Feedback & Reports

WYASTONE LEAS is one of our favourite beats on the wye and has never let us down. This is despite the fly tipping that still occurs where we park and more annoyingly the total lack of work done in swim preparation. It took us a good hour to clear two swims and this is not the first time we have done this. It is little wonder this beat is rarely fished if this is the attitude taken by the wye & usk. We had 10 barbel to 9lb. 07oz. PB & DD WEST SUSSEX.

WUF Note : Not all beats have resident fishery keepers who will carry out regular maintain and bankside vegetation grows rapidly at this time of year, hindering access on many beats where there are few bookings. We do carry out maintainance work, usually ahead of the opening day but with limited resources and depending on bookings, we will concentrate efforts on certain beats. There are many beats that have regular maintenance carried out and we can advise on these if required. It is important howver to remember that on the whole, the Wye is wild fishing and anglers will be expected on certain stretches to create their own swims.

10 Barbel

Good day for my fishing companion J Green: 4 barbel to just under 7 lbs and 1 1/2 lbs eel. A couple of good fish lost. Not many anglers on this beat lately and overgrown approaches to swims and swims themselves needed negotiating to enable safe fishing.

4 Barbel, 1 Other

The river was very low despite heavy rain over the previous 24 hours. We fished three swims on the upper and lower part of the beat. Managed just one 3lb chub and a lost fish.

1 Chub

Had a Barbel within the first hour. thought this is a good start, well that was the only bite the two of us had all day. Disappointing to say the least.Barbel were spotted by the boys rock (which we can't fish). Use to be able to fish this in the past and the peg slightly below the boys rock. I have to say this is a beat i will not be visiting again.

1 Barbel

Last day of our trip. We'd fished this stretch before with some success so hoped this would be the golden day that would make up for our low catches on our previous sessions. Not to be. No fish caught and with the river lower than on previous occasions with poor flow we didn't manage a bite between us. We'll be back again though to fish this stunning river with its rich wildlife and beautiful scenery. Thanks to Wye and Usk Foundation.

Fished from 2pm till 7pm due to getting stuck on the M25. Rained constantly and may have stayed a little longer but was drenched! Fished the upper section and settled into the least slippery and dangerous swim. Had one bite resulting in a cracking barbel of just over 9lb.

Advisable to have a dog spike and rope when it's wet on this beat, it saved me a fall into the river!

1 Barbel

Our first time on the river, never did barbel fishing in the UK before. It was amazing.

The river was low and clear, the weather was really warm. The parking is really far from the bank (I would not leave any high value in the car) and it is next to the dual carriege way. Spots are tight (branches, rocks etc.) - as people said it needs clearing. Loads of weed in the water and massive rocks (we lost plenty leads because of this).
We started fisihing at 5:30 at the top and we caught our first barbel (9lb) at 6 o clock then another one (5lb) at 6:10. Nothing so far then until 12 o clock when we caught 3 barbels, one after each other. Our last one was at 19:00 which closely pinched my rod.

In total the day was amazing with 8 stunning fish (barbels) and I would reccommend this stretch on the other hand I could not imagine there will be that much canoist. Which is not a problem, but they were loud and annoying because they not really bothered if they took your line or played in the water next to your bait.. which was not really fair.

8 Barbel

River very low and clear but had four 5 - 6 Ib barbel from the top end where there was the fastest water and least weed. Plenty of salmon leaping and mostly courteous canoeists but they didn't bother the fish as I caught throughout the day (between 10 am and 5pm). All fish fell to 14mm sausage pellets with PVAs of loose feed pellets and 3oz leads. Still my favourite WUF beat, glad it's even more left alone these days!

4 Barbel

Low clear and lots of weed lower down swims very tight at top end and need clearing.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

A bit slow as expected given the heat, but picked up in the evening.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other