Feedback & Reports

I was expecting more for a 20£ beat. The access from bank is very bad in the marked areas. However, it is too deep to cross wading. In summary, the beat has one nice spot, the weir at the beginning and that's it.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Another great day on the river. Plenty of canoes, however well behaved. The bright sunlight meant they fed late in the day. Largest fish was 8lbs 8oz.

10 Barbel

Arrived at the river to find it very low and clear so initial hopes were not high. However, within 20 minutes of setting up on the left bank just down from the bridge I was in to a barbel. 9 more followed during the day reasonably evenly spaced with 4 chub mixed in. An absolutely fantastic days fishing; my first coarse fishing foray on the Wye and one I will not forget in a hurry. The beat is very quiet and attractive to look at with easy access on both banks. A few canoes came through during both the morning and the afternoon but this did not seem to negatively impact on the fishing. I stuck with 8mm pellets and feeder all day and concentrated on getting the fish feeding in one swim Be careful of the snags which seemed plentiful. Left the beat at 7pm when the fish were still biting hard but had to get home.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub

Good day. Fished free lined bread. All barbel around 7lbs, chub around 4lbs. Bites in the morning were typically rod off the rest, afternoon from 3ish very very shy. At first I thought it was fry, then struck into one and it was a good chub.

6 Barbel, 9 Chub

River fast and clear. Bright. 2 x BT to 10" and 18 x Grayling to 11½". Flies size 16 CDC Quill. Size 14 Quill Nymph 2.4 Size 16 JIN PTN 2-8 Tungsten Bead

2 Trout, 18 Grayling

River pretty low, plenty of fish rising but easily spooked, only managed to hook one grayling of about 9"on Klink and Dink. All the same we enjoyed our day on a lovely beat.

1 Grayling

Wet and dry fly fishing. B&B via the Vicarage at Erwood, excellent.

7 Grayling

Fly fished all day. Good conditions if a little bright. A number of fish showed all day - however, we both blanked.

On the two occasions I have fished this lake before, carp have been cruising on the surface and/or visible stirring up the silt. Today although bright weather we did not see more than 3 carp all day. We baited swims all along the lake but never saw any signs of carp coming to feed on them. Nothing attempted to take any floaters. Martin managed a very small one at 2 lb or so. Some small bream and roach too on sweetcorn.

8 Other

River and water condition were good. Weather sunny/cloudy. No sign of any migratory fish. Many sights of resident brown trout. In the afternoon changed tackle and fished afterwards for brownies with some success. All returned to the river.

5 Trout