Feedback & Reports

Superb conditions, very low canoe traffic and the beat to ourselves but the barbel were hard to find. On our second visit we caught 2 barbel one of which was full of spawn. Back again in a couple of weeks.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Nil return on Both fly and lures. Tried all beats of Goodrich Court with very experienced Ghillie. Only 1 small Salmon showing for the 2 days, from 9 am until 6.30 pm, conditions good. 2 rods on the 17th, 3 rods on 18th. Best regards.

Cloudy in the morning giving way to sunshine around lunch time. A few olives coming off throughout the day and even a few late mayfly but I only saw 2 fish rising. The river was running with a hint of colour. I caught on a size 16 black parachute dry fly by fishing likely looking spots. I hooked and lost 1 fish on a gold head hares ear. A lovely beat and an extremely enjoyable day. A word of warning. After entering the field a walk of around 400 yards will bring you to a clump of trees. One of the trees has a 3-4 inch diameter hole in it. This is a bee's nest so take care.

3 Trout

Challenging day this time but managed 1 barbel just over 8 pounds and three chub. Lovely stretch as always.

Two small brown trout using GRHE returned to river.
Fished upper end of beat 2-6pm. Lovely river - kingfishers, dippers and signs of otters.

2 Trout

Safe swims on this beat were in short supply and we had a job to find fishing spots. A long and hot walk to the top, where there is a big concrete croy, was reasonably productive and we were happy with a bag of 4 good barbel and 5 chub to kick the season off. Two large eels also took a fancy to our pellets but we wouldn't mind not catching those! We spent a very quiet evening at the start of the beat where we had very little action.

4 Barbel, 5 Chub, 2 Other

Fished for couple of hours around midday and caught inspite of anglers on the opposite bank, as soon as the cloud cover went the fish switched off and it started to feel very warm, packed up to cool down and returned to do a couple of hours around dusk but only a chub and a lost fish to report. Lovely to sit there with nobody about in the fading light.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished beat 2. Had small trout on spinner and chub of 4lb+ on feeder. Lost a nice barbel at the net in the evening. Lovely stretch of the Wye.

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Spent a few hours on this beautiful beat from very early morning til about dinner time. My first time here and the river seemed very low and clear so dry fly seemed to be the tactics. Very few flies hatching however there were a few small fish rising to something and I managed to net 7 of them around 6 inches and 1 a bit bigger at 9 inches. All the fish put up a scrappy fight for their size but I couldn't seem to find any of the larger specimens that I've been told inhabit this stretch. Sat and had a smoke by the falls at the end of the beat, by which time it was getting too warm to fish. A lovely place to spend a few hours and I will definitely have another go at this one.

8 Trout

Caught 3 barbel from 6.2lbs to 7.2lbs. 1 chub at 5.2lbs, all caught on halibut pellet.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub