Feedback & Reports

This beat is a jungle ! Of the 1.4 miles on offer only about 300 metres are fish able if that much . The rest of the beat consists of dozens upon dozens of trees broken in storms across the river . 1 every five metres for the majority of the beat . The tree canopy is also on the water in many places . 6 to hand where a bow and arrow cast could get to rising fish .

6 Trout

4 rainbows on the fly. Black pen elk and black and peacock.
1 lovely brown about a £. All returned safely.

4 Trout

4 Trout

4 Trout

First time on the wye and fishing for chub and barbel for that matter. River had a flow and was very clear. spent the morning on the ledger in the deeper downstream end and had 4 chub, some weed but not a problem. Afternoon had loads of fun in the shallows at the other end of the beat trotting and got another 4. Size range from 2-4lb. Had one Barbel but lost it at the net, next time maybe.

8 Chub

Late afternoon evening session weather mixture of sun and clouds river very low and clear,fished groundbait feeder with meat on the hook the barbel weighed 4lb,8lb,8lb8oz and 9lb8oz the chub was around 3lb and the other was a perch of about a pound.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

3 Barbel, 17 Chub

It was my first time on this beat, encouraged by earlier reports. But, there was not much going on and no fish were caught. Occasionally there was a splashy jumping rise but mostly there was nothing. I did not help my chances by only being able to fish from 2pm to 5pm and in the warm sun in July. I parked in the top-most parking spot and explored from there. There are some nice faster runs and some good flats. I think I might explore elsewhere on this beat much earlier or later in the season. I am always very appreciative of the quality of the fishing offered by WUF but I would gently suggest that the map/directions document for this beat is not up to the usual high standards WUF. It is very sparse in its guidance, especially for such a long beat. There are pools named on the map but no actual reference to what they are (presumably salmon pools but who knows?) but more than that I think the map is crucially missing the public footpaths which are a crucial part of navigating this beat, especially for the first time. Might I suggest a slightly fuller guide and map please?

Fishing Passport Note : Thank you for the feedback on the map. We will look at it and see where it can be improved.

Water was very rough and discoloured. Wond blowing across the resivoir. One perch caught. No other bites allday

1 Other

People fishing on the opposite bank!!!
Only fished the evening. All fish caught on pellet

5 Barbel, 1 Chub