Feedback & Reports

Weather cool all day and river sluggish. 1 fished in the morning and 3 after a very nice lunch in the White Lion in Ross.
It fished hard but we all caught from across the beat and, importantly, we all caught barbel. Straight lead with loose fed pellet and a variety of pellet hookbaits. Two of the barbel were 'one last cast' fish at 1950 before packing up so lots of time waiting but great satisfaction at the end of the day. Please God send some rain....
Nice chat with the lovely Stefan who has done more great work in opening up 3 swims up the top and one below the fence. I count 18 swims with decent access now, making this one of the most accessible beats below Hereford, yes steep, but this is the Wye. Our 78 year old found one he got in fine and caught, so happy days!

5 Barbel, 20 Chub

I only fished from 5 pm till 8pm, pretty much solid from the off, caught on feeder & float, best time to visit this beat, very little canoe traffic!

6 Barbel, 12 Chub

Worryingly I saw several cormorants just downstream from Foy bridge. These birds were actively feeding on fish under the surface of the river and should be culled. There are too many of them.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

River painfully low. We tried hard all day but could not find any barbel, only chub.

15 Chub

1 bream about 4lb and 2 carp up to 18lb

3 Other

A very hot day, unfortunately no Barbel on this occasion but the Chub kept us busy on the float. A great beat though and we'll be back to explore further.

16 Chub

Low water but good float fishing.

2 Barbel, 14 Chub

Disappointing day. Just one 3ib chub on the float. Nothing on the feeder.

1 Chub

Success at last..biggest at 10lb 10..rest all over 6lb...fastest, deepest water I could find, 3bits of corn on a hair rig. Lost two hours fishing cos of idiots in canoes....about time W&UF had a word with the boat companies about river etiquette....otherwise..given the current mood we could have a riot on our hands...

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

River level low. Fishmeal groundbait with mixed pellets and hemp in a cage feeder and halibut and robin red 8 to 12 mm pellets as hookbait. Sometimes doubled on a hair or banded.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub