Feedback & Reports

Very low and clear, but a cloudy day helped. All fish fell to feeder and pellet tactics. The combination lock on the small gate by the river is extremely fiddly to access - especially when the previous user has put it on upside down! Despite this and the sometimes uncooperative fish, we had a lovely day. 2 anglers on the far bank didn't seem to fare any better.

10 Barbel, 3 Chub

1 Chub to 4lb 5oz & 2 Barbel to 7lb 4oz on feeder and pellet.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Excellent first visit to River Wye, river low, very sunny day. Fished from dawn to catch early morning feeding period. 26 Barbel up to 10lbs 8oz and 5 Chub up to 3lbs 5oz. All caught on pellet/feeder approach apart from largest Barbel captured by MS on 15ft float rod and 4lb line. Fish all appeared in good/excellent condition, no obvious spawning marks. Mobile approach targeting fast water areas, fish in pockets and work needed to find them. Thanks W & U.

26 Barbel, 5 Chub

The river looked good however I think that the fish had other things on their minds rather than feeding!

The barbel are still spawning (I observed this one evening on the camp site I was staying at)so I think they are two to three weeks behind due to the low Spring/early Summer temperatures.
A hot day and the water at normal levels. Fished the upper section with its fast water without a knock in three hours and decided to pack up and drive to the lower section as this water was new to me. On walking all that I decided not to fish any more that day.

8lb salmon from Upper Bridge Pool on spinner at 3:30 pm.

1 Salmon

River rising very fast after major rain last night, roads flooded everywhere. Didn't arrive until 12.30pm. Fished for 3 hours with 6 oz leads, under the rod tops, having to wind in and clear the line every 5-10 mins. River 4ft up on arrival, 6 ft on departure. Fished 30m below bridge and 250m down. 4 barbel, biggest 6.5lbs. No fish for the other rod, so just the 4 barbel for me.

2 x barbel caught. One of 5.5lb and one 7.5lb. Caught on halibut pellets. Absolutely lovely beat. Very quiet and peaceful on a misty grey November day. Expectations were low for barbel as it is getting late in the year, so really delighted with the results. Banks very slippery!

Very slow day, bitter cold wind, moved once. Only one barbel caught mid afternoon.

Fished about 3 hours in afternoon, six barbel, 3 each.