Feedback & Reports

Arrived at dawn and fished until 2pm. Managed 5 Barbel up to approximately 7lbs fishing half way down the left bank all on feeder and halibut pellet. River was up nicely and only had to fish just over a rod length out avoiding the bulk of blanket weed which was a persistent problem.

5 Barbel

First time for me on the Wye river levels were very low, fish not playing ball at all 3 little chublets caught, fished 6 pegs from the middle down towards the bottom, cant wait to go back, can not judge it on today's conditions ,

3 Chub

Tough day, river was at normal summer level but water was dark brown. Did not arrive until midday it was raining .Fish caught within an hour of arriving from about halfway up the beat, the rain went off & the sun came & the fish disappeared . Quite a few swims have been made in the lower two fields however the banks are very steep & great care is needed. The main problem was the amount of thin stranded weed that instantly wrapped around the feeder & hookbait , have never seen it this bad before. On another note the parking area is conned off at the moment due to foresty work, not sure where else you could park, managed to squeeze in on the end, would be a problem if more than one car needed to park there. Fish were caught on pellet & feeder tactics, lovley to be back on the wye again.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

After the previous days heavy rain the lugg was running in very coloured but as we where above the colour was good
The water was slowly rising all day.
Fishing into some fast water and using standard feeder method with wrapped pellet as bait had a chub first cast before it settled. Between us we had 2 Barbel the best of 7lb and one of 5.5Lb the 15 chub that where all between 3 to 4 lb.(one was the same fish twice)
Later in the day set up a stick float and trotted sweet corm taking a chub of 3.5lb and 25 or so smaller chub and some good size dace. Had a good chat with Glen at a great venue well kept and not a canoe all day
Thank you

2 Barbel, 15 Chub, 25 Other

Dace and small chub

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 10 Other

I fished the Abbey Dore beat after a couple of days heavy rain and although the stream was not in full flood, it was not gin clear because of run off. It was colder than normal as well.
As others have mentioned this is a challenging stream to fish and needs some attention to make it fishable. I managed to fish the stream by wading the complete length of the beat up stream and there are some deep pools along the way.
I spent 5 hours during the afternoon and there was a good Hatch of Yellow May Fly. I only fished dry fly using Parachute Adams, Klinkhamer Emerger and the nearest representation of the Yellow May Fly all size 14.
I caught 6 WBT in various pools and mid stream down the riffles, also had a few more takes. I did see a few rises, but on this stream it's very difficult to cast and distance because of the vegetation. There are many good pools and deep edges to target.
Although, it's a challenging stream, it is also very rewarding and doable, but you will need to be adventurous. Along the way I saw Kingfishers and many other birds and the beat is set close to the Abbey which is worth a walk around.

6 Trout

10 barbel between 6 & 8lbs, river level rising during the day.

10 Barbel, 2 Chub

The water was low and muddy. In the evening, when I went, there was little sign of fish except for a few splashy tiddlers. I tried a nymph with no success.

WEED and LOTS of it !
Great to be back on the Wye again but wow so much green stuff .
Fishing quite hard as is quite often the case early season. A short feeding spell brought most of the fish and then it went dead just when we thought the fish would have another munch but only 1 more barbel just before dark . Thanks to all at WUF and the owner who popped by for a quick chat.

5 Barbel, 9 Chub