Feedback & Reports

This was my first visit to this beat. The parking was simple to the left of the farmyard, close to the entrance. The walk is a short 200 metres down through the farm and the fields beyond following the instructions given with the ticket.
I walked the full length of the beat straight off. The beat, set in lovely quiet and for the main, open pasture countryside is basically around 600m long, bookended with woodland and weirs at either end. Both weirs looked fabulous with nice runs and weirpools which seemed as though they would be productive. However, the lower weir is pretty much totally unfishable with no easy, safe access to the water due to high banks, bank growth and fencing on both sides. In fact I found the lower 80% of the beat either fenced off and where it was accessable, having a silted bottom and devoid of any sighted fish (but teeming with what I presume are thousands of Salmon or Trout fry).
The upper 20% does run over gravel beds with nice runs either fast and shallow or deep and slow. The former were ideal for czech nymphing, the latter for dry or deep indicator nymphing. The top weir pool sadly was occupied by some locals swimming so that final area was missed also. I left the beat with mixed feelings. Four trout with the larger two around 3/4lb caught on nymph. The wooded areas, as the W&U description says are indeed very difficult to access and fish so after further exploration I left these alone.

4 Trout

Very sunny and hot day so fishing was hard - as ever though - it was enjoyable!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

7 Trout

Largest about a pound. Both on a small pheasant tail nymph.

2 Grayling

Beautiful part of the Wye, it was good to be back early season. Never fished this beat before so I knew I had my work cut out. Started in the middle and worked my way downstream, getting lots of bites all day but no takes . It was very hot! Stuck it out til last knockings and managed a few fish, usual pellet rig.

I will be back here again sometime, much more to explore!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

6 Barbel

despite good looking conditions river fished poorly

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

not fishing well

3 Chub

No salmon caught or seen despite conditions looking good - tried both spin and fly. Water clearing and dropping by lunchtime when I left. Access is now very overgrown but hopefully I've beaten a path through for those booked tomorrow!