Feedback & Reports

River very low and clear, weather conditions very warm and pleasant but would have preferred a bit of water on. the access to the river is great you can drive right down to the river, but I would not like to drive up the hill after a bit of rain I would imagine if you don't have a 4x4 you could have problems. Most of our fish were caught from the swims directly down stream of the upper Car Park. All fish caught by minimal feeding and small hooks long hook lengths and small pellets, a good tactic for low clear rivers. Filling it in on the assumption " you cant overfeed on the Wye" didn't work on the swims opposite the Courtfield section

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

19 Barbel, 6 Chub

Just a morning stint as we had end our weekend of fishing to get home. We firstly fished the wood swims which are challenging but appealing then the main meadow swims. Both didn't produce fish between 7am and midday. We bumped into the other 4 fisherman on the beat. This beat cannot support 6 people. There are not enough swims. I am aware some good double figure Barbel are caught here but I would choose another beat going forward with less rods on the beat.

second day of 2, cold start but beautiful spot, had a 3lb chub which a huge pike went for on the way in ! left some marks on the chub and i would say was a BIG pike, great weekend at a lovely stretch, and we stayed in the on site caravan on the farm which was ideal!

2 Chub

most fish came to pellet feeder, with crill or halibut pellet.....some swims very prolific for fish, other less so.

14 Barbel, 26 Chub

Tried several swims and different methods but only managed 1 barbel between us

1 Barbel

Hard going. Overnight cold weather had left the river very low and clear and didn't get much action until later on in the day despite covering much of the stretch and using a variety of methods. I hadn't realised that the beat has been shortened and no longer includes the Vanstone Pool or the top bend. That was a real disappointment as the swims just below the top bend had always been the ones that produced best for us in the past. Not sure I would book again on that basis.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Tough day 4 Barbel late in the day.

4 Barbel

Wonderful day on the Wye. A lovely barbel first cast of 8-10lbs. Two other smaller barbel 4-6lb came later in the day. A great day on a great river. A big barbel really is every bit as impressive a beast as an Osprey! In my humble opinion at least! Thank you WUF and the Environment Agency for all your river restoration and river protection work.

3 Barbel

River low and weedy

2 Barbel, 1 Chub