Feedback & Reports

Tried different swims to our usual area for a change and enjoyed a few fish on a windy afternoon/evening. Pellet and bomb tactics and used some hemp too in a near bank swim.

River up about a foot on normal level. Wildlife included egrets and gooseanders.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Barbel, 32 Chub

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished rapids only place with flow????

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fished 1pm to 9pm. Lovely beat with lots of varied water and conditions. River looking very good - level and clarity. Middle of the session was ruined a bit by someone doing some work up river and loads of flotsam floating downstream. Wiped me out for a couple of hours sadly.
All fish were caught ledgering with pellet or meat.
hope to return...

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

Low water tough day need rain????fished rapids

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

The river was fairly low but with a slight tinge of colour due to recent rainfall/showers. Access to fishable swims is very poor due to high, steep banks an no cut swims. The only pool which looks good can only be accessed by walking all the way up to the footbridge and back down again due to lack of accessible swims. There are some steps in places but they do not necessarily have a flatish area from which fishing is safe.
This could be a reasonable beat if some basic swim creation was carried out.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

River needs another foot of water in it, and not looking the most healthy at the moment. Bit of silkweed coming down but not too troublesome.
Been some years since I last fished the Creel and access to the water is poor, apart from the obvious swim by the steps in the '1st field'. I'm fit and agile but you need skills of a mountain goat to get down the mud banks on the lower water by the island. I wouldn't risk if this was wet. The top field has some good swims if only you could fish them. Minimum 5 ft drop into 5ft of water at best and having saved myself from this fate once sense took over. I like my rivers wild but this beat would greatly benefit from a few enhancements to enable access down to the water along it's length ( or bring your own rope ladder). Especially on days like the one just fished where the fish weren't in the one popular swim and had to be found.
Did winkle out a few Chub on trotted meat but fishing was hard. Probably will leave the Creel for a few more years again and the Wye till conditions improve.

3 Chub