Feedback & Reports

A very pleasant day on this lovely stretch of water. All Barbel caught in the afternoon as the day was sunny and bright, water level low and very clear. Best Barbel 8lb 6oz and Chub just over 3lb.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fishing hard mainly due to weed catching on line. 3 chub caught up to 5.25lb on pellet.

3 Chub

Fished quite a few different stretches of the river Wye, but when I arrived at Caradoc I have to say it was better than I could have imagined, the scenery was stunning.
The river was very low and clear as I expected, so I decided to fish the fast water below the bridge. I used my bait dropper to feed casters and hemp and then rested the swim for an hour. It was impossible to feeder fish because of the weed coming down the river, so I decided to the best method was trotting a float through. I had two good chub straight away and as I was unhooking the second one I was joined in the water by two large dogs, the owners were on the top of the bank screaming at them to come back to them. Being a nice sunny day this sort of thing went on all day including two drunken girls swimming across the river. Anglers who book this stretch at a premium price should be aware that its limited to four anglers, but there are no restrictions to anyone else. I'm sorry to say I won't be returning.

12 Chub

River low and gin clear making conditions difficult. Most of the chub came to float fished meat. The barbel were taken on feeder with pellet.

4 Barbel, 15 Chub

Arrived around 11.00, fished below suspension bridge trotting bread, corn and tare to take 21 Chub to 4lbs 2oz with quite a few prime Dace throw in. Also had an appearance from sized good trout. All fished over a bed of hemp and corn with the occasional hand full of liquidised bread. Moved to the upper stretch early evening and fished meat and pellet over a bed of hemp and small pellet for three more Chub to 4lbs 3oz.
All in all a very enjoyable day, a lot of weed was coming down river which made bottom fishing very difficult though.

1 Trout, 24 Chub

Arrived at this beautiful beat with perfect conditions after a hearty breakfast (stayed at Sunny Mount Hotel in Ross and they are very accommodating). Each time I come here, I am never disappointed (and I have blanked here!) The tranquil surroundings are, I would say, one of the best I have come across. The ease of access to the entire beat is a massive selling point. The cost however is still out of kilter with the rest of portfolio of the WUF.
The weather changed from overcast to sunshine to fairly heavy showers and back to sunshine. I shared my swim with a Mink that was surprisingly friendly coming to within 4 feet of me on 3 occasions. I also shared the beat with 3 other anglers but we never crossed paths other than a chat when wandering and upon their departure. From their reports they had a good day down on the beach at the bottom of the beat. I settled in to the steps swim about 100 yards short of the fallen tree in the pasture. This stretch of 100 yards is a fish holding area as has been proven before. Started catching chub on the far bank tight up against the bankside vegetation. Had to wait until the sun came out for the first Barbel at 12:05 (7lb 10oz) falling to the Goose Pellet. Further fish followed with one casualty cutting me off against a submerged rock with the best fish of the day taken at around 18:00 hrs weighing 8lb 11oz. Final tally 4 Chub to 3lb 4oz and 6 Barbel. 8 of the 10 fish fell to the Goose Pellet and 2 to Halibut Pellet all fished feeder tactics with hemp, pellet and crushed pellet, with 3 ft hook lengths. This was the last of my 3 venue trip and I would like to thank WUF and the owners for the ease of booking and keeping all of these waters available.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

We found the best area was the fast water below the suspension bridge, which produced all but one chub, the river was clear and quiet low, the best method was 8mm halibut pellets for hookbait, with a mixture of 6 & 8 mm pellets in pva bags on a short hook link. All in all a excellent day.

16 Barbel, 12 Chub

This is a very attractive and accessible stretch but jolly expensive! A lot of loose weed was coming down, probably from swans feeding up-river which was a bit trying but three good sized barbel and seven chub to 4lb 12oz, all on pellets and from various swims, made it an enjoyable day. We couldn't complain about the lovely September weather, it was a joy to be fishing.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

Due to traffic problems, only fished for 3.5hrs from 5pm. A very expensive blank no signs of fish.

Very enjoyable beat to fish, easy access to most of the pools, saw 1 salmon show. Caught a 9lb pike. There were a few canoes coming down but no where near as many as some of the lower beats I've fished & being a Bank Holiday weekend.
Many thanks again Wye & Usk Foundation for ease of booking & an enjoyable days fishing.

1 Pike