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We booked the whole weekend and following the heavy floods we were praying all week the river would drop in time for our annual Whiskers in the Wye trip. Tom and I were very lucky to find the river in perfect condition, good colour and dropping.
A slow start was had that first morning and a couple of chub were our reward for our long journey and early start. We stuck it out all morning in the first swim with no more results. A move was in call for and by mid afternoon the fish started feeding and didn't stop feeding. By the end of the weekend we had 38 fish between the 2 of us, mainly barbel and a good number of chub. We also tried for some pike but none were encountered. The barbel ranged from 5lb to 10.5lb with 3 doubles banked in total, we even managed to double hook up twice! All in all our best days fishing ever, a wonderful beat, wonderful wildlife set in wonderful countryside. Thanks WUF for enabling this opportunity. Looking forward next year!

2 rods caught 8 Barbel and 11 Chub. The Barbel only showed at the beginning and end of the day in low light and were taken on a combination of meat boilies and pellet. Most of the chub were taken on cheese paste fished on a mashed bread feeder. Another great day out on the Wye.

River very high and dirty with a large amount of weed coming down river making fishing very difficult. Very few fishing pegs fishable. Only two chub caught around three pound caught.

17 hooked only 8 landed due to snags. Caught in swim near island.

3 chubb to 3lbs 9oz, 1 perch 1lbs 8oz and several dace.

A good days fishing was eventually had by all 4 rods. Had to move around the stretch a bit to find the barbel & chubb. Not a prolific haul of fish but an enjoyable day none the less. Variety of baits used but pellet seemed to produce the fish.

What a difference a day makes. Arrived 6am on a fine crisp morning and started by baiting up before setting up our rods. We all started near the orchard and nearest field. Tom got 3 nice chub (4lbish) before 7:30am. Darren had a chub at 8:30, again 4lbish, I had an eel and a dace early on before the sun came up. Then lots of weed started coming down making fishing very hard with it catching the lines. Darren had another chub at around 1pm while I had a lovely barbel 8lb from a very snaggy area near where you park the car. Lost 2 larger fish that got round the trees near the edge - one must have been well over 10lb, it's head was huge. Did try further downstream but only got small chub and dace.
After 4pm the weed got less. Tom got 3 more good chub while Nick and Darren went to field next to car park. At 6pm Darren had an 8lb barbel and Nick got 3 barbel, one after another the biggest being 10lb+(still smiling now). I had 1 more chub 3lb and 2 barbel of about 6lb before packing up tired and battle weary.
Once again a great beat. Just the clear skies and non stop weed made it a very hard day. Overall the last 2 days between 4 rods: 20 + barbel and 15+ chub in low water, bright conditions. Well worth the lack of sleep. Thanks again WUF. We stayed at Grafton Travelodge, £16 a man cheap as chips!!

An excellent days fishing with 9 barbel and 5 chub caught mostly on pellet. The best fish of the week was caught here with a 9.5lb Barbel.

This was our first visit to the attractive lower stretch at Sugwas and we struggled to locate barbel in the snaggy and very clear water. Late into the evening we had a couple of mid-sized fish each to show for our efforts. I was a bit concerned at having a full sized bull for company in my peg but the old boy seemed friendly enough. I was somewhat relieved when he sauntered off to join his girls.

First time fishing the Wye. Difficult conditions with the wind blowing straight in my face but never the less I had a good day on a beautiful river. I only had my rod in the water for about 3 hours but I managed a barbel of about 4-5 pounds and lost another using groundbait feeder with pellets and hemp and pellets or boilie on the hook, so a good first day and looking forward to the next.