Feedback & Reports

Evening session . One barbel 6lb 14oz. Track down to the river is quite steep and uneven, didn't enjoy getting the car back up it. Would prefer somewhere to park at the top and then walk down through the field rather than having to take the car down through it.

1 Barbel

Arrived at about 12 after driving up, decided to get in the water and fish the float and see what happened. Caught lots of little Chublets which seemed to get smaller the bigger the bait I used as well as a random 1lb Brownie who fought like a lion. Switched to leger and pellet for the last two hours and managed to winkle out a couple of better chub to around 3lb. Really enjoyable day.

Now the wrinkly subject of the track, first 80% is as claimed a solid gravel track last part however is a steep, rutted and loose. Lots of cars seemed to have no trouble but I wasn't convinced my van would get back out. So I opted to park up at the workshop and barrow my gear down. Slightly hard going but no worse then some walks to swims. Did I need to do this, who knows! But I was happy to walk.

1 Trout, 20 Chub

I did not fish at all, having walked this section after a morning on the Home Farm section I decided that few swims that were accessible were to dangerous to fish. Having to scramble down ten feet of bank to then have a few square feet of outcrop to stand on and land fish is not my idea of a days enjoyable fishing. I would recommend that any booking this section take a knotted rope so that they can secure to a tree or something at the top, they would then have something to help get back up. The fishery management team need to make swims more accessible and safer.
Fishing Passport Note: the banks of both the Wye and Usk are protected as a Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). There are, therefore, strict limits as to what can be done with regards bank clearance, which has to be done sensitively and in compliance with the law. Inevitably there will be many inaccessible sections, especially in the peak bank growth months of July and August. We ask all anglers to please bear this in mind when booking Fishing Passport beats and not to assume fishery managers are not doing their job if some areas are overgrown.

1 Chub

5 barbel to 1 of 3 anglers in the party. All barbel were small in the 1 to 1 and half pound bracket. Chub also up to 4lbs or so and an eel. River low and slow

5 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

River was running high and fast.had two chub on meat.both were 5/6lb

2 Chub

Another very poor day, as with Holme Fishery 4 X 4 essential for access. Should be more effort by the Foundation to create swims. There are plenty on the far bank. Very disappointed with the lack of effort by the Foundation. The road opposite is noisy and annoying

1 Trout, 2 Chub

Fishing was hard, river in flood but going down caught one barbel about 6lb on legered meat

1 Barbel

My nephew Josh, caught a 7lb Barbel on the 1st cast of the day from the Dead Tree peg, used feeder with bacon grill on a hair hook. River was running fast, so the bait was only cast 10 yds out. This was the only fish / bite of the day.

1 Barbel

Nice beat in beautiful countryside, wasn’t as tranquil as I would of liked as road opposite was quite busy all day. Beautiful woods behind the meadow swims and at the end of the beat. Hard fishing today water was pushing through. Started in the second wood swim and kept getting snagged and reeling in blunted hooks. Having not seen the beat when the water is low I was unsure of what was down there. Lost a fish as it got in the flow, I couldn’t stop it and my line parted as it rubbed against an underwater obstacle. Tried usual feeder tactics and rolling meat all day throughout various swims but to no avail-water was too fast today and I was underprepared. My mate winkled out a pristine 6lb 8oz on rolling meat in one of the meadow swims. All in all I would like to see the beat on calmer conditions. The amount of debris coming down was surprising -even a whole tree at one point!. We was concerned about egress as the route down was steep , we was in a Renault traffic van but still managed to get out quite easily without any issue.

1 Barbel