Feedback & Reports

A late afternoon session after rain in the morning resulted in one Barbel of six and a half pounds coming to the net. Missed a couple of knocks, suspect Chub were being a bit coy. Quite a few fish showing on the surface. The river is still low and will benefit from some rain in the coming weeks. I look forward to returning in the near future.

1 Barbel

Fished from 10:30 to 15:00 using Butcher and Bibio hopper size 12 flies.
Went right from the boat house past the lonesome pine to the boggy area beyond.
Plenty of fish around the lily pads including a nice fish of around 16 inches and a double hookup at one point which was interesting getting them out of the lily pads.
Sport slowed in the afternoon as the temperature dropped markedly and rain started around 15:00.

15 Trout

River very low,...fish spooked easy,...lovely beat,easy wading and access to river all away along,a lot of flat water which with Such low flow were pointless fishing.
Plenty of fish moving but only one on the dry, one on the clink and dink ( nymph ) and rest on tungsten bugs / French leader.
Short beat , 2 anglers would be a overkill .
The only negative about this beat is the price of £28.

8 Trout

Fished the top of the chapel run with nymphs taking some small graylng and a trout.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

River is now running pretty low. Decent fishing in the morning, using French leader technique. Switch to dry in the afternoon, just few graylings. No activity or fly life at all.

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

Fished from 8 until midday, started long line nymphing and picked up a few grayling in the deeper pools then fish started rising so I switched to a dry fly and had a lot of fun sight fishing to targeted fish in the low clear water. The trout seem to have gone into hiding.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Hooked two fish that came off, none caught. Beautiful scenery.

Well, after a tough first day at Kerne Bridge, Middle Hill Court certainly gave us a taste of what the Wye is famous for.
Fishing with a friend this time, the morning was again slow, with just a Chub and a dropped Barbel, but things really picked up in the afternoon, with a purple patch of a couple of hours with a bite or fish pretty much every cast.
Again, bag and pellet most successful.
I really like the natural feel of both the beats I fished, but agree with previous posters that the swims could do with a bit of maintenance. Many Thanks to WUF and we'll certainly be back!

11 Barbel, 7 Chub