Feedback & Reports

arrived to find the river low and clear and with anglers already in it !!!!opposite the walkway swims anglers from the far bank casting to w&u side and actually in the river touch legering,we werent impressed at all,we counted 7 anglers fishing from that bank during our day,with the banker swims ruined we tried elsewhere on the stretch to no avail,just a couple of dace.its the 2nd time we've been to whitehouse and we wont be returning in a hurry

2 Other

Arrived after lunch. Walked the whole beat since it was my first time. Decided to stay by the hut swim. Fast flowing water and tons of weed made it impossible to fish there and I haven't had as much as a tap. Moved to the wooded section, fished close in and caught 5 chub and 3 barbel, which was a nice end to the day

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fairly quiet until late afternoon when things livened up, some nice Barbel that fought hard in fast water,3 over 8 lbs, also couple of small ones under 1 lb which is a good sign for the future .All in all a nice beat to fish and hope to return next season.

12 Barbel, 3 Chub

Another good day on this beat.

9 Barbel, 20 Chub

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

I guess we were just unlucky, but the day was almost a complete write-off with uprooted streamer weed pushing through all day, always dragging the bait away within minutes of casting. Very difficult conditions - our challenge was not catching fish, but getting the bait where it might work and keeping there. If it hadn't been for the weed problem, the stretch looks as though it would be a really good stretch to fish using a variety of methods.
The 'other' fish was a small eel!

2 Chub, 1 Other

31 Barbel, 13 Chub

Well that's why it's called fishing and not catching as the saying goes!
We had originally booked the 5th on Wyebank and 6th on Courtfield, having read the fishing reports and with an eye on a Wye Pb we shifted the Wyebank booking which we had booked out for £75 for exclusivity,onto Courtfield meaning we had 2 days to try for a big fish.
We hadn't fished the stretch previously so got there at first light to recce the stretch, from the reports we plumbed for the wooded stretch, river very low and clear but looked inviting.
It rained heavily during the morning making moving about a bit dodgy on the riverside path, managed a hat trick of falls but managed to avoid breaking anything.
We fished 6-2 with very little sign fishing From the rocks, decided to move up to the meadow, managed 4 chub and 2 big eels on pellet and meat, no signs of barbel.

Retreated to a B&B to regroup and warm up and dry out the kit !

Bring on day 2 .

4 Chub, 2 Other

Not fished

1 Barbel, 1 Chub