I fished with Andy again a couple of days after Chew on the river Wye. The river was low and clear making it difficult again.

I put Andy into the swim that normally produces a few fish whilst I wandered down to a swim I had not fished for a while. Soon Andy was into a nice barbel which he thought it was small however on lifting it out of the water it looked OK. It was just over 8lbs.

Wye barbel 8lbs 2oz

I was struggling but managed to land a couple of barbel as did Andy.

The sun was just starting to set when the rod bounced around in the normal 3 ft twitch and I started to play a good barbel that kept low in the river taking line occasionally. It felt like a good barbel and took a good few minutes  to bring to the net.

On the scales it went 10lbs 8oz and my first Wye double, not that I fish the Wye that often normally just baiting the swims up prior to the clients turning up or fishing on for the odd hour or so if they leave early.

10lbs 8oz Wye barbel

My annual trip with Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley to Chew was disappointing for me. However Andy was over joyed at landing what is probably the biggest trout we have seen from the lake. it went 16lbs 12oz . Andy let a few expletives go when he saw it jump for the […]

Now going back about 4 years ago I guided Andy on the river with his mate Paul and he caught a 10lb barbel. The river was in flood at that time in mid summer so almost perfect conditions. This time around the river was low and clear and not looking too good. We were to […]

Sadly my dear Mum passed away towards the end of September and so fishing was put onto the back burner for a while. What I did though was to honor my clients who had booked with me. My appetite for fishing myself just wasn’t there. Paul had caught a few barbel before however his Dad […]

Normally I guide Geoff Paul and Jeff barbel fishing on the river Wye also some tench fishing. This time there was to be only two as sadly Jeff had passed away at a young age. I was so sorry to hear about this. We met for a 2 days session on a very moody Wye. […]

I had guided Dave before on numerous occasions. Tench, pike, barbel and chub. This time he wanted to have a session with Mike one of his friends. Mike is a keen sea fisherman and had never caught a barbel before. Dave wanted to give Mike a special day as within the week Mike was going […]

I had guided Roger and Colin a few times before and in May they had caught some impressive tench from Horsehoe lake. They always like a session on the river Wye for barbel. The only problem for them is because of their busy life we need to book months in advance so can never tell […]

A couple of trips one to the lower Severn after the large barbel that swim there. It’s the very first time I had dipped a line in the river. I had joined a syndicate there to fish during the late autumn and winter when the H.Avon is in flood. My first visit is just a […]

I have had little time for writing up my blogs or posts. Life has been hectic with guiding and fishing. I have been fortunate to be able to fish the H.Avon a good few times too. I have been fishing with Andy (you should have been here yesterday) Cowley for most of the time and […]

Harry and Dad Geoff I met Harry about 3 years ago now working on a building project and we soon found out we had a common interest for angling. I gave him my business card and said if he wanted a guiding session the he could always contact me. Times goes on and out of […]