Feedback & Reports

Fishing v slow, but understandable after the amount of cold water that must be in the river. Only one small pike taken on deadbait in the afternoon.

Temp -5 when I arrived! Fished Lower Bridge Pool first, fished groundbait feeder with either meat or pellet on the hook. Caught 1 chub on meat. Moved in the afternoon to Carey Brook, caught 1 more chub, on pellet. With the temperature below zero all day (-2 when I left at 4.45pm) two chub (both around 3lb) wasn't bad. The venue is in a really nice setting, while I sat fishing I saw deer on the far bank in the trees and a fox trot along the far side around dusk. Overall an enjoyable day despite the cold weather.

Minus temperatures all day combined with clear water and sun made for hard fishing. Only had 1 bite resulting in a pike of 9lb. Both the fish and the surroundings were in fantastic condition, and for once it was a pleasure to struggle! Thanks to Adam from the Foundation for trying to put me on fish, and the office for a pleasant and efficient service. Will be back soon!

Water turned out to be too high for what I wanted to do - wade and trot a float - and the feeder from the bank would have been easier. I ended up with just 1 x 2 pound chub and a few small dace etc by link legering in a slack.

We arrived to find a good looking river on a morning considerably milder than forecast. However, strictly in coarse fishing terms, the day proved to be a disappointing and it must be said, expensive - BLANK! Despite fishing 8 different swims during an 8 hour session we didn't hook a single chub or dace between us on trotted maggots and, if there are any pike in the stretch, they completely ignored our normally very effective large soft plastic 'replicant' type lures. Nevertheless we did still very much enjoy the day thanks to a steady stream of obliging and feisty, if mainly small, grayling and (out-of-season) brownies that were all carefully returned.

Arrived at white house for first time, good job we had four wheel drive, steep muddy track down to car park. River was up covering the salmon stages and thundering thru like an express train. Started up top end where the river didn't seem so fast but swims were few and far between. Had a job to hold bottom even with 4 to 5 ozs but we soldiered on. Len started with maggot feeder tactics I stuck with pellet. Lens maggot feeder tactics landed him with 6 decent sized dace whilst apart from two blinding tugs I didnt catch anything. As with any new venue you want to try everywhere probably never gave the first swim enough chance so we moved down the bottom end where holding bottom was near impossible but Len first cast latched on to nice chub 4.5lb. I lost a nice barbel near the shingle and that was that.
I think with the right conditions and slower water this is a really nice beat, in lovely surroundings and cant wait to get back next year.

3 chub to 2 rods. Water very cold no barbel at all. Covered every swim from top to bottom. Only drive down to the river and park at the hut if you have a 4x4 otherwise you will get stuck! Enjoyable day.

4 barbel and 4 chub on pellet. River was running high and coloured but fishable. Excellent service as usual from the foundation.

River in good condition - not too much colour. Barbel slow to show but one nice fish around 5lbs taken on meat in the Vanstone Pool tight under the near bank. Dace were a menace! Attacking all maggot baits almost as soon as they settled but they were not our target species.

Lovely spot with great access for my elderly father who has difficulty walking - he had a grand day out sitting by his beloved Wye in the autumn sunshine - worth every penny to see him happy. Thanks.

PS "Silver Tourist" about 10lbs showing in the Corner Tree.

On the downside, strong upstream wind, horizontal drizzle, chocolate coloured water, lots of weed and leaf debris washing through. On the upside, not at work!
Fished a number of swims from the islands, down past the 'bridge' to Carey Brook, looking for that near-side depth that would hold fish rather than struggle with mid-stream where its not easy to see what's what because of the colour and debris dragging the line. Found numerous spots to try and caught in 3 of them, finishing with 5 barbel to 7lbs and 2 nice chub.

Thanks WUF, great beat.