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Whitehouse was the first day of our annual Wye pilgrimage 2024. Whitehouse parking and access difficult as ground exceedingly wet , meaning car parking was on higher ground by farm buildings. Very long walks to furthest points of fishery, so we went lightweight as possible.

On the day of fishing river level had gone up by over 1m to around 2.2m at Ross on Wye; in all we fished around 10 swims and could have fished another 4 but all were tricky to access , slippery and not chair friendly.

Fishing was good but hard work with 3 modest barbel and 2 good chub, for 3 anglers fishing from 8.30am until 5.45pm all on luncheon meat. River pushing through very hard and we struggled to find slack water.

We might come back to this fishery , hopefully when ground drier and we don't have to wade through plenty of farmyard manure to get back to our cars.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

River pretty high. Just one chub to save the day.

1 Chub

7 Chub

Drew a blank

Drew a blank

From 1.2m on Tuesday with lots of chub being caught and odd barbel, to 2.2m when we fished and chocolate brown - more barbel but less of an all round fishing experience as we were confined to the near quarter of the river - never happy us anglers. Very mild morning with river temp of 9.5 and 6 inch vis. 3 stayed in their swims all day, one at the beach (4 barbel to 7.5lb, all late on gb feeder with 10mm halibuts and a long tail having tried loads) and two up the top (1 with three of 3, 3, & 4 and one with 1 of 5lb, all on maggot feeder - lost 1 each). I tried two swims down the bottom for one chub, moved below Steve at 1100 who was catching, to completely jinx his day with hardly a bite after, an affliction that I too had using maggot and gb feeders with all manner of hookbaits. My last throw was to move into the top swim at 1500 using straight lead and meat with meat in a PVA bag and ensured a happy last trip of the season with barbel of 7.12 and 8. The other were a dace, a gudgeon and an eel. Thanks for a great season WUF. Now have to endure the puddles for 3 months!

10 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

2 Barbel

First glance at the river and I felt a little apprehensive as the river was ripping through Fownhope , walked upstream and found some calmer water and safe bank to set up from .
Fished 2 different swims throughout the day , both produced the goods , smallest 4lb biggest 8lb . Lost 5 fish to but what a day , best end of season I’ve ever had ! Non stop action from the first cast to the last

7 Barbel

2 Chub

Not a bite all day long. Water was up and fast. Tried every possible bait, no results.