Office Note: Thank you for clearing up after other people. Often its the few that spoil it for the many.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Barbel, 7 Chub