Feedback & Reports

Arrived at the river to find it running clear and two feet down from my last visit. 1 chub and 1 barbel by 1230hrs, nothing else until arouind 1630hrs then 3 more barbel, best one going to 9lbs. A great day out, thanks
Wye and Usk Foundation.

4 small chub on meat, no indication of barbel - pleasent day.

First Wye Barbel caught at 6lbs 9oz. Fought well in the current and in excellent condition. Only bite of the day and fell to pellet in conjuction with a groundbait feeder. Father in law caught a Dace a cast and had a nice Chub to finish the day. Weed became a problem during the day which forced us to fish close in. We will be back to fish the Wye again!

We arrived to the river to find it was in good condition. 1 x 4lbs barbel and 1 x 3lbs chub in the morning. My friend K.T. had 8 barbel between 3 to 7lbs at around 3pm. I had another 7 barbel after 6pm, the last 4 fish over 7lbs.
A great day. I got broken by something really big, our guess was a big carp. A lovely strech of the Wye, hard going but best early morning and during the last 2 hours when the big barbel came out on a feeding frenzy. We will be back.

2 Barbel and 1 Chub all came from 2 swims, fished several others, lovely place will be back.

Very picturesque stretch, caught 4 Barbel between 5lb and 7lb, 2 Chub 2.5lb and 4.5lb all on pellet and gave a great account of them selves in the fast flow.

It is indeed a beautiful beat and I was looking forward to spending the day with my young son. Unfortunately the river was pretty much unfisheable as so much weed was being carried from upstream. As soon as the bait was cast in, the weed would attempt to wisk the rod away from you.

It is a shame that notice is not given to fisherman a little in advance like a few chalkstreams when weed cutting is underway. This would help choose a worthy day out on this wonderful river.

I hope I find better luck next time. The view and the scenery werre nearly worth the £40 nearly?

WUF Note - weed cutting rarely takes place on the Wye. The recent rise in water levels have been the first for a while and as a result have released debris that has been collecting in the margins. This is normal for a first rise after many weeks.

Good to see the river with colour and extra water on arrival but not the masses of weed it carried down the whole day. Impossible to keep a bait in the water for moe than a few minutes at a time so only option was to fish close in. Despite this limitation two rods caught 6 stunning barbel between 6-8 lbs and two good chub up to 4lbs. Confident that more would have been caught without the weed, but nonetheless a most enjoyable day on this picturesque new beat.

Quite a slow start to the day, as the river was still really low and clear. 1 Barbel caught in the morning and a few Chub. Improved in the afternoon after a change of swims, when 1 rod caught 6 Barbel on small (8mm) pellets and a few more Chub to the other rods.

A scorching day on this most scenic of middle Wye beats. Low, clear water meant it was never going to be a red-letter day for catches, but we did try....
JM spent a few hours trotting corn and catching a mixed bag of chublets, little roach and dace before bagging a barbel at last knockings. RH sat out the day in the top swim with just one chub for his efforts. NS was blank for the morning but changed swims and finished with four barbel. Were it not for being frequently wiped out by mid-water drifting weed, there may have been some more.