Feedback & Reports

Day started well with a chub taking the bait on the drop on my first cast of the morning. Caught steadily during the early morning with 2 barbel and 3 chub in the bag by the time I went to Lucksall for breakfast. The rain in the afternoon seemed to put a virtual stop to any feeding with only one barbel between lunchtime and about 7pm. Once the rain stopped the bites started and had 3 more barbel and another chub between 7.15pm and 9pm.
Lots of swims available throughout the section although many involve a bit of a scramble, especially tricky after the rain. I can imagine if the level was up a couple of feet it would be a little harder to fish.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Had the stretch to myself for the whole day. Arrived first thing, as staying locally, intending to fish the usual pellet tactics for the barbel. Ended up splitting day in two.
Morning session no results on pellet so switched to feeder. 6 barbel to 10lbs and 6 chub to 5lb in various swims.
River went dead at about 10:30am stayed until 12 then went back to caravan for some grub.
Went back to the river at 5pm
Tried pellet again, this time success, left at 9:30
12 barbel to 11lbs and another 6 chub to 6lbs.
Lost approx 6 other fish in snags, of which there are a few.
Fantastic bit of river, albeit with a limited number of swims. Saw a number of salmon through the evening session, as well as signs of otters.

18 Barbel, 12 Chub

River low & clear, 2 chub on feeder. Best peg is at the end of the beat a long way down. Nice looking spot.

2 Chub

Had a lovely days fishing, 1 barbel and 3 chub landed, also lost 2 barbel to a snag in the swim. All fish fell to feeder fished pellet. Banks where very steep in places making it very tricky to get into swims in the wet weather but a beautiful place non the less. Thanks.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

All caught trotting a variety of baits, largest went 4.5lbs. Moved to feeder for barbel, none showed. The whole river from all points between Ross and Hereford badly out of sorts, feel sure it's down to the weather and very delayed spawning for all species. Normally the margins are alive with fry but this year there's nothing.

6 Chub

No barbel. First time on the Wye. So much to learn. Very enjoyable though.

2 Chub

Really nice beat to fish, not far to walk from the car but the steep wooded hill you have to walk up to get back to your car can be tricky in the evening. Had some lovely barbel out from the croy at the very end of the beat, we were using pellets and roaming around a fair bit, trying out all the swims, some were easier then others to fish but still had a lovely day, good weather. The river was quite low.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

River was a bit low but did have a little colour from recent showers, our day started really well with five barbel taken early in the day on feeder and pellet. All fish were between seven and eight and a half pounds and in pristine condition.
Mid morning produced a further five fish to the roving approach mainly from various pegs on the middle meadow, again the pellet and feeder working well for us. Banks have been subject to damage from winter high water which has limited access to the river reducing the number of pegs that can be fished safely, care should be taken as a day on this beat can be a pretty physical day out.
Another great day on our favourite river and a pretty good result for this early in the season with a low river.

10 Barbel

2 barbel, 7 and 8lbs, 1 chub 4lbs on pellet.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Beautiful stretch of river which showed potential for a future visit. However, this time the cold weather was against us. Sadly no fish but with the remains of a nice sized barbel left on the croy by an otter we will certainly be back in the summer.