Feedback & Reports

More accustomed to fishing the Welsh Lakes with Black Pennel, Bibio and Zulu so this was an experiment for us.
Found casting difficult through the undergrowth with my little Hereford Herbert Hatton 7ft cane rod, particularly the top section of water. Even tried the 'catapult' cast to no avail. Anyway had a bit of fun and in the pub for 1pm.
Anyone travelling from Kidderminster side can recommend the Temeside Inn at Little Hereford, right by the river Teme. Robinsons Cider on draught. Many thanks for enabling us to try this stretch of water.

Had a great day guiding 2 clients on Courtfield and Wyebank. Some large barbel were landed at Courtfield to 9lbs 8oz. It was one of the hottest days of the year so fishing was difficult. Even so, Wyebank fished really well, ending up with 7 barbel and 11 chub to 5lbs 12oz. Don't know where these large chub have come from.
However great fun on both beats. Thanks to Don and W&UF.

Only fished for a couple of hours before the sun, heat and lack of any shade got too much for me. 12 roach caught. Several carp were cruising near the surface but not interested in feeding.
A pair of adult cormorants were swimming in and flying around and over the lake throughout the time I was there. I also saw a group of 5 birds swimming into bankside vegetation that from a distance looked like they might be young cormorants.

12 Other

Arrived on the river at dawn to find it very low and clear. A misty, still and humid morning but looked really good. My father caught a chub and a barbel before I even managed to get my rods in the water, however, things slowed right down and I caught a further chub mid morning. A nice 9lb 8oz barbel was landed late afternoon followed by a good chub. We fished the Boat Pool which probably has the easiest access anywhere on the Wye but lost a lot of tackle on snags. A nice section of Courtfield which produces but be prepared to lose gear.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Small fish (15cm to 25cm) on dry flies.

15 Trout, 10 Grayling

Lovely Stretch, shame that so much of the River was inaccessable due to thick undergrowth. Steaming hot day made for very hard fishing but managed 1 Barbel on Pellet.

WUF note - This beat has 9 cut swims along it's length. Please see the beat gallery on the website beat page. Undergrowth has been allowed to grow along areas where the banks are too high to fish from. Anglers are encouraged to cut their own swims should they wish to fish outside of the areas prepared.

1 Barbel

Red hot day. All fish caught in Island Pool on trotted sweet corn, in the morning. Retired at noon for some rest.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Too much sun, too hot, but great scenery. No fish felt or seen. No rises.

Arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed and headed for the rocks. We set up and had a quick chat, feeder method and pellets. JT cast in and sat down but before he'd added weight to his chair, the rod accelerated towards the river, his first barbel about 8lb.
Before I cast in, he was into his second, about the same size. We both fished there for a few hours, a few bites and lost fish on the rocks, JT lost a very big fish!
Decided to head down to the shallows by the cattle drink, a great move, I caught a nice barbel about 7lb and JT continued catching, his best 10lb. This is a great swim but hard difficult with all the weed near side.
Later in the afternoon we headed back to the Rocks. JT sat down and literally while he was saying "Well it is not the same as last time his rod bent over and he was into his 7th barbel.
After an hour, he moved down stream to an adjacent peg, I adjusted my position and straight away hooked into a very big fish, unfortunately the fish powered towards me and my line snapped, 10lb line, powerful barbel rod, I was gutted.
Then ...... 20 mins later I had another bite just as JT had called asking how I was getting on. It was a very big fish, it powered to the centre of the river to my relief, I adjusted the drag to allow it to gently fight me, after about 10 minutes it showed itself, it was by far the biggest barbel I have seen, probably not for a lot of other fisherman, but it weighed in at just over 14lb. I had a photo taken. It was spectacular. I called JT back to fish the spot wanting him to catch a river monster, I moved and changed bait and cast out, laid my rod against the rod rest and turned to speak to JT, Then he said "Your Rod!" I caught it in midair, another 10lb Barbel.
A fantastic beat that you have to wander about on. It fishes well in low water conditions and there are some big fish in this beat!
Thank you to the WUF a great section of the River, vibrant with Salmon and big Pike but some really beautiful Barbel. Can't wait till we return

10 Barbel

A difficult day with very few bites. Fished hallibut pellets of all sizes and paste using standard feeder method. I started at first light in wood crib and did not have single bite in 5 hours so moved swims further down. Regular feeding and persistance only produced 3 chub up to 3lb. I packed up at 7.30pm so not sure if fish would have fed later, but suspect they are probably holed up in deeper water due to hot bright conditions and low water. I will be back soon however, maybe after some rain.

3 Chub