Feedback & Reports

Tough going with poor access and trees. It will be a real job getting this beat up to standard. Plenty of fish rising, managed to catch two but rose others.

2 Trout

Started off slow in the morning fishing from the boat launching ramp using ledgered worm. There was me and 2 mates fishing with different methods. At about 10-11am the fish went crazy and we managed to bank 4 in the space of 50 mins or so, all of about 1lb to 2lb had 4 perch. In that time I also tried a bit of fly and had one straight off the surface. Angler next to me had 5 trout with no perch using float and worm and 3 anglers next up were literally raking them in. Anglers on the far bank did not seem to catching though. Great water to fish. Shame about the rubbish people leave.

6 Trout, 4 Other

Tried something different today, opted for the roving about and trundling various baits through faster waters whilst wading and using my Sonik SK8 10ft 7-8 weight fly rod and a floating line. Got to the bottom swim, road side around 10.30am, sun just burning through. Fed corn and hemp and a few large lumps of spam, gave it 10 minutes and ventured out on to the end of the groin. Took a bit of time to get the leader length and bait presentation right inching it down the swim, but the first take on a piece of meat was exceptional and the fight through the fast water resulted in a stunning chub of aprx 5-6 lbs. Fed the swim again and rested it for 15 mins. Tried two grains of sweet corn next, savage rip and a second chub of similar size. This happened another three times before the swim died which coincided with the beat owner arriving for a nice natter. Took a break from the water after feeding it well again, thinking if the chub have gone. Maybe they have been pushed out by some barbel? With just meat this time the sun was fully on me and the water by now so did not expect what happened next. With nearly a full fly line out ie 30m a surging take and a 5 minute battle, and I mean battle saw me land my first ever barbel taken on a fly rod. All the commotion finished that swim so I left it and moved over the bridge to find some shade. Got half way down the bank and again fed the faster water as before. Up to my waste in the water and on meat again, I found barbel from the off on the same method plus a few mature chub. It finally got too hot so I had a bit of dinner back at the car and returned for a afternoon session with the feeder, sat in the shade of the tree down the right hand side. Had a good chat with a chap who was coming here the next day. I explained what had occurred and as anglers do, we had a good chin wag! Must have had a bite every 5mins while he was there with chub and a beautiful green eel, easily 3lbs. Swim very quiet from 4 to 6pm but added another two barbel before leaving around 8pm. This beat, although compact does produce some exciting fishing, but saying that, on days like today you have to find the fish, not many places in mid summer where you can land 80+lbs of fish! Thanks WUF and to the owner for making this stretch of water available for us.

7 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

Short session 4-7pm water low and clear. Small amount of fly life but not on the water, small number of rises seen. Caught 2 trout, 6 & 8 inches on dry fly.

2 Trout

During a heatwave it was no surprise that the river was so low. Very little showing all day and those rises seen were mainly parr. We didn't persevere with the dry. Expecting the worse we were very happy to open the account with a reasonable grayling each in the 1.25lb to 1.5lb range and a feisty 1lb brown. Things became very difficult thereafter until we located an obliging shoal of middle sized grayling. A dozen fish to hand between us and many more on and offs., mostly fish about the 1lb mark - and very welcome they were too. All fish to nymphs, smaller than usual due to water conditions.

3 Trout, 17 Grayling

A two day visit to Wyebank. Very tough going on both days, the river was very low and clear. Fished the bottom pool both evenings and the Island Pool at dawn on the second morning. The Island Pool produced nothing but the bottom pool produced some fish just as it got dark. Hard work.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

River low with little flow on the hottest day of the year. Two trout to 9 inches on a size 18 klinkhammer. Very tough going. My body feels like I've just played a game of rugby not fished for 4 hours having climbed/pushed/crawled around the obstacles. Seeing the Dippers and Kingfisher was a bonus.

2 Trout

Mainly fished the Boys Rocks and a couple of hours on other swims on the beat. I must've picked an off day as totally blanked. A pleasant day spent by the river though.

River, low, warm and clear. Chub feeding, the barbel were unpredictable as to what time of day they would feed. No issues with the Foundations service, data provided was excellent and overall, a great two days fishing. Here's to next time.

6 Barbel, 40 Chub

The hottest days of the year really made life difficult but we did manage to find a shoal of willing fish just above the orchard. 10mm blood worm boilies and fish meal filled feeders brought a short but intense spell of action. Day two proved much harder as we fished swim to swim all the way down. The fallen tree swim had a few flashing barbel showing all afternoon but they would not take a baited hook. In the end I think we did well to catch, but my God it was hard work in those conditions.
Thank you WUF, great service, lovely river.

12 Barbel, 4 Chub