Feedback & Reports

Very warm for the time of year, river carrying a nice bit of colour.
Fishing very slow in the morning, but picked up pm, although patchy.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

5 Barbel

Did not attend due to water levels.

5 Barbel

Last day of Summer, ?
Blazing sun and summer heat with a low river looking fishy greeted me at 10 am
Spent the next 6 hours frustrated , looking for shady areas on the far bank in all the swims at the upstream end, losing a lot o gear in the process
An afternoon break waiting for the sun to go down
Who can complain sunbathing on such an indian summers day
Not having fished for barbel this year I think my skill base was also sadly lacking...
Soon as the Sun went below the far bank tree line action picked up
You just cant believe the power of these fish or where they had been the rest of the day as when they are on it. they are on it.....
Standard 25mm halibut pellets seemed to be the order of the day with all exotic mixes ignored.
I had fish tearing off up stream, down stream.. hook pulls at the net and 50m away , savage bites which resulted in nothing... except for a fish scale on the hook.
3 big wye fish to the net, all around 7 to 8lb , who knows? but the story of the day was it was just a fantastic day to be out and I was very lucky to be there

3 Barbel

Arrived at 3 pm and fished until dusk, all fish caught after sundown!

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Near perfect conditions with a rise in level the day before & some colour in the water coupled with mild temperatures for October & a good deal of cloud cover.
All fish from the upper end of the fishery to either pellet feeder or lead & PVA with all fish taken on West Country Baits elips pellets or slick sense boilies.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Hard going. Overnight cold weather had left the river very low and clear and didn't get much action until later on in the day despite covering much of the stretch and using a variety of methods. I hadn't realised that the beat has been shortened and no longer includes the Vanstone Pool or the top bend. That was a real disappointment as the swims just below the top bend had always been the ones that produced best for us in the past. Not sure I would book again on that basis.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

All fish caught on feeder fished pellet from the deeper water at the top end, more snags present than I remember from previous sessions. River was low & clear, heavy rain in morning but sun did come out late afternoon always a pleasure to be on the Wye

8 Barbel, 1 Chub