Feedback & Reports

Once again it was nice to be on the river, with this being my fellow angler's first trip to Foy. Weather wise, we had the perfect day and although the water level was low there were enough spots to target. We both fished from the nearside bank at the last peg, where we caught 14 chub and 1 barbel. I moved to the middle peg and caught 5 chub and a last cast barbel. I also caught the other from this peg, which was an eel.
We used a variety of hook baits with halibut pellets and halibut luncheon meat being the most successful for 90% of the landed fish, which were all in lovely condition and actually unhooked in the net in the water.

2 Barbel, 19 Chub, 1 Other

Chub fest under the bridge.

50 Chub

A great morning's fishing despite the low and clear river conditions all fish caught using ledgering tactics stopped fishing around 2pm when the canoe traffic got too hectic but all in all a lovely little stretch!

6 Barbel, 7 Chub

Water level very low all fish from 5 to 9 left at 12

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

others were eels

6 Barbel, 12 Chub, 2 Other

River painfully low all along this short stretch. Confirmed by the roe deer that waded across under foy bridge an hour after sunrise. Fished the water before rapids resulting in 3 barbel in 3 casts. An hour after sunrise.
Then some chub of 2 to 3lb. Tried trundling meat through fast section when it went quiet about lunchtime but gave up with all the canoes trying to navigate down through the fast water. Went back on feeder up above the rapids with krill groundbait hemp and maize. Had 6 more barbel and more chub. Late afternoon into evening.
My best day on the Wye so far.

9 Barbel, 11 Chub

3 Barbel, 26 Chub

On holiday work my wife and sadly didn’t get to fish on this day (see previous two days’ catch reports).

Only my second time fishing the Wye and managed 11 good chub - one on float fished meat and the rest on groundbait feeder (small pellets and hemp) and 8mm pellet. Loved it, despite the low conditions. Some fish were spawned out and a bit hollow - some would have been serious fish of 5+ later in the season. Best spot was at the end of the left hand bank from the small beach, casting into the white water.

11 Chub

My first time on the Wye and despite only having two hours I managed a lovely catch of chub and barbel (8mm pellet fished with a blockend feeder filled with micro pellets and hemp) from the ‘white water’ below the shallow ‘rocky weir’ on the left hand bank. Really pleased and no end of bites. Look out for a video on The Magic of Fishing channel to see more of the session! ???? River was low but stunning ????

2 Barbel, 5 Chub