Feedback & Reports

Had a great day on this fantastic fishery,overcast conditions and a slowly dropping river were ideal conditions for the last day of our trip to the River Wye,after a few fish in mid morning things went quiet for a while before the fish switched on in mid afternoon,Barbel were mostly from 3-8 lbs with one larger fish of 9 lbs 6 oz,pellet and swimfeeder were the best method today.

13 Barbel, 9 Chub

Barbel to 8lb . All on pellet wrapped in paste, with medium feeder. Weather overcast, some flow and colour. Slow start but fish came regularly from 11:00.

7 Barbel

River seemed to have dropped a little but still plenty charging through. Fishing was slow in the morning so moved upstream to snare my only fish, a 6lb barbel on single 4mm ledgered halibut pellet.

1 Barbel

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

1 Chub, 1 Other

1 barbel 8lb 3oz on pellet feeder, 2 barbel up to 9lb 3 oz on stick float , 10 small chub on stick float. Only fished the meadow swims.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Nice days fishing a few swims up from the car park. Not many bites, but all were landed. Averaged around seven pounds, with on at ten pound eight ounces. All in pristine condition.

7 Barbel

Very nice we didn't have to rely on the farmer to get us to the river as was the case several years ago. Driving to the river was a real bonus. The usual swim opposite the old boat house didn't produce for us this trip and was more overgrown than usual indicating others have found the same. An Otter was spotted on the far bank which may be contributing to its poor form.
Always a spectacular scenic beat this one with lots of different character swims.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 chub from bottom half of beat the rest were from near car park. Fish fought really well and went back strongly. Caught using open ended feeder using meat and pellets.
At the bottom of the beat five fence posts up from entrance there is a large clump of Japanese Knotweed on the bank that needs dealing with before it becomes out of hand!

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

A very quiet and peacful location. Be warned, the 300 yrd walk from the car park requires a climb up a very steep hill, travel as light as you can. The river had settled following storm Amy, however the water temperature had dropped and was around 10oC. Fishing could probably be more consistant if the temperature had been settled for a bit longer rather than dropping quickly, with the Barbel coming later in the day.

6 Barbel, 9 Chub