Feedback & Reports

On initial arrival I was rather dissapointed with the accesability of the swims and to be honest, if it were at all muddy or the river were up I would not have risked the clamber down to them. Far too dangerous but luckily it was a sunny, dry day and of the 5 swims available my brother fished one that was at the river level and I chose one which needed the full length of my telescopic landing net handle to reach the water. Had a great day 4 Barbel, largest of which was pushing double figures and at least 8 chub, the largest was a stonker pushing the 5lb mark, the rest were around 3lbs with a couple of 1.5lbs. My brother had 2 Barbel around the 4lbs mark and numerous chub between half a pound to one and a half pounds. Be warned, swims not for the feint hearted.

31 Barbel 8 Chub on pellets meat and bread. Caught fish from all over the beat. Most fish caught after 4pm.

I thoroughly enjoyed my day on this beautiful stretch of river. I fished from 9.15am to 5pm and I caught eight Barbel and lost one due to a hookpull. They ranged in size from 4lb to 7lb 12oz and caught them throughout the day. The first one fell to Bacon Grill, and the rest all came on Halibut Pellets. I only caught my first ever Barbel 2 days ago (Essex boy who only fishes lakes), so for me this was a red letter day. As this was also the 4th and final day of my fishing holiday and I had struggled for bites in the fast water the previous 3 days, I'm going home on a high. I'm already planning to return asap, so thanks a lot WUF, and thanks to IYCF magazine where I first read about you.

Third time here this season and the third time its had 5 ft plus on! Lovely sunny day though, started at 2pm just as it began to fall and was immediately amongst the fish Barbel and nuisance chublets. Quiet period between 4pm and 6pm as it got very hot then they switched on again. Large chunks of meat pulled in 3 barbelat 9lbs+ and an 8lbs+ in the next 40 mins before my landing net handle broke under the hammering its taken these last 5 weeks. Tried to fix it but it wasn't up to it. No way of landing fish so went home happy and sunburned.

At lunchtime realised rain had stopped. River at 1.5m. Booking first class as normal. On river by 3 to find colour clearing. Fished through till dark. Finished with several barbel around 5 to 6lbs plus one of 9lbs 7oz. Also several chub to around 4lbs - lost 3 barbel in same snag - is it now time to put away the flood gear or is there still more to come?

22 barbel, 4 chub and 2 eels over 2 days. River up and coloured and going like a train. fished from bottom of beat to treeline in as many swims that were fishable. Pellet and meat the baits used with feeder and PVA 6oz weights needed at times. Great fishing as usual. Thanks.

Conditions were very difficult with the river running 5ft over summer level. In the conditions there were only a few swims available. We settled at the lower end of the beat and caught a number of barbel and chub on a variety of baits. We called it a day when the rain made the banks too dangerous. I would like to revisit this beat in normal conditions. Access was very good with only a short walk required from either parking area and the swims are clearly defined and marked.

20 barbel upto 9lb 6oz and 12 chub upto 5lb 4oz. Pellet for the barbel and meat for the chub. This beat was easily accessible with the directions spot on. Just one sad note, an excuse of a fisherman on the opposite bank.

River was 4ft up, chocolate brown and chugging through, though it had apparently dropped 4ft overnight! The three of us fished a large crease at the very bottom of the beat, mainly due to a lot of the beat being unfishable.
We ended the day with 17 barbel between 5lb and 9lb 8oz, all coming to feeder fished halibut pellet. We also had a 4lb chub and two eels to 3lb.

Fishing in the worst rainfall imaginable seemed like madness but managed 3 hours between 2pm and 5 pm and was rewarded with 4 fish the biggest being a Wye PB at 11lbs 4oz before the banks became too dangerous to land and return fish.
Thanks to the WUF for all the terrific work they have done on this stretch.