Feedback & Reports

We had an enjoyable days angling the river was above the Normal autumn levels and a little coloured and dropping. The morning session was good, pellets seem to be the only effective bait, midday sun bought a lull in the action, but the late afternoon and evening were much better, we finished the day off with a 14lb barbel!
There are 5 or 6 'comfortable' pegs on this stretch with other more challenging runs that need a rope. You will need robust gear if you are going to get these barbel out and a long landing landing net pole is a must.
PS if you have seen and rescued a 10 foot landing net floating through Ross or Monmouth please give it to a young angler who will look after it better than me.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

Great days fishing on a perfect looking river. Although the weather was hot and sunny this did not put the fish off with bites and fish coming regularly throughout the day.
We all used the same method (feeder with hemp and pellet) and various types of pellet on the hook. Most popular on the day was spicy sausage they accounted for 3 of the 6 Barbel caught and both Chub. I hope to return to this picturesque stretch one day as I know now where to find the fish and at what distance they are, I feel I will catch a few more.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 Barbel 2 Chub 1 Eel on pellet and meat. Biggest Barbel 9 lb smallest 1 lb

5 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Ideally would have arrived earlier and left later but time constraints meant I only had the middle of the day. Fished two swims downstream from the middle entrance. The nearside gulley looks perfect. One bite, one small chub.

1 Chub

Fished middle section trying two swims. The first near the upper tree line and couldnt get a bite, moved dowstream to a lovely swim with some nice moving water and caught two barbel both just over 9lb.
River was very low so fishing was tough. Due to it being low canoeists became a pain as they were heading for the deeper water where I was fishing. One canoe decidied to deliberately beach right opposite me, one bloke got out beer in hand and decided to run with the canoe straight towards me, jumped in totally lost control and then got caught on my line which was only 1 rod length out, took the line half a mile down stream and then snapped it so they could free the canoe.
So, they were pissed, in control of a canoe that could put themselves and others at risk with zero sense of responsibility at all.
Having read the August report from WUF its obvious there is a problem and not much us anglers can do however it totally ruins your day when idiots with no rules are allowed to do as they please.
Back to the fishing, this is a great beat with good swims and good access.
WUF Note: We have forwarded this report to the EA (the Wye's Navigation Authority) who advise that incidents like this should be reported to their 0800 80 70 60 incident number with, if possible and if applicable, details of the company the canoe(s) was hired from.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Tough day on a low clear river all fish in the last hour of the day from swims already fished previously in the day for nothing. Still a great day though. Feeder fished pellet scoring

13 Barbel, 5 Chub

River in bad condition, low and clear. Dad had 5 barbel, I had 1 and lost 1, all after dark nothing in daytime. Last year I had 11 barbel so very disappointed with this trip.

6 Barbel

River conditions were the same as day previous despite some nightime rain; which carried on up until mid morning. Bites were again hard to come by, even fishing the deeper water in the two swims closest to the tree line.
A good sized barbel eventually was banked (9lb 2oz) fishing very tight under a overhanging willow in the near margin. By this time the rain had cleared and gave way to a warm, but dull day.
A couple chub were also caught, again fishing the near margin shelf; one of which tipped the scales at just over 5lb.
Tactics and bait used were the same as previous day.
There was a slight issue with the anglers who fish the opposite bank (as part of the estate ) casting over to the far bank (our side) and also one guy deciding to wade right across and trott a bait along the margin where we were fishing. However, these were minor issues and we just moved to another part of the river.
A good 2 days fishing on the Wye, not as prolific as previous visits, but enjoyable nevertheless.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Lovely looking beat, with a variety of swims. Early morning mist and due gave way to a really hot septembers day; clear skies and bright sunshine.
The river itself was very low, you could see the bottom in most swims, with the near margins being the only deeper water. These two conditions combined made the fishing slow and difficult. 2 small chub and another 4lb+ were caught later in day, with a barbel of 8.12 being banked mid morning. Talking to the anglers on the opposite bank, who had been fishing for a few days, it was apparent that everyone had been struggling. Standard ledger feeder tactics were used. Baits were pellet, Boilies and meat.
A cracking looking beat which has a number of 'typical barbel' swims, we just needed a little bit more water. Having said than we still had an enjoyable days fishing.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River back to summer level and quite clear. Continuous sunshine on a very warm day for September. I was surprised to catch a barbel at 15.00 but no more action until evening when four more followed. Biggest went 9-0 and 7-14 on the scales. Two others around 6-0 and a baby. Used various baits and methods. A very good day.
Thanks to Alyson for excellent service in recent weeks when some of WUF's emails have disappeared in the ether.

5 Barbel