Feedback & Reports

A sweltering day with the river running low and clear. The fish took some finding, but generally came regularly throughout the day. Most fish caught on small pellets glued to the hair, rather than single larger pellets.
Largest 7lb 8oz. Most 5lb - 7lb, with one small barbel of around 12oz.

15 Barbel, 4 Chub

Unbelievable afternoon/evening session at one of the best beats on the Wye & Usk in my opinion. This is a day that me and my Dad will never forget.
We got to the river at 11.30am and made the long walk round the woods, eventually settling in a couple of swims at 1pm. Before I had even set up my Dad had 3 barbel and the fish seemed to be seriously having it. We then caught steadily all afternoon until about 4pm when everything went quiet. A walk around the fishery to plan our next move was in order so we spent 45mins walking the stretch then returned to get our gear.
We decided to have another cast in our original swim and immediately were back into the fish. We then continued to catch all evening, somehow passing 30 barbel, then 40, finishing on 41 barbel, 39 chub, 1 eel and 1 shimano 6000 spool hooked in the edge inside a mankey old sock!!
Can't wait to get back to this beat in September and I just hope it fishes half as well!
Also had 2 mink run between my legs - they were extremely tame, one of them was sat looking at me trying to beg some pellets I think!

41 Barbel, 39 Chub, 2 Other

River very low and clear and coupled with hot and bright weather, made conditions far from ideal. Unfortunately only one barbel between the two of us, along with a dozen or so chub.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

Very enjoyable day with fish up to 8lb 6oz.

11 Barbel

First time for me on this beautiful stretch of water and the manicured gardens provided a picturesque backdrop for a good days fishing.
The action was steady all day despite the river being low there seemed plenty of life and the slightly cooler conditions also seemed to help. All fish were caught on the standard feeder methods and fought ferociously in the usual Wye manner!! Plenty of boat traffic and a few lads enjoyed some swimming upstream of me which fortunately did not seem to put off the fish...
Did try trotting with corn without success but will return to this beat which holds considerable charm and potential.

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

A nice morning on a low clear river, barbel caught first thing.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Nice fishing, nice weather, biggest fish 8.6lb barbel.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Arrived around 5:30am to a beautiful Wye misty morning. Had decided to fish the croy at the far end of the beat first then work my way back during the day. Walked down the "mountain" to the River and all the way to the croy swim then discovered I'd left my bait in the car so had the pleasure of doing it all again! 3 chub in the morning before 10:00am. Two on the stick and pin and one on feeder/pellet. Nothing from the next two swims and I was back in the first field by 3pm. Afternoon was incredibly hot and not surprisingly uneventful. Fish started feeding around 7pm and a further 8 chub (and a very greedy Gudgeon!!!) followed to straight lead and loose fed pellet at about half way across. Another great day on the river although the lack of Barbel was a disappointment.
Canoe traffic was reasonably bearable but three Canoes strapped together with an outboard motor on the back was taking the "proverbial" and tested my patience to the extreme!!!

11 Chub, 1 Other

Groundbait feeder. Pellets, meat, worms, boilies... Difficult fishing but still put a bend in the rods.

7 Barbel, 4 Chub

This was our first visit to this beat and it truly is in the middle of nowhere - the caravans at the bottom of the stretch do spoil the view somewhat but there was no real noise or disturbance from them.
We arrived at 4pm and started off rolling some meat in the first field as it looked too good to pass up. The fish were not very obliging however and a solitary eel was all that we could manage. We then moved down to the island to a deep run that looked perfect. We had a chub first cast but after 2 hours we hadn't had any more knocks. We moved back upstream and settled into a swim and managed a few chub in quick succession then I hooked a barbel which threw the hook in on of the many trees littering the nearside bank. Fortunately we managed to get the barbel going and ended the evening with 9 fish up to 8lb. This was a huge framed fish but was completely empty and in the autumn would comfortably be over 9lb.
A lovely beat that I will looked forward to returning to in September and there are a couple of other areas I would like to explore.

9 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other