Feedback & Reports

First time on this beat, once onsite access to the banks is excellent throughout the entire stretch, with stunning surrounding scenery.
We focused our efforts on the lower stretch, and with the river looking in perfect condition we were expecting a successful day, however the fish were difficult to locate in any numbers, the barbel we did catch all fell to pellet feeder & meat and were in perfect condition with the best weighing 81b 10oz.

Having visited 4 different beats throughout this week it would appear that the barbel are not shoaled up in any numbers and that recent variable weather conditions have contributed to the fishing being somewhat more challenging than usual, roving techniques are a must.

We will definitley be returning to this stretch.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

First time on this beat and only second time on the Wye. Fished feeder and halibut Pellet from 9am to 6pm. Fished bottom peg on left hand bank looking downstream until early afternoon. Just the one fish Barbel 5lb 8oz. Moved to top 'beach' beat on opposite bank in afternoon but no luck there.

1 Barbel

River visibility very low unfortunately so nothing to report..

First time on this stretch, initially fished the first swim by the hut. After a fishless two hours moved over the hill to d/stream of the woods. Caught throughout the afternoon and evening in a couple of different swims. All fish caught on pellets/PVA bag method. All fish between 3lb 8oz and 6lb 8oz apart from the best at 8lb 2oz.
Great day.

11 Barbel, 2 Chub

What a disastrous day.... It started off well. When we arrived the river as at a nice height and little colour. We each caught 5 trout in the same 15 minutes. Then..... The river rose by 18 inches in half an hour. I was in the middle and couldn't believe how quickly the conditions changed. It became very dangerous and not fishable - and the water turned to tomato soup! I exited the river as fast as I could. We did stay in the hope the water would fall towards the end of the afternoon. It didn't much and not enough to attempt to fish.

10 Trout

Fly fishing, nymph and wet fly. Catch and release. Very high water. Small fish.

3 Trout

On arrival the water wasn't that high but was very coloured from overnight rain, water visibility was about 18 inches. It did clear a little more during the day though. The weather was very changeable as was the wind strength, one moment bright sunshine the next a heavy shower. Made my way up to about the midway point, caught two brown trout on weighted nymph. Lost a grayling and three other trout too.
Saw one good fish rise and tried dry fly for a while but the heavens opened up and I switched back to nymphs. Overall a difficult day on a lovely beat, thankfully I've fished this one before so I didn't mind wading in the coloured water.
Thus ends my first trout season, I've enjoyed it so much and all thanks to the WUF giving me the opportunity to fish so many amazing waters.

2 Trout

River pushing through and up slightly. Very few swims at this venue and difficult to get down to river. Fished from about 8.30 until dusk. Started slowly and improved during the day. Alan caught 10 barbel, Dave 6 and Pete 5 (10lb 12oz PB for the Wye). Chub up to 41/2 lb. Caught on pellet and meat.

21 Barbel, 6 Chub

The weather conditions were very windy with waves coming up the river, the 2 Barbel were in the 5 to 6lb range, with the chub at around 4lb, all taken on feeder tactics. Please note that the path down to the beat from the car park is heavily overgrown and very difficult to walk on. The willow tree at the bottom of the path has several bows broken, I would avoid standing / fishing near to it in high winds until something is done about it.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Nice stretch of the Wye and and an enjoyable days fishing. Swims on this stretch are quite limited as there don't seem to be any official swims and the banks are steep. There were quite a few anglers fishing on the opposite bank but this did not effect my fishing.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub