Feedback & Reports

Weather overcast, with drizzle in the morning, sunny through afternoon. Wye was in good condition after recent rain, fishing excellent. 12 chub caught, all good size, four well over 5lb. Barbel were harder to find had to move around and eventually bagged one of 8lb.
All were caught on hair rigged halibut pellet with ground bait feeder. Fishing did die as bright conditions moved in. Fished 7am to 5pm. Very good days fishing and thanks to Terry for his sound Advice.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fished from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Arrived in very wet conditions with a nasty down stream wind for the first 2hrs . Nothing on any type of lead/tungsten/bead head nymph, no rises. Small amount of fly life. Worked upstream to top pool, river fast flow very clear. Tried a reverse parachute dry fly, long body and was rewarded with a magnificent wbt of 16 inches with Kype nose. 3 casts later, a grayling of 18 inches, approx 2lbs. Both fish from the same run. Other fish all to the same type of fly. What a great day!

7 Trout, 3 Grayling

Muddy red Klink-hammer, elk hair sedge.

8 Trout, 2 Grayling

All fish returned.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Another good afternoon on the Wye. Set up at about 3pm after a bit of an explore and settled for the Boys Rocks swim. Fished simple pellet/feeder tactics and saw plenty of action, two barbel to just over 10lb and three decent chub.
River was in good condition, not loads of accessible swims on this beat but enough to have a go at.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

1 Grayling

Water low, bright conditions.

1 Trout

Arrived midday. Lot of carp showing but easily spooked due in part to very shallow water and in part to my cumbersome attempts to stalk and cast to feeding fish. Eventually landed a 9lb common carp. Beautiful fish in perfect condition. Fought very hard in the shallow water. Lost one other.

1 Other

Smallest barbel 1lb, biggest 10.5lbs. All fish on meat or pellet.

7 Barbel, 13 Chub

Had a good day, weather perfect in the morning, rain and drizzle, hot and sunny in the afternoon but still managed to catch all day. 10 barbel, 3 over 9lb, all caught on pellet feeder. A really nice beat, my only complaint, not enough swims. More need to be available to anglers if 3 or 4 turned up. Anyway, a great day it was a joy to watch loads of salmon jumping.
Just a word on accommodation. We stopped at the Inn on the Wye at £65 a night for 2. Good value.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other