Feedback & Reports

Arrived at about 4pm for an evening session with my daughter for her first river Wye trip, nice beat and looked in good nick. Couldn't get two of us on the preferred faster water in a peg so settled on a wide peg opposite the big houses with the annoying dog. Fished 3 hrs with only one bite which powered off down river and somehow shed the hook. Disappointing for me and gracie but would make an earlier start the next day in hope of catching a few. Plenty to go at here so will return.

Barbel to 8lb, chub to 4lb

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

After a late start due to car trouble, we arrived to find two other fishermen preparing to fish the same beat and reluctant to agree that they had got it wrong. Thanks to Alyson at WUF it was soon sorted and we finally started fishing. Overnight rain reversed the previous day's trend of falling water levels but conditions were good and we began to pull some barbel into our swims.
After catching 2 in midstream a move to down the near margin surprisingly produced a string of quality fish between 3lbs and 9lbs. A couple of chub managed to foil the hair rig - they just couldn't resist our baits!
The weather was good too! Kingfishers, Jack Snipe, Buzzards, Sparrow hawk ... what more can you ask for.

11 Barbel, 3 Chub

Wet start river rising very coloured caught a lovely 5lb chub all fish caught on Halibut pellet nice section of river. Thanks to the guys that let us fish with them and my fault.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fished top part of beat two 3rds out with feeder and pellet. River coloured and possibly dropped slightly during my session - large 4oz feeder required to hold bottom. Slow start and worked hard for 11 barbel to 8lb 13oz. Very enjoyable day! Loads of beat still to explore and has bags of potential - will return again soon! Thanks WUF!!

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

Blanked both days, I think the monsoon had something to do with it.

I caught 2no Perch approx l.1b in size. We also found a chap fishing one day with a spinning rod and asked him for his permit to fish this water. He could not so we told him to leave as this was private beat for us to fish under Wye & Usk Foundation.
We found the fishery fantastic place to fish. The water level was a bit low but the barbel were in deeper water. Not a lot of swims to choose from. Lots of salmon jumping 10.1b/15.1b in size.

10 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

River still low but some colour. 2 Chub to 4.02 and 1 Barbel 7.08. Lovely day. Thanks to all concerned.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Barbel mainly between 6 and 8 lbs but included 2 around 1.5 lbs which is a great sign for the future. Best fish 9lbs 12 ozs. Chub 3 - 4 lbs. All fish on boilies. Nice beat with good access.

11 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fished all day Saturday and Sunday. Excellent weekend with hectic action at times! River was fairly low but still had a decent amount of water coming through which was cold, hence all fish fought brilliantly and recovered quickly.
Mainly fished the top part of beat casting out into far flow and under bushes using groundbait feeder with pellets and boillies. Most of barbel were around 6-7lb with the odd few weighing 8lb.
Also caught from lower beat in between the trees. Four decent perch were landed with one going 1lb 9oz - lovely fish. 2 dace also graced the bank.
Spotted some Cormorants and a Mink? Top weekend.

28 Barbel, 16 Chub, 6 Other