Feedback & Reports

EPR and I love this beat. Stunning scenery and wildlife, as well as great fishing. When we have spoken to the farm owners they are very polite and helpful. The dog ate a lot of EPR pellets and bollies whist he was playing a barbel which was entertaining!
The circling buzzards is always a highlight as is the stunning scenery.
The river was rising and slightly coloured. We couldn't hold bottom with a 60g feeder over half way. There was quite a lot of rubbish coming down the river throughout the day.
EPR had a stunning day after yesterday's misery (see Sugwas Court review) with an award winning 12 barbel and 1 chub. He would have caught plenty more but for his arrogance and need for cider, which demanded we left before dusk. I caught 4 barbel and three chub.
Thank you WUF. We shall be back next year.

16 Barbel, 5 Chub

Only fished for a couple of hours.

As with my first WUF session a fortnight ago at Lower Canon Bridge, I was impressed by the quality of information emailed to me before fishing.
Wyebank was different to L C Bridge. Here the water was pushing through fast but there were slower areas inside the cribs. Two 3lb barbel in 5 minutes to pellets and one other missed bite. To a river rookie the sight of tree trunks [and whole trees] going past was an eye-opener.
Heavy feeders needed on this stretch.

2 Barbel

Fished this stream on the way home from hols, spent just a couple of hours here. Trout caught on small Adams dry, caught parr just above the first bridge on Rhyacophila nymph. I did a brief invert sample and was really pleased to see loads of caddis, Ecdyonurus torrentis and some small stoneflies. River looking good.

2 Trout

River was flowing quite fast and rose around 6inches during the day. Tactics were hair-rigged pellets and swim-feeder into the crease just off the main flow. A lot of tree debris (very large branches) came down the river during the day as a result of tree cutting activity just upstream of where we were fishing; we were surprised that they were able to just dump the tree debris into the river....
This was our first time on the water and we had a very enjoyable session. The main difficulty was finding the car parking areas which are difficult to locate on a busy road and very limited.
Many thanks, we hope to visit again soon. Steve Thompson

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

I better keep this simple as my last return was too entertaining to be published --- I caught nothing

We fished the field after the wooded section and took all fish on pellet and ground bait feeder. This is a nice beat and will be back. The walk around the wooded section is not too bad if you travel light.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub

Highly enjoyable day on an interesting beat. I fished the lower section and did find the access a bit tricky in places but the swims were worth the effort. I finished the day with a new Wye pb Barbel of 8.14 and some nice chub to just over 4lb. I'm looking forward to coming back for some serious chubbing in the winter. Many thanks to the young lady in the office for helping me out when I got lost.
Also thanks to the two chatty Yorkshire-men who set up opposite me and kept me entertained with a running commentary of every cast, bait change, rig change and missed bite.

5 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Arrived on the river around 08:00 and walked the bank. I had brought my wife along on only her second outing and so we needed an easily accessible swim without an excessively steep bank. That was no trouble. It was a glorious morning and went on to become a little too warm and bright, however we had a great day fishing a hair rig below a swim feeder on pellets. The river was in good flow and colour following a good night's rain a night or two prior. This made it weed catch a regular occurrence but we persevered and banked two lovely looking chub both around 4lbs and a 6lb barbel. Saw plenty of fish rising and splashing around, some of these obviously salmon. Was also smashed up by what must have been a pike as it went straight through my tackle after a good solid bite and first run. Not a Wye belter of a day in terms of catch but it was a very pleasant day and a secluded spot without interruption from canoes. Finished at 7.00pm.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Start of a few days fishing for CM and GW. Slow during the day but picked up a little in late afternoon and we finished with 4 barbel.

4 Barbel