Feedback & Reports

I fished the Island Pool early morning for 2 barbel & a chub before moving to a swim by the pumping station. No action there so moved back to the Island Pool and had another barbel and 2 chub in the evening. The fish were caught on Extracta pellets and/or meat.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Water was low, flowing very fast on Swan Island. Fished a lead with pellet. Each fish 4.5lbs in excellent condition.

2 Barbel

River in good condition, plenty of available swims for those who look. A disappointing day but managed a couple of nice barbel and a decent chub. Also landed, after a hard fight, 1 gudgeon taken on double boilie on a size 4 hook to 12lb link. Yeah, I haven't figured it out yet either...!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

I never thought I would say this about the Wye but the Home Fisherie was slightly dissapointing
Not because of the beat itself but because of the very selfish idiots in canoes. All 200 plus of them totally oblivious of anglers and not a care in the world if they cut your lines and to top it off people from the youth hostel swimming through your swim!
Apart from this hassle we made the best of it and scratched 5 barbel and 4 chub. If you're reading this and have booked the beat I would strongly recommend you only fish very early or very late and avoid the daylight hours!
Once again we love the Wye and will definitely be back soon but not back to the Home beat I'm afraid.

WUF note - Please be aware that canoe traffic on the weekends is substantially heavier than during the week.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

River looked amazing, bit of colour but not chocolate but ultimately failed to live up to what was expected.
5 barbel and a chub are not to be sniffed at of course and it was enjoyable fishing.
However, it is a long walk from the car to the first swim. And despite being a 20 year Wye veteran, fishable areas were at a premium. I loved it, need to see the banks in winter when they aren't covered in undergrowth to get a better idea of the areas that are fishable.
If you don't like walking or creating a swim this isn't for you. If I had a car this is the only stretch I'd fish purely because it's such hard work!

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished this beat for the first time. River was a lot slower and deeper than the previous beat, the weather was overcast and a light shower. I was not sure what to expect and I can now see why you can only fish with one rod. Again, large open feeder with a long leader, no.10 barbless hook. My choice of bait was ground bait with pellet casters, spicy hemp and crushed boilies in the feeder and small boilie on the hair. Then the heart-stopping experience started with 3 big barbel well into double figures and I was absolutely shattered. These fish fight like steam trains when hooked. This has been one of my greatest fishing experience days, many thanks to the owners and WUF for this great fishery.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Only fished for 3 hours in the evening to avoid the canoe circus. Two small barbel - one very small indeed at about 10oz - and a decent chub.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

River was about a foot up and slightly coloured. Slow going, but a pleasant day regardless.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

I had not fished this beat before and it was a pleasure to fish here. The river was very clear with a nice flow to it. A few barbel were caught along with some chub, all to pellet on the feeder. The canoes got a little tedious with little respect to anyone fishing! Many thanks to Don for allowing this stretch to be fished.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Road not good if you are of a nervous disposition, tight hair pin to get to lower car park. We drove to end of camp site and dropped kit before taking car back to car park. Still a long walk to get to beat.
Island Pool is first swim on beat, but not clearly marked and having walked past Courtfield beat, could see no indication of where the beat ended. Probably 90% of the beat is unfishable/cannot access the rivers edge. We fished half way along the beat, between 11 and 7pm and dint have a bite between us despite ringing the changes.
Endured 100+ canoeists throughout the day of varying degrees of disruptive behaviour. One canoe overturned as result of water fight which signalled the start of swimming session.
Natural wildlife was good, with a pair of kingfishers seen several times during the day and even a snake deserted the Home Fishery beat, as it was seen swimming across to the other side of the river. Belting hot day, with river level extremely low.