Feedback & Reports

An absolute bargain to have this short beat to yourself all day. I was keen to catch barbel after not seeing one for a couple of years on my local river so I did my best to avoid chub and could have caught lots more, the beat is stuffed with them. Some were clonkers 5lb+ that made up for the lack of barbel. The barbel I did catch was a baby, which was cute. On a general fishery note, well maintained, good access points created to fish from, its the Wye so is of course beautiful as always. I would return to this beat. Thanks.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

Three anglers. Very cold wind. River in good condition. Hard work getting fish

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Caught on worm and spinning. Great place to fish

4 Trout

Despite a shower in the morning, the water was fairly clear. Good fly hatch and dry fly conditions. All fish were caught on dry and released. One salmon spotted but none caught. Great fishing spot

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

It was cold and drizzly to start with, but I had some success with the nymph. Various types of fly started to appear about 1pm and I switched to dry. I had a good deal of interest in grey and rusty klinkhammers through the afternoon but missed a lot of fish through striking too soon - a typical fault for me when searching with dries. I ended up with 8, the best about 10".

8 Trout

3 Barbel

5 Barbel, 3 Chub, 2 Other

Fantastic day on an incredibly picturesque beat.
Wading was tricky and I was very thankful of my wading staff. The only rises were on the far side of the river, and presenting a fly drag free to the far side was problematic as it required a long cast over much faster water. Plenty of fly life but the fish seemed to be taking flies just under the surface. I did have two takes off a small olive klink, one struck too early and one on for 2 seconds but came free. Rises stopped in the afternoon and I didn't have any luck with nymphs.
An almighty splash came behind me whilst fishing the flats, far too loud for a trout. I also saw a small bar of silver jump ahead of me later on in the day.
Despite the blank a great day in a lovely spot.

Water height fine, but no salmon seen on this occasion. This is a lovely stretch of river, I'm surprised it isn't fished more. Surely with more fishing effort it would produce salmon catches?

Bright and sunny with chilly downstream wind. Minimal surface activity. Fished downstream with a cast of nymphs and wet flies. Lost a very large fish in Sewage Pool. Kept one trout @ 0.5lb.

4 Trout