Feedback & Reports

First visit to this water. Walked the fishery, but water a bit low for most of middle stretch - ended up with all of us fishing the swims below Boys Rock, they looked great but nothing feeding, even at dusk. The solitary fish taken was shortly after we arrived, and that was it.

1 Barbel

After losing a heavy barbel early on, a 4lbs 9oz rub a dub on free-lined cheese was most welcome in the coloured, swiftly flowing water below Boy's Rocks. OB, "the barbel botherer" was in the wire swim, from which he took 4 barbel to 8lbs 8oz during the day, also losing a big pike. My best barbel went 6lbs 8oz, a new pb, as was the 2lb eel that insisted on snaffling my bait during the otherwise quiet period in the middle of the day.
Anyone who thinks the banks are steep or inaccessible needs to visit the Bristol Avon below Chippenham. Compared to that abseiling territory, the Wye here is like a day at the beach, and what a lovely day it was!

5 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

4 barbel to one rod between 4 and 9lb, no fish on the second rod but an enjoyable day. The only comment I would make is the banks were dangerous when wet. All fish fell to meat on a feeder rig.

4 Barbel

Quiet day. Only one fish at 9lb. Water quite low and heavy rain made the banks very slippery.

1 Barbel

Fished maggot and pellet, caught all on pellet. Biggest fish 8 3/4lbs.

5 Barbel

The River was low and clear, I fished the tailend of the Boys rock stretch, actually sitting on the last rock.
I fed maggots & pellets taking 5 Barbel to 8 3/4 lb all on pellets.

5 Barbel

Roving: sink and draw, clear water, sunny and calm; 1 x 8 1/4lb pike, returned.

1 Pike

A totally blank date: not even a decent bite! The highlight of my day was watching a sparrowhawk unsuccesfully chase a small bird. Lots of canoes and people on the footpath, but I don't think this explained my lack of success.

1st ever visit...so bit of a recce. Wish I had known to turn right at the bottom of the steps...not left, although it was a nice walk. Eventually fished under the power lines just before rocks...caught nothing( fished for 3 hours), but enjoyed it. Banks slippery(need wellies or winter boots). Fished for pike with mackerel and then small halibut pellet for barbel. Definately need to carry light (I had a ruck sack/seat...as wanted to walk around swims)
Will try again .... but need to focus on 1 species. Based on feedback online, I didn't really know where on the river to fish.....middle, far bank??

I was doing well until something very big grabbed the bait, disappeared at warp factor eight and actually managed to snap the butt section of a Hardy Marksman feeder rod. Bait was pellet. I have no idea what it was, but I have caught 40lb carp that were nowhere near as powerful.

2 Barbel