Feedback & Reports

River low, weedy with very little flow. 2 x 3lb chub and a 2lb Brown Trout on floatfished sweetcorn. And a 5lb Barbel on feeder.

1 Trout, 1 Barbel, 2 Chub

We were all very disappointed with this beat. 2/3 of a mile of fishing with only 3 jungle busting safe places to fish. There has been no attempt by riparian owners to create something of a coarse fishery. Banks are very steep and heavily vegetated or tree lined to make access impossible. Some good Barbel were seen among the Ranunculus in places where it was simply unsafe or impossible to fish. We stayed to 1pm and then abandoned the beat. Not worth the £60 we paid to fish here. Very disappointed.

A beautiful stretch of the river Wye. However there is a price to pay. A steep walk down the path to the riverbank (would be a nightmare if it was wet) and then barely anywhere to get down to the river. Be prepared to cut your way into the swims. Walked to the top end of the beat and baited up the pool below the Croy and then moved downstream to a shallower section where I managed to get into the river. Trotted crust from a centrepin with the sun on my back for about an hour taking three hard fighting Chub, fantastic. Moved up to the Croy and sat it out until about 11.00am with two more Chub taken on feeder with pellet. Retired for lunch and came back about 3.30pm. Unfortunately no Barbel but five more Chub taken from the deeper water at the beginning of the Beat. A fantastic two days fishing. Many thanks to the owners and the Wye and Usk Foundation as it is a privilege to fish this river.

12 Chub

Fished just the morning from 6am until lunch time. Walked to the top of the beat to the croy. We had a small Barbel and 3 average sized Chub on Corn. River very low and I think this pool fishes better with another foot or so on. Usually fish the middle of the beat in waders but with only being a short session did not bother. Fished the deep water towards the downstream end and had another Barbel and a Chub. The Barbel was 7.05 but was a very long and lean fish which looked bigger. Last years pegs are completely overgrown again so be prepared to make your own swims!

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Nil

Nice looking Beat, safe car parking in the church grounds. River was in good condition so we explored the beat fishing a few swims below the islands and then a few swims in the upper meadow. We stuck with the tried and tested Pellet and feeder approach and although bites were generally few and far between but we managed a couple of small Barbel and a couple of decent Chubb before the night drew in. Thanks to W&UF for the pleasure of fishing on our favourite river and apologies for the late catch report.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived at the beat after driving through lashing rain still eager as schoolboys, we had a plan like you do, especially this time of year to rove the whole beat to try and find them but as it was raining and very muddy we found a spot each, up went the brolly's and that's where we stayed.
It was Neil's first barbel trip and no matter what the weather, he was on cloud nine! A very good carp angler but now wants to try some proper river fishing as he puts it. He didn't let the side down on a very hard wet day he ended up with a nice 4lb chub and a very welcome 4lb barbel, we were made up for him. Myself, I lost a nice fish early on to a sunken tree, not concentrating on the take and Len lost two fish to similar circumstances. Can't wait to next season for a few more barbel trips. Neil even more so! P.s. We all made it back up the woodland path just!! It could do really with a lot better hand rail and some steps are very dangerous... not joking! A note also, as we were fishing two blokes came and saw us friendly they were and they said there was nowhere else to fish. I said when you book only three people can fish this beat they said they had booked it weeks ago when I booked it we were the only three booked in or so I was told. Chancers??

WUF Note : This beat only allows a maximum of three anglers. This party was the only booking taken that day. If anglers encounter any other anglers on the beat please contact the Foundation as soon as possible.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

What the beat description/access doesn't mention is that the footpath through Capler Woods is quite a steep gradient and narrow and which we found out when wet is very treacherous when descending (and that was without any kit!) A kindly farmer let us access through his field which was a lot safer. The beat itself fished well despite the rain (we fished from 12.30pm to 5.30pm), we sat in the first field and had 3 barbel (8lb, 7lb 3oz & 5lb) and 4 chub (5lb 1oz, 4lb 14oz, 4lb 10oz and 2lb) all on maggot and maggot feeder.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

A difficult day on a great looking stretch of river, with a single Chub at dusk saving the blank for me. My friend who was hoping for his first Barbel unfortunately blanked. Will be back in the summer.

1 Chub

Weather mixed between rain and sunshine. Fished for pike most of the day. None caught but missed two. For the last hour fished for barbel. One caught, 5lbs and in very nice condition. Overall a very nice day in a wonderful location.