Feedback & Reports

Bright Sunny day, wind blowing down stream. River running coloured at fast rate, wading difficult. A few small fish rising none caught.

Sunday 22nd - River high very coloured very slow sport. Managed one small Barbel 5lb'ish and a small Chub 2-3lbs.

Monday 23rd - River dropping back a bit. Still very coloured and a lot of debris coming down. A bit more action with 3 Barbel, best 9lbs 3oz, other two not weighed but around 5 & 7 lbs respectively. Also had 1 good chub of 6lbs 2oz and one fish lost.

Tuesday 24th - River continuing to drop back and now around 1ft lower than 1st day. Could only start around 9.30am and had to pack up around 2.45 pm but managed a couple of barbel one around the 5/6 lb mark. The other I put at 8lbs+ (not weighed). Both fish came in 1st hour with no further action.

13 barbel & 5 chub caught, all fish caught on pellet with most coming from the bridge swim. This must be one of the most scenic parts of the wye you could wish to spend the day on.

First of 4 days on Courtfield and Wyebank, river still up but dropping and what a change in the weather with clear blue skies and temperatures in the eighties, good for fishing but maybe not for catching. All fished the meadow on Courtfield as Wyebank still up and running and P opened up with an 8lb Barbel from the middle of the meadow and went on to catch another fish of a similar size plus two Chub. K followed this with a 8lb 12oz fish from the waterworks end and had another two plus two Chub. Champ on the day though was A 15 yr old son J who with A fished the last swim on the meadow for a cracking fish of 9lbs 4ozs plus a smaller sample. Dad fishing alongside could only manage a 6lb fish plus 2 Chub to 4lbs 8ozs. I wieghed in with 3 Barbel between 6-7lbs from the middle of the meadow, banks still very slippery.

3 barbel and a 5lbs 2oz chub. the latter same fish of 21.7.12.

Early start and water looked perfect in height and clarity for fly. So it proved with 15 lb hen fish. Then the sun came out to give a perfect day!
No other fish seen . Thanks to all at WUF as ever.

31 Barbel 8 Chub on pellets meat and bread. Caught fish from all over the beat. Most fish caught after 4pm.

1 rainbow trout caught with worm.

6 rainbow trout caught using worm.

Fishing the Rectory in near perfect conditions again is becoming a rather nice habit this season.
Being 4 nil down to the other rods at lunch time I decided to tackle the bottom of the beat. I decided to wade/scramble between the pools fishing the obvious places and runs when I was rewarded with a grilse of 5-6lbs. It was aken on a black and silver sunray from below the big rock in the "Run". Not the easiest place to land a fish and no chance of chasing a big fish up or down stream. Having worked down the rest of the beat which was full of little brownies I took the wise option and walked up the bank and along the edge of the fields feeling really chuffed that I was still dry and still had an intact rod. Another great day and a jolly good lunch in the Bridge pub.