Feedback & Reports

It was our first fishing trip to the Wye and we had our fingers crossed for a first ever Barbel. After a very long dry spell we were hoping that the drop in pressure which accompanied the wind and rain might prompt the fish to feed. It didn't really turn out that way and bites proved hard to come by. A small chub after an hour gave us hope but nothing else was forthcoming from The Point swim. A move downstream to James's, which we had pre-baited, resulted in two further chub and to our delight a Barbel of about 5lb! We fished on for another few hours but all we managed were a small bleak on the float and a minnow which had managed to get its head stuck through one of the holes in the feeder!

It was an enjoyable day on a beautiful river even if it wasn't as prolific as we were hoping.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 2 Other

No fish. Water was ultra low and crystal clear. Gave up and went to another beat.

Lost a grayling and a trout on the top pool. All other pools very difficult to wade and hard to reach the current seams. Rising water and loads of leaves. Beautiful beat.

Sat through the rainstorm until sunset and caught two small chub.

2 Chub

Tough conditions with increasing winds/rain & lots of leaf debris. Fished the Wood section initially hoping it would be more sheltered (it wasn't!) and not a touch all morning between 2 of us. Moved onto the Meadow and 1 rod found a few chub while the other (i.e. me) remained biteless. First trip but we'll be back on a (hopefully) calmer day......fabulous location, even in the rain.

4 Chub

Heavy rain was forecast but it wasn’t too bad and also a tad warmer than the previous day. We fished for around 3 hours and managed a few modest grayling and a chub on nymphs. Some out of season trout also showed interest.

3 Grayling, 1 Chub

With rain on and off all day and extremely low water levels we struggled to get a bite and did not catch anything.

2 Chub

Hard going with more trout than grayling caught so left them to it and bowed out at lunchtime

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Looked good not to low, overcast but struggled to find feeding fish