Feedback & Reports

Fished waggler and maggot in middle of first meadow upstream of the entrance, 1 pm - 6.30 pm. Four barbel 5 - 8lbs, 1 chub 2.5 lbs, 4 very small dace, lots of minnows. Water low, weather bright after a cold start with variable downstream wind, some cloud cover later. Lots of salmon moving, several different fish apparent.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 4 Other

River low and clear we fished the available swims and I caught 12 barbel all under a pound, a brown trout and a dace of about 8oz, my fellow angler caught one small chub, all came to maggot on feeder tactics after persevering for several hours on pellet feeder gave no results.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

We arrived at the Fishery at 7-30am to find the river low and clear. I managed to catch 3 chub on pellet to about 4lb from under a tree about halfway along the stretch up to 3pm. After speaking to Glynn he advised us to fish the fast water at the top of the stretch. We tried various methods and baits to tempt the barbel but all to no avail. Low and clear water meant we were going to struggle which proved correct. We just got our timing wrong but living 120 miles away it is difficult to visit at the drop of a hat when the river is in top condition for the barbel. Maybe next time! Lovely accessible stretch!

3 Chub

Great beat, with some good looking swims. liked the short walk from the parking. The river looked perfect and the weather was mild for the time of year. Struggled a little for bites but 3 barbel landed and 3 chub. Wish we lived closer to the Wye, as it's very well run.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

A very long fishery and the party had to cover much of it to find barbel. They were not in a cooperative mood. Managed to bag 6 barbel between us (1 person had 3 of them) to 9-13. Chub were more cooperative, especially for the trotters. A few trout were caught but numbers were not recorded. As with White House, the best bet for barbel was single pellet with very light feeding. This beat offers a very wide range of fishing if you are prepared to walk a bit.

6 Barbel, 24 Chub

Bright conditions,summer levels, pellet and feeder tactics. Very enjoyable afternoons fishing!

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

River was very low and clear tried various different swims to no avail. Managed to catch a low double figure pike on a large deadbait. The barbel were scarce throughout the stretch with only one small fish landed between the six anglers. Beautiful place sometimes the "catching" doesn't matter does it !

1 Pike

1 Barbel, 1 Chub