Feedback & Reports

New stretch for me today and although a short beat it has some interesting swims with easy access. The river was low and the weather very hot but managed to catch a good barbel and a nice chub on pellets in a very short morning session. Once again a big thank you to W.U.F for making the last two days possible.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived at the river to find it very low and clear so initial hopes were not high. However, within 20 minutes of setting up on the left bank just down from the bridge I was in to a barbel. 9 more followed during the day reasonably evenly spaced with 4 chub mixed in. An absolutely fantastic days fishing; my first coarse fishing foray on the Wye and one I will not forget in a hurry. The beat is very quiet and attractive to look at with easy access on both banks. A few canoes came through during both the morning and the afternoon but this did not seem to negatively impact on the fishing. I stuck with 8mm pellets and feeder all day and concentrated on getting the fish feeding in one swim Be careful of the snags which seemed plentiful. Left the beat at 7pm when the fish were still biting hard but had to get home.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub

River levels back down and clear again but the chub still fed well throughout the day with the majority of the barbel coming in the evening. Fish caught on float and feeder on the usual variety of baits. Great days fishing.

10 Barbel, 40 Chub

Conditions were incredibly variable, heavy showers and scorching sun. Fished on the right bank with my nine year old son. The river here is rather featureless, for the coarse angler the stretch is even shorter than its boundary since the lower section turns into rapids.
Otherwise the river seems to be uniformly 3-4 feet across with abundant streamer weed. There are plenty of fish between the weeds, but the snags (weed) made things a little tedious.
Hooked fish on pellet, corn and meat (legered, both with and without a feeder), lost a couple to poor hook holds but the odd feature of our bag was the size, we had one barbel at around 4lb, two at 2lb and one around 12oz, even the chub was under a pound!
We didn't stay long, the constant snagging and being cramped because we needed to sit together made it a little frustrating on the day along with the weather and the canoes, who behaved fine but because we were somewhat hidden amongst vegetation it meant we had to keep our ears open for them and then jump up and ask them to avoid our lines.
No complaints with the stretch, a lone angler with possibly beefed-up gear will catch barbel all day.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was in good condition, all fish caught on boiles.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely beat, barbel didn't show to pellet early on so decided to trot for chub with luncheon on the hook. Over a three hour period brought 19 to hand with the largest three 5 pound, smallest 1 pound all the rest between 2-4 pound. Went back to the swim I fished early and carried on for a further 3 hours before a barbel of 8-9 pound woofed up my pellet. This was at 7pm then not a knock till packing up at dusk.

1 Barbel, 19 Chub

5 Chub

River was fairly high and coloured, as a result there was a lot of debris. Fished from the right hand bank, just below the bridge with luncheon meat on a running ledger. All Barbel, bar one, were 5lb+ with one pushing 9lb. Largest Chub 3lb+.
Great service from the WUF thankyou for a great day!

15 Barbel, 10 Chub

Lovely stretch of river. However water levels were very low. Only 1 swim was fishable which was on the near bank. All fish caught were on pellet.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Another great days fishing. Caught on all the usual baits (pellets, boilies, meat etc) and from most swims. The barbel didn't show up until later in the day but this wasn't surprising with a bright day and very low and clear river conditions.

7 Barbel, 22 Chub