Feedback & Reports

River level was pretty low, and combined with warm sunshine most of the day, made the hopes of a barbel or two very slim. With the water levels being low we chose to fish the deeper and faster flowing areas in order to try and locate the fish. This only resulted in 2 chub, with no barbel seen.

2 Chub

A very quiet day, slightly spoilt by the hot weather and even though it was mid week a lot of canoeists, most of whom were very polite.
Will be back next year.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Still low water conditions but caught late afternoon.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

All activity at and around dusk. Very low and gin clear plus bright sunshine, not good conditions. Both barbel about 6lb.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Booked the beat for 3 days from the 19th - 21st Sept.
River very low and clear. Fished from top to bottom during the 3 days but almost failed to find some feeding fish of any kind. Tried every trick in the book but could only produce 2 Barbel and a couple of Chub. They were simply not having any of it. Andy, the Keeper/Bailiff is a super chap and could not have been more helpful in our quest for a catch - but we still failed despite his valuable advice. But that's fishing.
The swims are on very steep banks and very slippery and dangerous when wet - not suitable (in our opinion) for anyone elderly or slightly infirm. Some work and maintenance by the Estate could remedy this and make fishing on this beat a lot safer.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Bright and sunny, needed to stay till dusk, will try again next week.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Only a few swims fishable in low water conditions. Hard going but managed a barbel and chub each. Need some rain !!

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Low river conditions and anglers fishing from the opposite bank limited swim choice. Managed to catch an 8lb barbel and two smaller barbel late afternoon.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Other = dace. Cage feeder fishing halibut pellet & luncheon meat.
Also wish to report a incident: when we got to our chosen swim at around 7.15am there were anglers on the opposite bank fishing with their bait under the trees on our bank which we did not object to but they objected to us fishing in our chosen swims even though we were fishing only about 3ft from the bank.

1 Barbel, 10 Other

Got to the beat @ 9 am on an cool overcast morning, walked the bank and decided to start our day at the bottom of the length in the faster shallower water across from the shingle bank. The pegs looked fishy and the bailiff/ranger (nice bloke) had said some barbel had been caught there recently, even thought the river was low. Fished pellets, close into the bank but had no luck as the day warmed up.
At around 2ish we had a walk up the length, looking for some deeper water and decided on the try the peg directly across from the line of trees dividing fields. Mixed some ground bait with pellet and hemp and fished feeder or pellet PVA over top. Didn't take long before knocks and bites started to come. From then on it was just about turning the bites into fish. We came away with 4 barbel between 7-8 lb and 2 chub and lost quiet a few more.
A great days fishing from the strong fight barbel in the beautiful setting of The Wye. Shall return again soon.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub