Feedback & Reports

Didn't set the world on fire with a huge bag of fish but a really enjoyable day as always on this delightful stretch. Had chub taking bread off the top which was fun. The 1lb eel on pellet was less entertaining!! First time I've seen coarse anglers on the far bank of this water which was a bit of a disappointment as it restricted access to some swims.
Managed to leave my chair in the middle car parking area in the field so if anyone finds it I'd appreciate an e mail via Wye and Usk.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Arrived at 11.00 a.m. to find 2 anglers fishing a shingle bank on the far side, casting over to How Caple side, making one swim unfishable.
Opted for the 2 swims either side of the unfishable one, and for the third day tried all sorts of tactics and baits, which eventually yielded a bite at 4.45, but no fish. Thankfully packed the factor 30. 3 days, nearly 60 combined hours of fishing for 4 fish (no barbel), what is the attraction of the River Wye? We will be back, after a spot of rain and a bit of cloud cover.
Couldn't work out where all the swims have been cut out, we counted perhaps 8 or 9?

Low, slow and hot!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

A bit disappointed to find a tractor/trailer and mini digger in the river from the opposite bank extracting shingle but they left shortly after arrival. Took a couple of hours before the first bite but we managed 2 barbel each which we were well pleased with given the weather.

4 Barbel

1 eel. Feeder fishing. River was low, quite clear.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

1 x small chub & 6 eels. Excellent stretch of river to but unfortunately very heavy rain and thunderstorms all day made fishing difficult. Eels seemed to like it though.

1 Chub, 6 Other

Lovely Stretch, shame that so much of the River was inaccessable due to thick undergrowth. Steaming hot day made for very hard fishing but managed 1 Barbel on Pellet.

WUF note - This beat has 9 cut swims along it's length. Please see the beat gallery on the website beat page. Undergrowth has been allowed to grow along areas where the banks are too high to fish from. Anglers are encouraged to cut their own swims should they wish to fish outside of the areas prepared.

1 Barbel

1 eel caught fished pellet.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Another hard day in bright sunshine. One barbel and two chub before 11am and then nothing till 4pm. Caught another 8 barbel between us from three different swims towards the bottom of the stretch. All fish fell to pellet. Best fish about 8lb.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

A dificult day in hot sunny conditions. We struggled during the day with only one barbel caught. However sport improved from 7pm onwards, although eels were active when fishing meat. It is always a pleasure just to be here regardless of the sport and I was pleased to see the new swims cut out. We look forward to trying these in future.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub, 3 Other