Feedback & Reports

Fished downstream of the orchard. I had 4 barbel and B. had 3, all a good stamp of fish. Interesting swims, several feet up and strong current. Easy access although downstream section is headheight with thistles and nettles. Shame about the cattle and the big bull. A WUF gem.

5 barbel, 4 chub on pellets.

The river was running a little high however my friend and I still managed to catch six barbel (Three each) and five chub. Barbel from five to seven pounds in weight. All caught on pellet, fishing the barbel bomb method. All fish came from fishing up close to over hanging bushes. My first barbel came within ten seconds of fishing, fastest caught fish of my life! We had an absolute fantastic time fishing our first time on the wye. We both look forward to coming back to fish the Wye very soon.

A pleasure, as always, to fish this beat. We caught 16 Barbel over the two days from 3lb up to just under 9lb, so a solid if unspectacular result. Strangely no sign of any Chub at all (I'm not complaining however!).
The river rose quickly on Sunday afternoon, which seemed to switch the fish off completely. As soon as it stopped rising a few hours later the activity resumed.

Caught 7 barbel and two chub, all on pellets. Conditions were initially against us, because of a massive thunderstorm early on the first day so we were more than happy to have landed this many.
Stayed at the Red Lion in Bredwardine, which was friendly, simple and comfortable.
The Foundation's service was terrific...thank you.
At Wyastone, a local resident had left a rude note on our car, saying that two cars are not allowed to park there...even though we only had one. The other car was nothing to do with us and must have arrived after we had started fishing. For what it's worth, I'd say there is plenty of space for two or even three cars.

Caught 4 barbel, all on pellet.
Foundation's service was very helpful and efficient.
Thank you.

We arrived at 8.30 am, just about the same time as the rain, which at times was the heaviest I've ever experienced. It appears we caught the edge of the storm that was to cause heavy flooding in the Midlands & beyond.
The day of extremes continued with a very hot sunny afternoon.
We moved around but, for the first time, struggled for fish as the river sped up, coloured and rose slightly, eventually ending up with just 7 barbel, including a nice broad, deep fish of about 9 to 9 1/2 lbs and a few small chub. Hopefully next time the weather will be kinder.

Fished upstream from the Orchard.
Only 1 x 2lb chub - missed several more!
Still a fair bit of current to the river.

3 Chub, 1 on float fished pellet at Orchard parking area and 2 on legered luncheon meat in middle meadow area.

Weather changable, river level up but falling. 2/3rds of the riverbank was inaccessible. Having not fished this stretch before, I assume that under normal river level conditions, the inaccessible areas are reachable by wading. This said, 2 rods caught 5 barbel up to around 6lb and several chub.