Feedback & Reports

Fished just the morning from 6am until lunch time. Walked to the top of the beat to the croy. We had a small Barbel and 3 average sized Chub on Corn. River very low and I think this pool fishes better with another foot or so on. Usually fish the middle of the beat in waders but with only being a short session did not bother. Fished the deep water towards the downstream end and had another Barbel and a Chub. The Barbel was 7.05 but was a very long and lean fish which looked bigger. Last years pegs are completely overgrown again so be prepared to make your own swims!

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

One Grilse (7lbs) caught on size 12 Cascade fly. Fish was silver fresh and returned unharmed to the river.

1 Salmon

Second day ever on the Wye. Much better than the previous day but fished the same way! Fish weights were approx 4lb for the chub and 6lb for the barbel.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great days fishing. All fish caught on feeder with pellet hookbaits, biggest chub in excess of 6lb and biggest barbel over 10lb. No exact weights were recorded as fish fought very hard, and was more important to make sure of safe return. Very nice enjoyable day!!!

9 Barbel, 21 Chub

An interesting day on a beat we're familiar with. Water level low'ish at 0.5 metre. Chine looked attractive and early in the day a salmon of 8-10 lb jumped clear on the side opposite the caravan park. Spinning with Mepps spoons brought out two fish, later identified as Shad, at approx. 1 lb and 2.5 lb. These were both safely returned, as was one suicidal and very small wild brown trout. Late in the day we met a friendly beat regular, David, from whom we learnt much.

1 Trout, 2 Other

Only fished 1 swim on beat as we had Foy and Creel on the same day.

2 Chub

Brother D.S. caught 2 barbel to 6lb and a 3lb chub from the same swim I caught from yesterday. All fish again caught on pellets. We stayed at Southbank House which I would not hesitate to stay again. Thanks to WUF and looking forward to my next trip.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 16LB Salmon caught on a Deveon Minnow from the Vanstone, caught on the 16th at 5.45pm. Nothing caught on the 17th but plenty showing through out the day but not taking. Looked like they had been caught before.

A great day on the river with the Barbel in great form. The fish were caught on boilies and pellet and ranged in size from 9 lb to 5 lb. All fish were in good condition. The lower swims can be prone to snags with a fair bit of tackle lost. With this being the second day of the season most swims had been cleared but, a few still needed to be cleared so it would have been useful to take a machete early in the season. An otter and a mink were spotted on the beat.

17 Barbel, 6 Chub

River was in superb condition, fished the Boys Rocks pool, not easy to fish and almost impossible to use feeders, having lost a number we used pencil leads with much more success. The 3 fish caught were in superb condition, we estimated the weight as between 8 and 10lbs, all three being of similar size, we also lost 4 good fish due to line chaffing on the rocks. All fish were caught on 15mm Red Robin pellets.
As a footnote I have to say that having fished the Wye for over 30 years I have never seen as many salmon in the river, a large number of grilse, but also larger fish, all looked to be fresh run fish.

3 Barbel