Feedback & Reports

Well I picked one of the hottest days of the year to visit the Creel! Never fished it in the summer so thought be nice to see it with it leaves on the trees. I decided on an afternoon/evening session with my lad coming along to enjoy being on the Wye. I set up around 3pm but didn't fish. Put some hemp down in the swim. Had a nice picnic under the oak trees for an hour or so with my boy. Lovely. I started around 4:30pm fishing balsa with bread and was picking up chub to 4lb from the start. Brilliant sport in the sunshine. Switched to hemp filled feeder around 7pm and caught 4 clonking Barbel on soft pellets, all between 7-8lb. What a wonderful summers evening on the Wye. Must have been a dream because England won that amazing test match too! Thanks WUF for this special memory.

4 Barbel, 15 Chub

4 nice size Chub, 1 Barbel and 1 eel. Feeder & pellets.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

3 Trout

Decided to have a crack at this beautiful but seldom fished beat without too much expectation of catching much.This is a stunning venue and despite the hot weather there were various birds showing all day with the highlight being a Sparrowhawk swooping low across the river in the evening sun.Having visited just once before it was difficult to judge if the venue had improved significantly but there would appear to be more swims.Clearly some work has been undertaken (Thanks KC and the sunshine band from Leeds) to improve matters here and despite the difficult hot and low water conditions the fishing was quite rewarding.The venue is worth a visit if you don't mind a fairly long walk some of it being very uphill at the end of the day...!!

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

no fish caught. day totally spoilt with Ross on Wye regatta. we counted 120 canoes in first hours fishing.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 small salmon parr and several trout caught. Most of the trout were small, but had two or three decent size.
Very hot and sunny day so really not good conditions for fishing, and the river was rather quiet.
As has been said many times the beat has become very overgrown, and access to the river is difficult. I was with Chris Price (see castingwithstyle.co.uk) who is a fabulous guide and was able to take me to the best parts and easier access points. If Chris hadn't have been with me it would have been really difficult.
I love the Fishing Passport scheme but really feel they need pay attention to these matters when people are paying money to fish.

13 Trout, 2 Other

3 Trout

2 Trout