Feedback & Reports

Didn't fish.
River very high, banks very slippery and still raining first thing, so gave it a miss.

Very last minute booking for me as i had a spare day to take from work and the weather was looking good, so i thought..
This was a new beat to me, the beat i wanted was booked up and chose this one as it had been very prolific over the season.
As usual i chose the wrong bank (Mordiford side) although the river was done 2-3ft the usual fishing spots were still underwater, so pegs were very few and far between, anyways i found one eventually, the river was looking good although it was very pacy i did manage to find a few slacks, but unfortunately not a bite, with skys opening up from cloudy to bright sun shine i decided to pack in early and spent the rest of the day exploring the beat on the opposite site (which looked a lot more Barbel'y) ready for next year.
Thanks to the WUF and the land owners for giving us great access to a great river and all the nature that comes with it.
I'll be back next year.
1st blank of the season.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

A tough but enjoyable day on the river running well over a metre higher than normal. Only one or two swims available where feeders / leads could hold in the slacks. We think this is probably a better summer venue given lack of high water swims. Nonetheless the weather was good on the day and we will be back next year!

8 Chub

The river was still really high and powering through. it was the first time I have fished the Wye in these conditions.

I set up in one of the few swims where there was slack water and caught a chub a rod length out within four minutes of starting to fish. However, after that, it all went downhill fast. I ended up in a snag every cast. Sometimes I got away with just the loss of a hook, sometimes it was a feeder or lead. I can't wait till the summer levels so I can see what was devouring all my tackle.

I decided to cast a 5oz feeder downstream and much further out. I found I could hold bottom and caught two more chub and two barbel, one of which got away. (Hinders Barbel Bomb did the trick.) A very enjoyable day overall but the ground became increasingly slippery as the day wore on.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River in flood

A tough day on the beat, up and hard to hold with 5oz in the flow. Managed some chub but no barbel, a great day though and a great beat.

23 Chub

Pretty difficult fishing with the river well up

1 Chub

River well up - didn’t spend long fishing, couldn’t reach all the bottom swims where we wanted to go

6 Chub