Feedback & Reports

River low, found the fish in fast water and caught all day had the farmer and his dog take a swim next door and didn't put the fish off. Meat and pellets with swim-feeder. Nice beat, could do with some rain, thanks.

6 Barbel, 8 Chub

Very nice stretch of the river with a good number of swims, however this is let down by very poor access to the beat. Tenant farmer was very helpful. River was low and fish taken to feeder and pellet.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

On our arrival we found that the river was running really low. The day was really hot, not the best weather for fishing for barbel. We only managed to have two small chub between us. However we will be back! It's a lovely bit of water with some great swims. Good access, one side you can drive the length of the beat in your vehicle.

2 Chub

Great mornings fishing before we went home with a 11 pound Barbel topping the day. The owner of Vaga Cottage is concerned about anglers fishing Boys Rock and accessing it from the path above. We understand her point on the erosion of the bank but there is no easy access to the water other than clambering down the bank below the path?

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very hot day, river low,clear. Didn't even seen Barbel. I tried far bank under the bridge, 1 Chub there. Close bank to the car park in the middle, 1 Chub. Tried other 2 swims but not even bite. At 10am familly of 5 came and jumped in the river on the far bank under the bridge. Not many canoes. Lost 2 rigs in the snags. Disappointing day for me, but still nice day.

2 Chub

Very hot day and river fairly low we caught 1 eel and 1 chub on luncheon.
59 canoes, 6 kayaks and 2 men and a dog swimming opposite our swim. We will go back later in the year. It would be helful if fisherman could be supplied with more details of where to fish on the beats.

1 Chub, 1 Other

An early morning session which resulted in a fish first cast and plenty of knocks and taps. Unfortunately this attention was from a shoal of small Chub. One Barbel of 4lb 6ozs showed up mid session but the Chub returned and I finished up with 6 of these to 3lb 14ozs before leaving to catch the tennis. NB Despite the low river, Wyebank is still pushing through at a good pace and looks great, I'm sure that the evening would have produced more fish - maybe next time.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Very warm day. Low clear water. All grayling taken by French Nymphing and all Browns on dry fly. Two big fish to note, a Grayling at 20 inches and a brown of 19 inches.

5 Trout, 5 Grayling

My 2 friends fished this beat starting at 4ish in the morning because we were staying at Flanesford priory (3rd year now). They started with a flyer 2/3 of the way out on the beach swim in the faster flow. They caught 5 barbel and 1 chub on halibuts and then went dead about 9ish in the morning. Decided to make our way home because of the long journey and knowing it wouldn't pick up till late evening.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

With the weather predicted to be 28c and wall to wall sunshine it didn't look to be ideal conditions. However fishing Courtfield it seems to always produces the results. Fishing down in the wooded area pellet and feeder approach produced 13 barbel plus a couple of chub. This was fishing from 8am to 6pm so not the most productive time of the day. It was wonderful to be fishing the river again. Although the river was very low the fight from these fish was fantastic. With this please be very careful and ensure they are well rested before releasing them back into the river. Especially with the high water temps too. The largest barbel was caught by A and was 9lbs 3oz, he also had the largest chub of 4lbs 7oz. Could have caught many more however the hot temperatures took it's toll and so we called it a day very early. Still the best beat on the Wye I believe.

13 Barbel, 2 Chub