Feedback & Reports

Hot and sunny conditions. Stunning setting and landscape. Varied water types through the beat though swim access is very limited. No fish on this day.

Bright and clear again. P and K fished this beat today with P opting to try some float fishing from the first croy downstream of the hut. He started with sweetcorn but couldn't buy a bite so switched to 8mm banded pellet. This did the trick and P finished with 8 Chub and a small Barbel, K fished the feeder all day but unfortunately blanked.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

Arrived 7.30 A.M. A and son J went round the bend ? and I settled on the croy I'd fished yesterday, I caught 3 small Chub fairly quickly then as before once the sun got up bites stopped. I took a walk to see A and J and the lad was again showing dad up with a couple of Barbel and some Chub, again bites increased once the sun got lower and J finished with 3 Barbel to 7lbs and 16 Chub A failed to get a Barbel but had 12 Chub to 4lbs, I added another 6 Chub to 3lbs from the croy.It was nice to meet Colin the bailiff who gave us a few tips whilst strimming the swims, this beat is easily the best I've fished for ease of access and is maintained in excellent condition.Method used today as yesterday, groundbait feeder with various pellet hookbaits up to 11mm.

3 Barbel, 34 Chub

11 Barbel

Fishing with nymphs & wet flies, quite a number of small trout, nothing large, best 1/4 brown and same size grayling.
Really nice beat, will come again.

12 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished on far bank and caught chub to 4lb, all fish caught on boiles/pellets. River was low and clear.

12 Chub

Very poor day. Weather conditions very sunny and hot. No visible fish moving. Fished from 8am til 5pm. Method spinning. No fish taken.

A Very tough day fishing. Wandered all over the beat and fished hard. The weather and moon phase made it obvious that this was going to be the case.
Saw plenty of king fishers, signs of an otter and beautiful surroundings as usual.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

High pressure, sun out all day. River low and clear, fished feeder and pellets very slow until the evening then it came alive. Not the best conditions for the fishing but the right conditions for spending a days fishing at a stunning location. Adam went out his way to help us and put us on the right track, we will be back.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time on a new beat for us. Walked down to the river on arrival and decided to head upstream to try and find the first gully area. Found a swim which looked like it would hold a few fish in the searing sunshine and clear skies.
Had to wait till around mid afternoon for the first few fish, unfortunately I proceeded to loose 6 barbel to hook pulls early on (I don't think they were feeding properly at this stage) and later to a monstrous snag mid river and the rocks close in. The barbel were scrapping like demons and with a straight drop to 6-7 foot in the side, they were boring for the gaps in the rocks under our feet in the clear water. Worth noting for any anglers that braid hook-lengths and barbless hooks would be useful to avoid breaks and, if broken, avoid leaving barbed hooks in the fish. We eventually worked the swim out and the best way to play them which involved walking up the bank a little and getting out onto a submerged rock for a better angle.
Ended the day with a 9lb 6oz fish for me, and 2 7lbers for my fishing partner. The few that I saw close in before they cut me off were 7-8lbers.
Lovely beat, although I can imagine at weekends the opposite bank could get busy with other anglers. At the moment it's a must to stay until it gets dark, as we had pretty consistent action from around 6 o'clock onwards but very little before this as is usually the case on the Wye in summer on low levels.
As always, many thanks to WUF for letting the beat.

3 Barbel