Feedback & Reports

A tricky day. The high river conditions cut off the lower stretch of Wyebank that I was hoping to access so I fished peg one and the river mouth from after lunch instead. Lighter float tackle and worm brought a chublet and dace a chuck, nothing on the pellet feeder until dusk when one 4lb chub made a welcome appearance.

1 Chub

1 chub. Flow a bit fast kept getting caught on the bottom. Very dirty water.

1 Chub

Be very careful on the bank when wet. All barbel caught on pellet.

5 Barbel

Barbel caught on feeder/pellets, Chub on trotted maggots.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Caught 11 barbel to 7lbs 2oz and 4 chub on Thursday. Great days fishing. After the rain on Thursday, the river was just right first thing Friday and a 7lbs 14oz barbel and a few chub were caught. Then the river rose very fast and we had to pack up at 4.30pm as the foot path became flooded. Much debris coming down and difficult to hold in the slack in the bottom swim on Wyebanks.

12 Barbel, 7 Chub

Fished on the last peg all day. Met the owner who was very pleasant and helpful. Found the fish mid afternoon. Very good day. River had come up a few inches.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished dawn til dusk with all fish coming at either the beginning or end of the day when the sun wasn't directly on the water. The eight hours between the two periods of activity were hard work! All fish, including a small dace (?), were caught using the feeder with either pellets or dumbbell boilies. The river was no lower than it was when I last fished Wyebank back in early July but there was a lot more loose weed and debris running through the swim that kept catching on our lines. There were also a lot of canoes/kayaks between 12pm (after the rain stopped) and 4pm. All fish were small but pristine, the largest being just shy of 3lb.

11 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Second day of two day trip. River still very low and clear. Trotting with maggots produced some nice dace and some reasonably sized chub. All the barbel were relatively small, although a larger fish was lost just as I packed up. All the barbel were caught on the feeder with long hook links with pellets as bait.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub, 20 Other

First of two day session. Only managed a couple of hours but caught a few nice fish. Barbel to about six pounds and chub to about four. All on pellets or homemade boilies.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

First visit to this section-used as a warm up for 4 days on Courtfield. Despite the very low level of the river and sunny weather we caught 4 barbel, 2 chub and several dace on a mixture of ledger and float tactics. A satisfactory start to our trip in a lovely location.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 15 Other