Feedback & Reports

Cold day with overnight frost, made this a hard day, between 4 rods we managed 3 Barbel to 4lb 8 oz, and 3 chub to 4lb 10oz. All fish falling to maggot hookbaits.

Lovely day and great new stretch of water. Only managed to fish about 5 swims from Carey Pool at the top to just below the islands but took 2 Barbel (6 lbs and 8 lbs) and 2 Chub (1 1/2 lbs and 4 lbs) all on a cocktail of small pellet and red maggots (neither seemed to work on their own). Nice way to finish the season - can't wait until Summer. Found one swim where the spot you'll sit in is so protected from the elements that when the sun came out I had to take my jacket off!

Very cold and frosty overnight and with the river low and clear we didn't expect much action. In fact between the two of us we didn't have a bite all day despite moving swims and trying light lines and small baits. Roll on the warmer days of summer!

A very cold and overcast day. Two Chub caught. One of 4lb 8oz and the other 5lb 3oz. Missed quite a few bites but we were happy to land two pristine fish. A lovely stretch of river. We will be returning in the summer to target the Barbel.

5 chub up to 3lb 14oz some on bread, some on sweetcorn.
2 pike biggest about 8lb on Sardines.

First and biggest chub came second cast promising a good day. Other than the pike, which I took whilst roving during the afternoon, my next bite came at 6.15pm. Between then and 7pm I had a further four chub and missed another 4 bites. Probably should've gone fine line and maggot feeder during the day as it was very bright and water is pretty clear.

Still a very plesent day on a really attractive and varied piece of water.

What a lovely bright cold sunny day it was with a frisky easterly wind.

When the winds in the east the fish bite least, then when my brother was back to the car away went his rod.

1 barbel of 5lb,better than nothing.

No salmon seen.

Fished for barbel all day in one spot hoping to intercept any on the move. Not a touch all day. Water temp was 40deg so not really surprising. The wind was rather cold but sitting behind the shelter in the sun was very pleasant. I was booked in for the following day when I had planned on a more mobile approach. Overnight the temperature dropped to minus 5 so I did not even bother going back, I went home instead. Roll on the start of the new season!

Arrived at whitehouse at 8.30 after a walk i managed to find a peg I fancied at the bottom end of the beat and away i went. I had a chub about 4lb first chuck and another second chuck. Lost 1 third chuck then waited 15 mins for the next bite and landed a lovely barbel about 8lbs all on pellet. Then it was just like someone switched the fish off and I didnt have another bite on the feeder which coincided with the cold easterly wind getting up but managed 2 small chub and a stray trout on float fished sweetcorn towards the end of the day. A very nice beat and will fish again in the summer thanks very much Wye and Usk Foundation

A lovely warm sunny spring day at last. The river low but with a little colour. Surprisingly hard going with the chub proving elusive and reluctant to feed. Managed to weedle out 3 in the end, all on meat. Also caught a rainbow trout on bread of about 2 and a half pounds. Don't know what he was doing there?

Fished on 25th & 26th Feb 2010 : Chub 12 of them, did it blow on Friday!