Feedback & Reports

It was a real pleasure to fish this beat. RB fished the top meadow all day and caught 1 barbel in the evening. RW fished from the rocks in the woods to begin with, but it proved to be a tackle graveyard. The one barbel hooked here resulted in a cut off on a snag, so a move was called for to the lower meadows. 4 barbel to 8lb 3 oz were caught before the light started to fade.
Highlights of the day were several sightings of a large dog otter, and also a couple of young otters playing and squabbling noisily below the woods.

5 Barbel

As this was a first visit to this beat, tried a number of different places: firstly on the section downstream of the woods and then towards the end of the day, in the woods, by the large rocks just upstream of the Froth Hole.
Fished with feeder (marine Halibut and pellets) and halibut bead for an end bait + a proprietary, strong-smelling paste (Ambush from Severn Valley) that I was trying for the first time .
Didn't have a single bite. Don't know whether this was to do with the bright, sunny weather, water temperature (it was cold) or my own lack of experience. Lovely day on the river though.

Very slow morning in difficult conditions. Low river, bright sunshine and brisk north-easterlies are not great for barbel fishing! Lost the will to live at lunchtime, but will no doubt be back to fish some of the pools in the woods again at some point.

A gorgeous day on the river, slow till the afternoon. Barbel on meat and pellet from top and bottom meadow, Chub from wooded area on meat. Best Barbel 1 x 9lb. 1 x 9.4lb.
1 x 10.6lb (2 fish for 20lb.well done Wilf)!! Best Chub 1 x 3.12lb. 1 x 4.6lb. 1 x 4.8lb, which he thought was a Barbel(So did I)!!
Disappointing to see metal food containers & drink cans in the wooded area, come on guys, you will be the first to moan if it's closed to coarse fishing. An Otter and a couple of Cormorants in the bottom of wooded area.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

A very easy beat to find with the directions given. I opted to head straight to the woods which was an easy walk in the dry conditions. I am glad I read a report suggesting not to take a chair! Plenty of water to chose from, I found a swim with space to set up. Bites came quickly and I soon had a couple of chub both of around 3-4lb taken on luncheon meat. I explored a few more swims in the lower field but with the bright sunshine I headed back to the woods which offered shade over the river. I missed a lot of bites but managed a few more good sized chub. I didn't locate the barbel this time and I ran out of time to explore the top fields. Not a bad beat for an amateur such as myself and would consider going back. There were a few anglers on the other side and a handful of canoes drifting down but caused no issues at all.

6 Chub

A challenging day with bright sunshine and low water conditions. The fish responded in a short feeding session in the morning and then again at about 4pm.
We tried several swims both in and out of the wood, however all fish came from the wooded section to pellet/feeder tactics. This section is quite snaggy and some of the swims a bit precarious if you are trying to sit on a chair !!!!!
All in all a good day.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

Arrived mid morning and decided to fish the top section.
Fished mainly with pellet and caught 3 barbel with the biggest being 12lb 5oz, a PB on the Wye. This particular fish had a large, what seemed to be growth, on one side so not sure what that could have been. The other 2 barbel ranged between 8 & 9lb.
A lovely part of the Wye with good access and parking, will definitely return to this beat.

3 Barbel

The river was in perfect early autumn condition and the fishing proved to be excellent. One rod managed 19 barbel from a swim in the woods, best 8lb plus with all falling to pellet and feeder tactics. The other rod caught 11 barbel from swims in the woods and also later from the field below the woods and the best fish of the day at nearly 9lbs. Every swim tried produced bites and this was river Wye fishing at its best.

30 Barbel, 5 Chub

First time here. We headed to the woods, CH picked a likely looking swim and sat on the rocks, he had 9 to 8.5lb, BT had no luck in the woods, I fished the 1st field, unfortunately the weed coming down spoilt the day until it disappeared at about 3pm, once gone managed 4 and a chub. Not sure where the weed came from as we had not had any the day before and it hadn't rained, WUF any ideas, will be back for another go.

(Wuf note: sometimes there is some cutting going on othertimes Swans/cattle/swimmers and canoes all possible causes)

13 Barbel, 1 Chub

Top field fished due to heavy rain making woods and route to bottom of beat very slippery underfoot. Pellets and meat took fish to 8lb. Late afternoon best.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub