Feedback & Reports

We started fishing for Barbel using halibut pellets and SBS Barbel Hookers at 10am. The Barbel started to feed at 11.00am and continued feeding through til dusk but prime time was not so good as speedboat disturbed the swim in both directions for about an hour. However this did not totally ruin our day as total Barbel caught was 21! (to
8lb 6oz).

Many thanks Wye & Usk for a great day - hopefully will be back soon!

My first visit to the Wye and, coming from thr Essex coast, my first visit to moving water for some years! Wasted the morning in an inappopriate swim. Moved downstream and managed to catch a few fish - best being a barbel of 6lbs and a chub of 3lbs. Lost two, what fought like, large barbel. Will definitely want to return.

Cool and quite bright in the morning but rather sunny and warm by evening. Light breeze. Water low, rather clear.

19 grayling on small dry. Several around 1 lb, two over 1 ½ lb. 5 browns, three on dry, two on nymph. Largest 10 in.

A lovely, secluded beat on a beautiful part of the river. A very pleasurable day. Thanks to Charles Picton for a good beat summary and excellent suggestion of fishing methods. A big thank you to Charles and than WUF.

All fish carefully and safely released.

1x small barbel, 2x chub. Cold wind and lost a lot of gear due to snags and rocky bottom. Gave up early as the temptation of ale and a curry proved too much.

Caught 3 small trout approx 4 oz, 1 from pool above bridge on black klinkhammer and 2 from lowest pool on beat by campsite, both on gold headed GRHE. Good weather but not much in the way of surface flies or significant sized fish moving.

One 9" trout to a speculative dry (Nothing rising.) 7 grayling to 14" to deep hares ear nymphs. Sweet stretch of river.

Having been chided by my fishing colleagues for droning on relentlessly in my last feedback report, I'll try to rectify that this time....!

4 rods:

Fri 11th Sept, Backney - 1 chub & 4 barbel (best 8-4)
Sat 12th Sept, Sheephouse - Elected not to fish, massive children's canoe event in progress plus in our view this is more of a game water than coarse.
Sun 13th Sept, Whitehouse - 2 chub & 9 barbel (best 9-11)

Tough afternoons fishing,very hot day, water low and clear-not ideal. I only fished the upstream section due to lack of access to swims without a machete/strimmer, never made it to the bottom of the beat, dog spike and rope needed on a couple of swims. One hard fighting Chub 5.6 lb on pellet.
Lovely stretch of river.

Hi Alison and Wendy. I came in yesterday to buy some vouchers and wanted to thank you for recommending R16 - the Edw at Aberedw, which you said was fishing well. It was! I completed a return but thought I'd let you know it was a fabulous day - 17 fish caught between five and about 11 inches (and all returned of course) and more three teeny ones, plus about another six hooked but which came off. Both nymph and dry fly. Only managed the first part of the split beat as I was so entralled with the fishing on the first part of the water. The weather was good too. All in all, a really very enjoyable day and I saw only one other person all day - a walker. Thanks again and best wishes.

Great day. 14 Barbel all together. 3lb to 9.5lb. averaging 7.