Tom Leuchter
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Looking to do a trip to the wye! Is there anybody from south England who might want to go there?
Looking to do a trip to the wye! Is there anybody from south England who might want to go there?
The Wye is a triksy one to call, the second time I fished it it rose 8ft in 3 hours. I will try and get down there in March if the weather lets up but it will be a short notice dash and splash effort.
Chub barbel roach, if it swims I fish for it, except pike which the river is also famous for.
Location is important as different stretches have different fish. Did have a 12lb bream on one trip. Have you fished it before?
I was trotting on it today. Perfect level and colour.[/QUO
Picked the right time then, which part were you fishing?
WOW!!!!!!......thats the biggest bream i have heard of from the Wye in 40yrs of fishing her!
It wouldn't have been Sugwas Court by any chance would it?
It's ongoing all over the river. Literally hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent but opinions vary as to wether it is/was money well spent or not. Even highly informed local experts vehemently disagree. This river is so powerful, a stretch can change almost out of recognition in a year - twenty foot deep pools one year become 6 ft deep the next and vice versa etc. A fascinating challenge, it's going to take me a while to get my head around it.Ive not fished that far up, isnt that the area where they did all the habitat restoration a few years ago?
It's ongoing all over the river. Literally hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent but opinions vary as to wether it is/was money well spent or not. Even highly informed local experts vehemently disagree. This river is so powerful, a stretch can change almost out of recognition in a year - twenty foot deep pools one year become 6 ft deep the next and vice versa etc. A fascinating challenge, it's going to take me a while to get my head around it.
The Natural England contracts supervisor was involved in a large scale habitat project aimed at the brown trout, I forget the details but remember LLanthomas being mentioned.
It must have worked 'cause we've got lots of them!