Feedback & Reports

A few fish caught as river began to rise

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely barbel at 8-10 for Paul which made the week.
A polite question though about this beat, why are the parking and driving restrictions so draconian please?
One of our number is 85 years old and we 2 are no spring chickens but we’ve made it our mission to make sure the old boy can do the business. To do that this week we’ve lumped his and our gear from top to bottom 3 times this week. I can understand that the owners don’t want people driving on pristine grass fields but the lower end of the beat is simply a track and surely parking isn’t a problem? Please think of us older boys when making the rules, a few concessions would be appreciated

6 Chub

Only one angler fished. All the fish were taken in the morning from the field section of the beat.

It was disappointing that no work has been done to clear swims in this stretch; it would have been challenging had there been two of us.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Tough day on a low river, the recent rain will help. We did manage a few Chub and a Barbel, another Barbel lost to a hook pull, very frustrating when bites are this few and far between

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fished the top of the beat in the faster water. Despite being able to see the bottom all the way across I found some chub in the pool below the shallow rapids and a couple of bonus barbel later on the feeder. Then got drenched in the thunder storm walking back to the car! Chub to 4.8. Both barbel about 8lb.

2 Barbel, 22 Chub

Didn’t stay.
Had a good look upstream and downstream to find a couple of suitable swims, I hadn’t realised I needed to bring my strimmer!!
I was hoping that having seen the previous comments about lack of swims that some effort may have been made to create some, there’s a beach area that’s fishable but not very deep. I would imagine this would be a hive of activity in the summer months and not what fishing the Wye is about.
Surely some agreement with free fishing in exchange for some swim preparation could be made with a local gardener/forest worker?

If not let it go and spend the money on some of the other beats.

Fished at the end of the beat in fast shallow water. There was a lot of weed/algae in the water which interfered with the bait when using a feeder. One of us changed to trotting a stick float on meat and caught over 30 chub of various weights up to around 3lb. Barbel were caught on marine halibut pellet and various broillies with the best over 9lb. Great days fishing even with the river still very low. Great Beat

12 Barbel, 30 Chub

5 Barbel, 17 Chub