Feedback & Reports

River had a nice colour & was pushing through, warmer water temperature seamed to have switched the Barbel on all of which came from the upper end of the beat, a new pb was landed by D at 11lb 14oz, a cracking fish for the Wye. Weather conditions were atrocious for humans but must have suited the fish as 7 Whiskers were landed, the lone Chub came from the bottom swim, banks became very slippery by the end of the day, I nearly ended up in the river. A good day's fishing

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Barbel

River levels were ideal but unfortunately the colour was to heavy, lots of small fish topping in the slacker waters bigger fish were elusive

Feeder fished baits on a coloured and dropping river the working method.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

River was up and coloured from heavy rain the night before. Slow going but picked up a few fish towards the end of the day as the colour started to drop out, all on trotting gear

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Good day nice coloured warm water. Barbel feeding well to meat, six in total with a best of 9lb 10oz. Also chub to 4lb 12oz today.

6 Barbel

Rising river and a warm spell woke the fish up, all to feeder fished various baits in gale force winds and rain!

4 Barbel, 10 Chub

The swims in the woods at Fownhope are a great spot to get out of the SW wind and rain. Took a while to get a bite but steady feeding of hemp and meat got me 4 hours of regular bites and a decent stamp of fish. Everything came to meat on the feeder, had 5 fish over 5lb ..and plenty of 3s and 4s. Played around with a few baits to try and tempt a barbel ..but had to make do with a chubfest....Great day's fishing

20 Chub

Fishing with grandson Henry, his first time on the Wye. On his second cast he caught his first ever chub weighing 4lbs 10oz, what a great start. In spite of the weather, we had a very enjoyable day finishing up with 5 chub and a grayling. His last chub caught was the best, weighing exactly 5lbs. Certainly a day to remember for us both.

1 Grayling, 5 Chub

Only two offers fishing between 11.30 and 3.00. Not really surprising given the low temperatures. One trout a nice fish of around 14”, the other 6-7””. Both came to nymphs. No sign of any grayling.

2 Trout