Feedback & Reports

Mild, overcast morning which rose to 12 degrees quickly. 10.8 water temp. 0.5 on the RoW gauge, still a tinge of colour. 2 fished down the down the bottom with differing results one just a lost barbel and the other 6 barbel and 4 chub. Well done to PJ who's had a tough season so far on Wye. The one up the top only fished the afternoon but had a barbel and a chub and lost a couple. Fish on blackcaps and gb feeders with 10mm halibuts or boiliies.
A lovely autumnal day on a fab beat with LOADS of accessible swims well kept by Stefan, some with ropes and steps - he extracted a whole collapsed willow from a swim earlier in the summer. The very top swim has a gentle sloping bank and is accessible by anyone. It isn't a massive walk from the car parking either. For the rest you could bring a rope and dog spike to assist with what's there and fish a swim with steps. Great beat.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely days fishing. Mild and overcast. Started off on the concrete slope halfway along the beat. Had to make two journeys so baited up with a handful of pellets and went off for teamaking stuff. Had the first chub before I could even get the kettle on. Moved down a bit later as it had gone dead, next swim down was better, quite a few bites with 2 more chub caught and 3 lost. My mate caught nothing upstream of the concrete ramp so he moved further upstream where he caught a grayling and 2 chub also losing a chub. I used peppermint all day and my mate tried maggots changing to pellets later in the afternoon.

1 Grayling, 5 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Pike

Most enjoyable day at a lovely venue with my mate , only had three Chub and a small Barbel between us but that’s fishing. This was our first time on the Wye more used to fishing the upper Bristol Avon , will definitely give it another go while we both can.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

11 chub (6 over 4lb) caught on feeder tactics with spam, 2 on boilies. River level low, light wind.

13 Chub

I did not attend due to the lack of fishable swims

A day of two halves and the opposite of yesterday. 3 barbel hooked and 2 landed before 8.30 am. 6lb and 7lb 2 oz. Magnificent fighters in the relatively strong flow. Most of the chub caught before 11 am - then very quiet until about 3 pm when a few more caught. Great fishing and scenery .

2 Barbel, 20 Chub

Strange day. Started at first light. Conditions perfect. Had a couple of good chub early and lost a decent barbel at the net. Then quiet until 2.30 and the chub came on to feed. Sadly no more barbel though. The guns were out and at various times it was like an artillery barrage. Celebrating Trump’s victory?

25 Chub

I did not attend due to the lack of facilities

The banks are ninety nine percent unfishable and the amount of trees and other snags in the river on this stretch are unacceptable . Where are you supposed to put an unhooking mat

1 Chub