Feedback & Reports

River in spate with a heavy colour. One angler stayed in one place on the feeder catching chub up to 1-1.5 lb, plus chublets. Roaming proved more successful on a float with really fine access to a lovely stretch of river. Chub caught by roaming to 2.5 lbs.

Well done to the landowner here for maintaining the banks to get the best out of what the water has to offer. Saw a couple of Salmon moving through one cleared the water just 15 feet from my rod tip. Coarse anglers are lucky to fish here as this is obviously a productive well kept Salmon section.

Thanks Fishing Passport for the chance to experience a pristine stretch of the Wye.

36 Chub

7 Trout

3 rainbow trout caught on spinner . water level high.

3 Trout

Largest barbel 10lb 12oz
Largest chub 5lb 40z

Had to rotate swims as it seemed you would get a quick fish then nothing. Could go back an hour later and nick another.

Hooked something that I had on for 35 minutes! If it was a barbel it was huge. Felt very very heavy. Slowly took line working its way down stream about 50m! Could do nothing to stop it. Would hold in the flow for a while but if I tried to get any line back it would set off downstream again and just take more. I’m guessing a carp or salmon?... If not it was by far the biggest barbel I’ve ever hooked. I was worried I would run out of line!

7 Barbel, 8 Chub

5lb and 6lb caught on medium Halibut pellets on a ledger rig.

Track down to the bank is steep and rough and only really suitable for a 4 wheel drive vehicle. Less than half a dozen useable swims on the stretch with the river at the height we experienced. Plenty of Barbel and Chub present, also eels if using meat.

2 Barbel

Rained all day but fishing was good throughout. Drive back up the hill afterwards was hairy without 4x4 and we had to leave one car on the bank overnight. Lots of varied water to choose from but so disappointing that access to much of it is impossible. The long meadow section at the start of the beat is about 10' above the water with no way of landing a fish. This puts added pressure on the few recognisable swims and these were very muddy as a result of the weather and frequent use.

3 Barbel, 11 Chub, 2 Other

River up but falling. Feeder tactics. Plenty smaller chub around.

36 Chub

2 Trout

nothing much to report