Feedback & Reports

Struggled in the morning with bites hard to come by, but after some much appreciated advice from Stefan and a change of peg things picked up. Barbel from 4lb up to 7lb. Chub from 2.5lb up to 5lb. All fish caught on feeder and a mixture of pellets.

Beautiful location and great beat. Good access to swims and a very helpful bailiff.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub

Good day but had to work hard for bites in the blazing sun (it was supposed to be cloudy). A change of pegs around midday helped. Barbel from 1lb to 8lb. Chub 1lb to 4lb. Some steep banks.... take care!

8 Barbel, 7 Chub

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

tough day today with heavy rain and loads of weed coming down, I tried 3 swims.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

The water was at a reasonable level for August and carrying a little colour, I had 5 chub between 1 and 4Lb ,and 5 Barbel between 4 and 8 1/4 lb on a mixture of pellet and boilie.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

10 Barbel, 4 Chub

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

14 Barbel, 20 Chub

Fish prefered static baits this trip with most fish caught on feeder fished spam or paste wrapped boilies.

18 Barbel, 24 Chub

Another fabulous day on the beautiful River Wye. Got to the beat as the sun poked through the clouds to pre bait a swim at the bottom end and started fishing around 6.30.

First few hours were a Chubfest (not to be confused with a music and drink celebration in West Bromwich). Things picked up when Stefan arrived for a chat - he must have some sort of magical, barbelly presence as within 15 minutes I had a couple of splashers. I had 2 bigger ones after he left, then moved upstream to a peg he'd recommended.

I had one of the best sessions I can remember. From mid afternoon til I left around 9, I had 12 barbel, losing a handful to bad angling, and at least as many chub. One barbel was a baby, no bigger than a pound.

All caught on banded pellet over hemp, boiler and groundbait.

Top day on a top beat - great access, well maintained pegs and the bailiff is ace. If the land owner is reading, you've got a top bloke in Stefan.

16 Barbel, 20 Chub