Feedback & Reports

This report is for 2 anglers CT and AW

CT - 4 Barbel - One was the biggest Wyebank Barbel we've caught so far this season and weighed in at 7lb 31/4 oz.
Another weighed in at 6lb 2oz and is the second largest Barbel we've caught at Wyebank this season.
The "other" was an Eel.

AW - 1 Barbel, 5 Chub, and a Trout - One of the Chub weighed in at 5lb on the nose and is now the largest Wyebank Chub we've taken this season.

1 Trout, 5 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

River low and difficult to be sure about where the last pool was. Apparently we found it but we didn't get a touch in it. We lost lots of tackle no matter where we cast into it.
All our fish were caught from the Wharf pool. Our Salmon wasn't a real catch but a dying fish covered in fugal infection that we dispatched and left to the wildlife.

1 Salmon, 8 Trout, 5 Grayling, 3 Chub, 3 Other

This report is for 2 anglers CT and AW.

A heavy overnight frost and ice to clean off the windscreen again before we set off putting doubts in my mind as it did last week - even though we had a good day last week after the frost the night before.
Unfortunately It was not to be the same this week - no Barbel showed all day, and it was hard going but we still managed to catch.

CT - 4 Chub - biggest weighed in at 4lb 15oz - this is this biggest Wyebank Chub caught all season!

AW - 2 Chub

6 Chub

lovely day at wyebank. Needed to downsize everything to get the bites and for a while it was a bite a chuck when the shoal of barbel moved in.

Easy to get to when water level is normal by wading along the shingle bank

Lost one feeder to a cut off but nothing to snags I think you need to beef up your main line and feeder length and keep casting to the same spot all day

no weed all in all a lovely day river level was perfect with good clarity

13 Barbel, 2 Chub

This report is for 2 anglers CT and AW.

After a heavy frost at 3c last night, and having to clear the windscreen of ice before we set off I thought it was going to be a "tough day" but it turned out to be a good one!

CT - 11 Barbel and 4 Chub ( biggest Barbel weighed in at 5lb 1oz)

AW - 2 Chub

11 Barbel, 6 Chub

Terrible fishing again, river in a bit better condition, but bites difficult to come by. This was mainly due to getting snagged almost every chuck. I definitely would not recommend Wyebank. Two days fishing with few fish to show for it, and no barbel. I will not be returning.

1 Chub

Single Chub caught on rolled meat at the bottom of the beat. Utterly disappointing 2 days fishing on Wyebank. I do not recommend this beat. Uncountable number of times snagged and snapped off. Finished early in the Sunday as that fed up with the lack of bites and lost tackle. ????

1 Chub

Terrible day of fishing on Wyebank. River had over 3ft of water on. Limited options for pegs to fish. Avoid if you are not agile as banks are very steep and slippery when wet. Most chub caught on float fished meat. As other people have said, this stretch is a tackle graveyard, make sure you have plenty of spares with you. Unfortunately we have got this stretch booked again tomorrow ????

6 Chub

See other post for how terrible this day was…

1 Chub

Got there to find the river up and access not possible to any section bar the steps at the top which I am not sure are part of the beat anyway. A fallen tree is still blocking the main path and the rest is very overgrown and difficult to get through, even without carrying fishing gear. Tried to run a float down from the steps but all the time thinking that is was a completed waste of time and effort and gave up. I spent the rest of the day visiting a number of other beats upstream where people were fishing into the margins and catching despite the rise in water. Very disappointing that Wyebank is in such a state.