Feedback & Reports

We made our way from Berkshire to the top parking spot and attempted the descent down a waterlogged jungle path in pouring rain to find the river full, cold and coloured. Reasonable choice of swims top end for us 2 to identify an alternate if required later. Settled for 2 with nearside slacker water to target and preceded with the standard tactics of feeders and pellet with a meat alternative for those swimming to gorge themselves on at our expense. TS stayed put and ended his 2012 WYE quests with 3 Chub, 4lb the biggest and a very welcome Barbel of 8lb 11oz, all fell to pellet. RH roved around towards the island pegs and ended his WYE missions with a couple of Chub ,only one of which aloud itself to be landed. Venue exellent, parking could be better in the lane just off of the road. One last point to add, having just scaled Mount Kilimanjaro I was prepared for the ascent up that hill in the rain, are you? Thanks WUF for your help, Stan the local Keeper very useful phone call, will return.

WUF note - Improvements are due to be made to the parking arrangements. A hard standing will be constructed in the field at the upper parking. The bottom parking is to become 4x4 access only right to the waters edge.

Day 3: Yet more rain over night! The banks were very slippery so just getting in a swim was tricky. A had a chub of about 3lb on pellet and a roach around 1lb.

The lane was so bad due to the weather and such, the only two parking spaces that are allowed were inaccessable. Forty quid down the drain, wont be going back here.

It was my first time on this beat and looking for pike action. I worked sardines or mackerel in spots all along the beat without any takes. The water was up & coloured so switched to a barbel rod in the afternoon and had 2 on meat roving to 8lb.

River rose 4" during the day, water clean and very cold. Only 1 dace and lost a barbel/

I spent a very good day on my own, my fishing buddy missed out big time.
Long trotting with red maggot. Moved swims 3 times to try and get away from the trout which I caught one after another. No need for light tackle I used 5lb line right through and size 12 barbless hooks under a large shouldered stick float. I found grayling in numbers mid afternoon behind the Chapel and had some big specimens up to 18 inch.
Not exactly sure of the final tally I lost count but estimate 25 trout up to a pound and about 18 - 20 grayling.
AS O B found earlier in the week I found several fish with someone elses hook in their mouth. In this water there really is no need for light tackle.

A return visit to this beat, once more trotting for the grayling. A crisp sunny Autumn day, lots of sunshine and a bit windy. River at 0.35m and clear. Lots of leaves, etc, in the water made fishing the stick a tad difficult.
Brownies much in evidence in the shallower runs, so moved into the deeper glides above the bridge. Two grayling caught, best about 12 inches, one good fish lost.
Once again a great day out on a delightful river in some beautful countryside. We will be back again soon...

Water levels up a little but generally no restrictions on accessability. Very windy making casting tricky but managed to take 5 out of season trout on pink-arsed nymphs, no grayling. Best fish 10-12". Bitterly cold in the wind.

No fish caught. River pushing through and coloured.

Day 2: More rain over night. Weather was cold and the river was high. Fished pellet and meat in a few swims, again without success.