Feedback & Reports

Arrived about 0900, river up and coloured but looked great for Barbel Fishing. Split up and I tried up stream and JT decided to fish near the hut, no joy for either, both wandered down to the end of the beat, again no joy, sun beating down and hard work.

I decided to fish the middle of the beat, and just as JT decided to join me I had my first Barbel about 7LB, three more followed biggest 11LB. JT had 7 Barbel, biggest 10lb. I lost a great fish last cast of the day, all fish caught on Pellet.

A beautiful location - thanks.

3 barbel 2 chub caught on pellet and boilie. River rising,
difficult to fish. Thanks to wye and usk foundation.

River still high but looked good, fished upstream of the Lugg so water much clearer, fast flowing so only able to fish close in. 1 x small barbel, 1 x chub, 1 x dace and 4 x eels all about 2lb (all on pellet which is a first for me)
Very sunny and hot.

None caught but several pulls. Lots of fish moving in the new water height. Rose by 18'' in 5 hours.

Numerous shad and two brown trout but sadly no salmon caught.Several salmon seen jumping and making their way up the beat during the evening.

One Barbel about 4lb all day. The river looked like it had flooded or at least been right at the top of the bank recently and was still a good few feet up, covering the tree trunks on the far bank and flowing at above walking pace (4oz leads were washed away like they were nothing in the main flow). My guess is that most of the fish had gone somewhere with more cover. Probbably among the far bank trees or in the Lugg...

River up around 2 feet with nice colour, plenty of weed and debris coming through. 5 Chub between 4 & 5lb and 3 Barbel of 5.14, 7.08 & 8.10 most fell to pellet with biggest Barbel taking large bunch of Maggots. Entrance to field and parking area getting rather boggy at time of visit.

River high and falling - 4 barbel from 9.5 lbs to 4 lbs on halibut pellet. All fish in excellent condition. Chub conspicuous by their absence. Very enjoyable day. Clear instructions and map. Many thanks.

River was fairly high and pushing through quite a bit faster than on any of our previous visits. As a result we fished just into the flow on the near bank. Neil sat down on the steps in the middle of the beat. I went down to the pylon swim, but soon discovered I couldn't manage to fish it as I had planned with method feeder. I went back up to towards the middle of the beat. In the end, we both had two barbel around the seven pound mark. They certainly hung on in the current and gave a great scrap. Neil took his two (and lost a couple) on boilies. Mine were on pellet using method feeder. When I tried switch to boilie, I ended up catching a chub that was probably just a pound and a half. Gradually the rain really started to set in so we left a little early.

Another good day on the Wye, caught 5 chub on pellet and finally caught my first barbel at the fishing hut, not a bad size at 5lb 10oz. Defo coming back.