Feedback & Reports

Lovely sunny day but the river was running very low and clear. We fished at the lower end of the beat and after a slow start the fish eventually came on the feed. We stuck with the conventional feeders and luncheon meat or sweet corn baits. We did lose a fair amount of end equipment on snags but that is the Wye for you. A great day with 2 of the chub exceeding 5 lbs and the barbel up to 9 and half pounds. Saw plenty of wildlife including the kingfisher on his territory. This environment on a well maintained beat is what fishing is all about and as ever Colin the bailiff was full of helpful advice.

9 Barbel, 10 Chub

Had a morning session on the Edw above the main road bridge before breaking camp. Very low as expected and it doesn't take long to fish it now as there's very few decent pools! That will all change of course when it gets some rain. The trout where in good nick though so lets hope they hold out a while longer!
The wading's a bit tricky now with the thick algae on the rocks, the usual felt and studs didn't quite cut it today so take care!

4 Trout

Nil return.

Water low and very clear. A few salmon showing but not taking. The same for the Wednesday the 19th.

Another lovely day in a beautiful location with red kites and kingfishers for company. Wall to wall sunshine and a low river meant that only one trout was seen all day, and no opportunity to cast a fly at him. The grayling were rising sporadically but were mainly disdainful of our surface offerings. But they did seem fairly partial to very small weighted nymphs fished mainly duo. We had fish throughout the river in the more turbulent and broken water, with a good number coming as the light dropped - until they simply switched off. Most were in the 11" to 14" range, but we had one fish measuring 19" and two at 16".

31 Grayling

Did not fish for salmon on the day; booking the salmon ticket was always optimistic. River level was fine for trout of which we saw plenty but caught none.
We didn't fish the lower beat pools (Blue and Chain) as getting into the river appeared a lot easier than getting back out. Generally the beat is lovely and we found the easiest access where a stream runs in a couple of fields upstream of Ashford House. We had no problems wading.

4 Trout

Warm sunny day, fished for 3hrs in afternoon. River low but good flow. 1 x 6"trout on a klinkhammer. Missed 2 others. Very little rising.

1 Trout

Great days fishing with my son, Both caught PB's mine a 9lb 10oz perfect conditioned Barbel, and my son an 8lb 12oz Barbel. All other Barbel between 3 and 7lb with Chub up to 5lb
Only fished from 6am till 13.00pm, all fish came to pellet on feeder from first cast. Lost a few too many on snags but just really enjoyed the morning. Some weed coming down the river but not to bad. Just a word of warning if you fish the bottom of the beat, as we did, travel light. It's a bit of a walk and a little hilly.

12 Barbel, 10 Chub

0 fish caught