Feedback & Reports

Five barbel and three chub on hemp and pellet. River full and fast with a bit of colour. Enjoyable day.

River dropping. Managed 1 barbel, 1 chub and 1 eel.

The river wasn't particularly high by this Summer's standards but still much higher than the previous times we had fished this beat over the last couple of years. Consequently it wasn't really possible to fish the swims at the bottom end on which we'd concentrated in the past, so we weren't too confident initially.
However we needn't have worried.We eventually settled on a couple of likely looking glides around halfway down the beat. The fish came fairly steadily throughout the day and we finished with 17 Barbel to just under 8lb and 3 Chub between us. Always a pleasure to catch fish in such beautiful surroundings.
SC reckons that as he caught 9 Barbel and 1 Chub to my 8 Barbel and 2 Chub he was the winner on the day. Obviously he is wrong - 10 fish each is a draw in anyone's book. I would therefore like to ask the WUF to adjudicate on this serious matter.

WUF note - Comparing the total weight of fish to each angler may settle this friendly competition....!

5 barbel to 6lb and 7 chub to 3.5lb. River low and very clear.

I caught a 6 1/2 lb fresh run grilse on the fly. Fly used was a stoat's tail size 10 double. Many thanks to Colin Richardson the Gillie. Fish safely returned.

River at nice level for summer, fished the bottom pool. Must have had 15 barbel but the biggest only of 7-8lbs. Plenty of big chub mixed in aswell which must have averaged 4lbs. All fish came on either the feeder or trotting pellets.

Fished 11am - 5pm. 14 Barbel and 20 chub all on pellet/feeder.

After 4 days fishing on the Wye I was pretty much fished out. Arrived to find river a little bit up and with colour. However it was clear blue sky and very hot and humid. I decided to have a short fish at the top croy but no luck. It was really too hot to fish so packed up and returned home. I'd had a good week. Will perhaps try the beat sometime later in the year (when it's cooler !!).

Arrived 3.45pm Wednesday, river looked in good nic. Fished the bottom beat and worked our way back to the hut. 4 barbel and 3 chub. Met Colin the ghillie, realy nice bloke. Had a good ole chat, he pointed in the right direction. Next day was sunny and hot so most fish caught early morning. 10 barbel to 8lb and 13 chub including the boys pb chub of 5lb 8oz. Most were caught on feeder fished pellet. Thanks again to colin who made are stay memorable.

2nd day on the beat. River level had dropped back a bit, but still very coloured. 1st rod landed 2 barbel and 3 chub from top of section, 2nd rod landed 13 barbel and 12 chub from bottom section. Fish caughet on hallibut pellets and boilies.