Feedback & Reports

First visit to this excellent new fishery; good variety of water, easy access from car park and usual stunning countryside. A really nice addition to The Fishing Passport.
9 barbel to around 7 pounds, quality chub and two eels, one of which was around 3 pounds.

9 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other

River very low but gave us a chance to see the rocks in the river where we loose our tackle. Set up and watched the otters swimming bye then when we moved swims. Had to clear up rubbish left by morons tin cans paper rappers all harmful to the cows in the field and the large friendly bull. We could not understand how some people could pay £22 plus booking fee and leave litter.
Back to the fishing, bait was pellets, sweetcorn and meat with swimfeeders, ledgering, freelining. The barbel were 8lb 10oz and 6lb 4oz and the Chub were from 3.5lbs to 4.9lbs. In the evening about 8.30ish 3 Otters swam into the swim one of us was fishing so we called it a day. We had a good day despite the storms, it's a lovely part of Herefordshire. Thank you Wye & Usk Foundation, we will be back.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Hard going today with just the one chub.

1 Chub

From Kerne Bridge to Marl Bed approx. 600 yards I saw only 2 swims that were anything like fishable, the rest is completely overgrown with no way of accessing the river. We eventually arrived at the area I guess is the marl bed..a big area of gravel which saved our day. As we made our way down to the river we noticed 2 big blacks of rubbish and cans strewn all over the area and what looked like where a fire had been. Had a tidy up as best we could but observed the tins of food etc had foreign writing on them so guessed the fishery had been visited by East Europeans? Other than this area to fish, I walked upstream another 2-300 yards and found only 1 other swim at a salmon croy where a ladder would be useful to get down safely to said swim. As suggested in my other report at Sugwas, some sort of work party would be beneficial as there are so much river that could be explored and enjoyed instead of just a limited number of spots. With regards to the fishing, my wife had her best day fishing the Wye for the last couple of years, 5 barbel up to 8lb. We also managed 5 other barbel and 5 chub on pellet boilies and cheese. A lovely stretch of water and surroundings with the friendliest swans I have ever seen, not bothered by us anglers at all. Definitely a place to revisit, hope my observations make a difference for others.

10 Barbel, 5 Chub

1 Barbel

An early session (6am-11am), river a bit higher than my last visit a couple of weeks a ago. Caught a barbel first cast, almost on the drop, then several more at regular intervals throughout the morning.

4 Barbel

Barbel to 11lb. Chub to 6lb 12oz. All taken at the far bank on pellets. Over cast most of the day with odd showers.

16 Barbel, 4 Chub

A complete blank! Lost 4 fish - one of which judging by the fight and amount of line it took was big. Hoping for a better day tomorrow!

The river had risen about a foot or so after the recent rains. Good colour to the water.
Barbel were between 7 and 9 pounds. Chub from 1 to 4 pounds.
I fished just down from the boat house at the weir garden.
Barbel caught on feeder fished pellet
Chub caught on feeder fished meat and float fished bread flake. It's a good walk from the car park and the banks in areas are a bit wild. I only fished from 3pm to 8pm due to working. Great beat in a beautiful location.
Just booked next visit!

4 Barbel, 15 Chub

Great fishery, seven barbel 4lb to 9.25lbs, halibut pellet and feeder. Never had barbel that fight like Wye fish, I will be back!

7 Barbel, 2 Chub