Feedback & Reports

River low and clear, but reasonable pace. Bites hard to come by but a really satisfying day in the end. Look forward to coming back when there's 6' more water!

7 Barbel, 7 Chub

I hadn't fished Lyepole for several years and concur with other reports that the beat could do with a little maintenance. It wasn't just the stiles; many of the best places to fish (and there weren't as many as usual because of the extremely low levels) are in need of a branch or two removed.
Still, it was great to be back in the Lugg valley and fishing in what seemed to be a very healthy river. Every stoned turned revealed large numbers of gammarus and various other inverts. We ended with 19 grayling between us (2 anglers) up to 1lb 5oz (14") and 3 out-of-season trout. Most of the fish came to nymphs with a few on dry.

3 Trout, 19 Grayling, 1 Other

Fishing with streamers and dry flies.

A great day on this fantastic part of the Wye, after a slow start with no bites in the morning the fish switched on in mid afternoon with regular bites to Swimfeeder and pellet,most fish around 5-8 lbs with the highlight being a cracking Barbel of 9 lbs 11 oz.Looking forward to returning here

21 Barbel, 4 Chub

sadly no salmon seen

Well kept beat, nothing came to play today.

Very quiet couple of hours on arrow Did miss one fish on grey/black klinkhamer but that was about it Did see a few jumping and a few herons

Missed a couple of fish to a dry but so nice to be on the river with a kingfisher and the red kites !

Promising start with two barbel in successive casts, but bites became hard to achieve as the sun got high. Occasional chub and a further small barbel early afternoon before bites dried up

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Caught on worm at 1600 , quiet day otherwise.

1 Trout