Feedback & Reports

The excellent directions from the Wye and Usk were spot on again and this was a easy venue to find plus offers some spectacular views on route.
Despite the low water we enjoyed some very good sport on a variety of methods. The Barbel were all small but fought hard in the fast water and we caught one beauty of a chub just over 5lb. It was encouraging to see a venue producing some decent dace and a wide range of different year class of chub.
The conditions were on our side at this venue and we thank the owners and WUF for giving us the opportunity of fishing here.

1 Trout, 10 Barbel, 15 Chub, 30 Other

Fishing quite slow until the late afternoon. Fished the feeder with halibut pellet. River was low, with most fish coming from the deeper middle section of the river. Difficult to fish the whole stretch as there were not many swims so it was not possible to fish different areas. Overall not a bad couple of days. The majority of the Home Fishery bank can be fished from the Courtfield stretch.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Two 8-10" trout caught on nymph and released.

2 Trout

River very low and crystal clear. Fish rising but easily spooked. Very difficult fishing conditions. Dry fly, wet fly and nymphs all attempted on v fine leaders but no obvious takes.

Still low water conditions but caught late afternoon.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great beat ... Had 5 barbel to 7lb & 1 chub after Adam the bailiff put us in the right place. Thank you very much for that Adam you are a star! Cannot wait to return some day.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Nil Reurn

Nice day to be on a lovely stretch of the river. Spent all day trotting maggot, bread and meat resulting in 5 reasonable chub and hundreds of small dace and chublets.

5 Chub

River low, walked the top section and only found one swim and had to do some clearing to fish it. It is a shame that there is a long stretch like this without a few swims prepared. Two of the others started on the float, one from the concrete path and one on the beach, only chub came out apart from bits on the float. Won't be booking this beat again.

3 Chub

Three very inexperienced anglers from Northern Ireland. We had never fished for barbel or chub before and this was our first day of three on the foundation stretches of the Wye. First of all we were all taken by the beauty of the river and the surrounding countryside along with the abundance of wild life. Regardless of catches we found the Wye a great place to fish.
On arriving we found that water appeared to us to be very low. There were a number of really nice looking swims but most of them appeared to be left high and dry above the water with little access to either land or return fish safely. We found this to be a feature throughout our trip. The fishing was, as we expected, very difficult although I did manage to catch two barbel of six pounds and five and a half pounds from just below boys rock. This was a really nice and picturesque swim. Attempted to trot with maggots but this only brought bleak and minnows. An enjoyable day which allowed me to tick off a totally new species.

2 Barbel