Feedback & Reports

Very hot day. Had a couple of Chub in the morning, then three Barbel in the evening, all on pellets from the croy. Nice quiet beat.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 barbel off the croy at the top of section. 3 chub out of middle field, all on meat.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Feeder at end swim off the croy with meat & pellets.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Very hot day, river very low but did have a touch of colour and weed seems to have grown rapidly recently. Fished various swims along the beat with the odd chub and Barbel being taken to Pellet on the feeder. We fished into the dark and ended up with two Chub and five Barbel between us ranging from six to nine pounds.
The stile into the top meadow is badly damaged and is dangerous if you are carrying your gear, especially in low light conditions so please be aware of this.
walking back down the beat we came across a big Polish guy fishing for Barbel so we had to explain that he was not permitted to fish the beat. I asked him to produce his rod license, which he did but he took some convincing that he was NOT allowed to fish the beat.
Apart from that little episode another lovely session on our favourite river, Many thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation.

Windy, hot and sunny with river low and clear. Beautiful location and the hill going down to the fishery is not nearly as bad as previous reports suggest. The main problem is the lack of swims you can access. I'm quite happy to bash my way down the bank Jungle warfare style but I'm sure there are a lot of anglers that would prefer easier access and a greater choice of swims for their £15 a day. The Croy swim at the top of the fishery looked great but was too windy on the day so my Dad and I fished one of the slower deeper swims in the first meadow. I had one chub of about 3lb and a nice Barble of 8lb on cage feeder and pellet. Dad just had one small chub on trotted bread flake. During the day we spotted a Kite, Peregrine, kingfisher and Buzzards. Lovely spot with great potential just make sure you travel light!

3 chub & 2 barbel, hard going most fish taken on rolling meat at the end of the section off the croy.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

All fish caught from the Croy casting to middle of the river.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

Day started well with a chub taking the bait on the drop on my first cast of the morning. Caught steadily during the early morning with 2 barbel and 3 chub in the bag by the time I went to Lucksall for breakfast. The rain in the afternoon seemed to put a virtual stop to any feeding with only one barbel between lunchtime and about 7pm. Once the rain stopped the bites started and had 3 more barbel and another chub between 7.15pm and 9pm.
Lots of swims available throughout the section although many involve a bit of a scramble, especially tricky after the rain. I can imagine if the level was up a couple of feet it would be a little harder to fish.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Had the stretch to myself for the whole day. Arrived first thing, as staying locally, intending to fish the usual pellet tactics for the barbel. Ended up splitting day in two.
Morning session no results on pellet so switched to feeder. 6 barbel to 10lbs and 6 chub to 5lb in various swims.
River went dead at about 10:30am stayed until 12 then went back to caravan for some grub.
Went back to the river at 5pm
Tried pellet again, this time success, left at 9:30
12 barbel to 11lbs and another 6 chub to 6lbs.
Lost approx 6 other fish in snags, of which there are a few.
Fantastic bit of river, albeit with a limited number of swims. Saw a number of salmon through the evening session, as well as signs of otters.

18 Barbel, 12 Chub

River low & clear, 2 chub on feeder. Best peg is at the end of the beat a long way down. Nice looking spot.

2 Chub