Feedback & Reports

This was a new beat for us, parking was good with options at the middle and top of the beat. River looked to hold a little colour but was a little low. Fished almost every area of the beat although the bottom end is almost inaccessible in most places. Tried the float but only Fish came to standard hair rigged pellet on lead or feeder from top meadow and a swin in the woods. Little country pub at the top of the hill up the lane is the place to go for lunch. We'll be back to try again very soon thanks to wye and usk for access to our favourite river.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Lovely day out, with changeable conditions. Lots of kayakers throughout the day so made things tricky with the lines out. But managed a few nice ones and a big chub. biggest was 7lb. large pellets on the hair with pva bags got all the action.
The owner came by and was a lovely bloke. Relaxed spot and had a great time. Small beat but lovely spot. Would recommend

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

fished from mid afternoon till 9pm ,overcast showery ,river up 6inches with some much needed colour nice bit of flow ,static approach feeder, just short of mid river . couple of micro barbs which is nice to see , others between 5 and 7 pound . ideal conditions, fish happy to feed , great fishing .

11 Barbel

We fished the end of beat 4 where the river really begins to pick up the pace, using heavy feeder tactics and long hook lengths. We all fished pellet and for a while attempted trotting. We had a fair few bovine fans, including old chainy (watch out for her), and a constant stream of canoeists - the vast majority of whom were very courteous - the odd few however were utter morons. We also had quite a bit of attention from the infamous swan on that stretch called Psycho Sid. He had a pop at one of us when fishing from the gravel island - be warned - he loves a loaf of bread! We had a small chub of 6-8oz and a better fish of 3lb 14oz on feeder. We all lost fish as well - they felt like chub. We saw barbel jumping on the stretch (bizarre!) and also a fair amount of trout activity in the evening. We also had two foul hooked minnow to add insult to injury! But it made us laugh. It was a beautiful day and this is a lovely venue. It's just a shame that the fish weren't on the feed.

2 Chub, 2 Other

6 Barbel

Booked on rather late as I was passing through. Looked a nice stretch of water, had some extra height and colour from the previous few days apparently. Great setting, but I struggled to hold the bottom in the decent looking runs, even with 3oz feeders. Had 3 barbel between 5 1/2lb and 7lb all falling to pellet between 7:15pm and last knocking. Nice day out, but very expensive when you can get a years ticket to the HAA for the price of two days fishing on the Wye and Usk ticket and fish the next best along.

3 Barbel

Hard going on what looked like a nice push of fresh water...

4 Barbel

Was optimistic on this new venue for us, nice place, but just the one 6lb barbel and one eel using feeder and pellet/ meat. Fished midday till 9:30, in good conditions. Not sure why the bottom field was full of campers fishing when we paid good money for the whole stretch?? as a result limited swims to fish.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

only 1 chub to show for a lot of effort . Tried 4 swims throughout the day although much work required to get to water .
Weed festooned around line within seconds of feeder hitting bottom and noisy canoeists ( music and alcohol ) did not help the experience . This beat is not ideal if you want an easy day fishing and it's easy to see why it's lightly fished .

1 Chub