Feedback & Reports

Great beat, good to be back on the water after recent high water conditions. Lots of tugs to swinging nymphs but only yielded one wbt to hand. No hatch to speak of and only saw one rise all day. Lots of red kites suddenly appeared at around 5ish. Usual regular fly by from Kingfisher and Dippers. Fabulous welcome from Dylan the dog on arrival.

1 Trout

Overcast skies, 11C-13C, no rain, light winds. Fished entire beat from 13:30 until 17:30. Caught six (6) brown trout all in good condition and measured 10cm - 17cm. Caught one on a dark sedge, one on a black-bodied klinkhammer, and four on parachute adams. Beautiful beat, with a good variety or pools, and riffles. Access easy, but firm footwear recommended. Two merlin seen overhead, and three dipper seen along the beat. A very enjoyable half-day.

6 Trout

3 Chub

Gary had one barbel of 6.6 plus a chub, I had one small barbel around 4lbs plus two chub largest about 4lbs
both using groundbait feeder/meat

The river rose very quickly during the day about 16/18 inches plus although there was no local rain the night before and very little the day before either, the banks along 90% of this stretch are treacherous and should not be fished by anybody that is not agile and fit! We nearly got marooned in the last swim downstream and had to clamber up a very steep bank clinging on to tree braches to make our escape to the top footpath this is because the river level and the bank are almost at the same height along a good deal of this stretch ( steps should be cut into the bank for this purpose)
The description on the permit of a well maintained river bank I'm afraid is very misleading!!

Fishing Passport Note : While a rising rivers always cause issues with access, we are reviewing the Wyebank beat description with the fishery owner and will make any necessary changes in due course. It is not always possible to know about changes in access conditions so feedback from customers such as this is extremely useful.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

8 Barbel, 3 of which went over 8lb. 8lb 5oz, 8lb 8oz and 8lb 12oz. 9 Chub, several to 4.5lb, best went 5lb on the nose.
Highlight of the day was a sparrowhawk hunting at flat out speed just feet above our heads along the top of the riverbank, flying between our extended rods. The wind rush was incredible.

8 Barbel, 9 Chub

Booked the stretch again after a decent day yesterday. Surprised to find the river rising after fine weather. This affected bait presentation but we managed to scrape a 3pound Barbel plus a good few decent chub. Disappointing after a good Thursday.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

5 barbel and 8 chub for 1 angler and 18 chub and 3 barbel for the other angler. Great day conditions were bang on with a couple of feet of extra water.

8 Barbel, 26 Chub

Great fishing when the river started rising mid afternoon. Lovely fighting fish

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

My first time on this lovely beat; 3 hours of fishing around midday. Cold and overcast with a bit of colour in the water. No surface activity. All fish caught on self tied (barbless) tenkara style full bodied flies, fished upstream and across and downstream as an emergers. All takes were very aggressive. One of the trout was a lovely 16" and one of the grayling 14". I look forward to returning to the beat.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Water was coloured and high and fast - but I fought valiantly on...

7 Trout, 2 Grayling