Feedback & Reports

Fished for couple of hours early morning. Water very low & clear 1 fresh salmon showed in wood stream. Plenty of good trout showing. Will be back to fish this beat again when theirs a little more water & colour.

Day fishing on 8th July spoilt by a family throwing rocks and swimming. When I looked over at them they just did it all the more. Clearly marked signs say swimming is not allowed but they took no notice. My partner went up to the visitor centre to complain , asked in the cafe who to complain to and was sent to the main building which was locked with a note saying the ranger was out on duty. Couldn't find ranger. When they went another couple came down for a swim. Really annoyed that I paid for the day and it was spoilt by this have been fishing here for years, but will think twice before going again.

Very warm, arrived late, there were two other anglers fishing and they caught. I had none, great day though after the dust of sheffield

Gorgeous setting but no joy. Very little fish activity. Nothing caught

First time on this beat. Hot day, started a little after 7pm. Water was very low and slow. One trout about 7" on a pale watery at the bottom end of the beat but much of the following stretch up to the junction pool with the Dulas had holiday makers from the caravan park paddling and playing with their dogs so wasn't really fishable - couldn't really blame them with the heat. Above the junction pool the stream was even lower and moving so slowly as to appear almost stagnant in places. Lots of fallen trees (one root bowl blocking the channel was enormous, at least 6' across) meant that the stream was a series of muddy pools and I climbed over three significant obstructions before giving up and heading back. One of the obstructions was so thick with twigs and rubbish accumulated that I imagine it must make a pretty effective dam and cause flooding in the winter.
A handful of grayling in a larger muddy pool above the final obstruction were just interested enough for one to sip my pale watery meaning I ended the evening with a final fist, about 6".

WUF Note: Thank you for the feedback, from your tip-off we have since been through this beat and cleared these obstructions, the 'after' pics are now in the page gallery.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

12 Barbel, 13 Chub

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Our first time on the river, never did barbel fishing in the UK before. It was amazing.

The river was low and clear, the weather was really warm. The parking is really far from the bank (I would not leave any high value in the car) and it is next to the dual carriege way. Spots are tight (branches, rocks etc.) - as people said it needs clearing. Loads of weed in the water and massive rocks (we lost plenty leads because of this).
We started fisihing at 5:30 at the top and we caught our first barbel (9lb) at 6 o clock then another one (5lb) at 6:10. Nothing so far then until 12 o clock when we caught 3 barbels, one after each other. Our last one was at 19:00 which closely pinched my rod.

In total the day was amazing with 8 stunning fish (barbels) and I would reccommend this stretch on the other hand I could not imagine there will be that much canoist. Which is not a problem, but they were loud and annoying because they not really bothered if they took your line or played in the water next to your bait.. which was not really fair.

8 Barbel

Another really hot day , river very low , only fished dusk and dawn here , didn't bother trying in the middle of the day , it's been hard on the Wye this week , we lost 2 fish and we all blanked , fish seem to be biting but not taking the bait , frustrating !

Great vehicle access, it is suited better for trout and salmon with shallow runs and deep pools holding salmon which pushed out the coarse fish. One swim was excellent which produced all the fish luckily for me. And no one else in the party caught fish.

6 Barbel, 12 Chub