Feedback & Reports

Difficult day of fishing, windy, river normal with a little colour. Fished 0900 to 1800 on the lower section, beach area below the bridge. 3 small chub and 1 around 4lb. Tried float, rolling meat and feeder/ pellet through the day. Had one barbel take late afternoon but it slipped off the hook. A beautiful stretch that looks so ‘Fishy’ but left a little disappointed.

4 Chub

Static bait, mainly luncheon meat, roving tactics. All gosh from bottom of beat where efforts were focused.

Conditions summer low, bit of colour (vis ~3-4ft). Stable all day.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

30 Chub

Arrived on a very windy morning to find 2 anglers fishing where we wished to fish. A quick chat with WUF to establish we had the beat booked. Then spoke to them, a bloke in the pub had told them it was free fishing! Which to those of us that know how busy Caradoc can get with the general public swimming, sunbathing,paddle boarding, etc. when the weathers nice, is a reasonable mistake. They promptly left to find somewhere else. Started fishing but the barbel weren’t cooperating and the chub not much better

15 Chub

Others were 3 eels, 1 dace

4 Barbel, 44 Chub, 4 Other

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Trotted banded pellet, luncheon meat and paste. Beautiful surroundings.

7 Chub

Bites difficult to come by early on but picked up late morning. 6 chubb caught, all around 2Lb and 2 lost at the net.

6 Chub

First time on this beat and a frustrating but informative day which has reset me for summer Wye fishing. Bad start on the Croys up the top snagging up more times than not. Moved to the very bottom which looks beautiful with loads tree far bank cover over a deeper glide but tricky to fish with fast flow through the middle which makes wading essential with the best approach being heavy floats or bouncing baits through, or some gear much heavier than I brought to hold across. One lost chub down there so a move right up the top to fish the slower water which produced one chub on GB feeder and meat mid river, nothing across on hemp feeder.
JC who I met there caught well on light bomb and single meat baits (separate report), so a different approach is cooking for my return.

1 Chub

4 from the bottom, 4 from the middle, 2 from the top.....no barbel.

11 Chub, 1 Other