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The 1st time I have been. Saw one fish on arrival but that was it. In my opinion the beat is best suited for spinning as there is only really one decent pool with running water, the stones, dog hole etc. There is a good couple of hours on this little stretch but that's it after that. I left early afternoon as going through the same pool (if there are no running fish) is a monotonous task . The sheer volume of canoeists makes fishing very difficult as some of them were not sticking to the other side. Swans are an issue on the beat and perhaps the banking could be strimmed of nettles etc. along with markers informing of the start/end of the beat.
It was good to see the river but could you let me know if there are better beats suited for fly?
Regards Nolan Wall
(WUF note: Nolan - others have been quite successful using fly in most of the pools at Goodrich. There are many other beats in the Passport with " faster" water however)

Good water & nice beat to fish (although the incessant rain didn't bode well) but no salmon. Water too coloured and got worse during the day. Unfortunately, the small stream a few hundred metres upstream of the hut was discharging untreated effluent into the river. Smelt very much like a sewer overflow. I have reported to NRW, as an incident, but may be worth following up.

1 Trout

2 x spinner, 3 x fly, all fish approx. 1.5lbs. Heavy rain most of the day.

5 Trout

Super late decision to go fishing but managed to get there in time for a nice afternoon fish.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Red letter day on the Wye, barbel galore up to 11lb an chub up to 6lb, majority of fish taken on big 15 mm boilies and various size pellets, we all fished from the woods an there's plenty of swims too, good access an the walk to the woods isn't as bad as people make out, take plenty of bait with you, you'll need it!!

43 Barbel, 16 Chub

Raining day but anyway water level very low, very clear water, 12 fish, size up to 8inches on gold head nymph. Few fish lost as well. So can say that definitely will return in May or early June try dry fly. Not a pleasant surprise, a dead wild boar near the shore of the stream. Also, virtually all types of boar tracks, it seems that a lot of them in the woods, and you need to be careful. The rest is a very interesting fishing despite the fact that the portion of the creek for fishing very short which can be overcome for 2-3 hours.

12 Trout

Great day on the Wye. Beautiful and picturesque stretch. Easy access and good parking. Caught PB Barbell (11.95 lbs). Thank you WUF again.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

The weather was mainly overcast with fairly short downpours throughout the day with some short sunny spells. River was coloured and I think average height. Target species was Barbel both rods were fished leger. Caught - x1 Chub 4.1Lb. x1 Barbel 8.2Lb x1 Barbel 5Lb

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

We had an enjoyable days angling the river was above the Normal autumn levels and a little coloured and dropping. The morning session was good, pellets seem to be the only effective bait, midday sun bought a lull in the action, but the late afternoon and evening were much better, we finished the day off with a 14lb barbel!
There are 5 or 6 'comfortable' pegs on this stretch with other more challenging runs that need a rope. You will need robust gear if you are going to get these barbel out and a long landing landing net pole is a must.
PS if you have seen and rescued a 10 foot landing net floating through Ross or Monmouth please give it to a young angler who will look after it better than me.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time fishing this beat and was impressed at how well maintained it was. Parking and access to the river was very easy but it rained all day and the river was roaring down at pace. River still rising when I decided to call it a day at about 4pm and met up with another group who again had no
luck. We all decided that the day was a wash-out. We tried but were beaten by the weather conditions. Will be back as this is a very interesting beat.