Feedback & Reports

A good day on the river and friendly advice from Charlie at the beat. The grayling, at 1/4lb and 3/4lb were taken on Goldhead hares ear nymph and the WBT taken on mixture of dry fly and nymph. Largest WBT about 1lb and 2 other smaller ones. All fish returned to water. A good beat which we will return.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

River low and despite trying many swims, where we had caught in the past, no fish were caught.
We were disappointed with the so called "new swims" created in the top field. Most were in very shallow areas and the minimum of work appeared to have been done. After canoeing this stretch I can suggest some far better areas to create access down the bank.

WUF note - Anglers are advised to look at the Beat Gallery on the beat page of the website to see the 15 different swims available. Whilst we understand the differing expectations from different anglers, these swims are not fishing platforms. Thick vegetation has been strimmed back to allow access to a large percentage of this beat that was previously inaccessible whilst retaining it's natural character.

Lovely mild to warm day, with frequent sunny spells and the river quite low but with a hint of colour to it. Fished the very last peg on the beat just upstream from the island rapids with the Courtfield Arms a few yards down the road using halibut paste on the hook and swim feeders full of 4mm pellets. Had no barbel but a total of eight chub, all in the 3.5lbs to 4.5lbs weight bracket. The canoe traffic, once it commenced, was horrendous. I haven't fished the Wye for many years and I was horrified, it was a continual procession throughout the whole day. It's too much and got to be at saturation point. To be fair it didn't seem to put the chub off feeding but it was a major distraction for me. I enjoyed the fishing but don't think I will ever contemplate fishing this stretch again on a weekend. It was like fishing on the side of a motorway.

8 Chub

Really quiet day, no takes and only one rise seen.

5 barbel caught, all on 14mm halibut pellet over 'time bomb' feeder. All over 7lb 8oz with best at 9lb 10oz. Lost another two, line cut on rock and hook pull. River low with little colour, bright early but overcast later, caught throughout day.

5 Barbel

Cold downstream wind following chilly night (car sensor indicated 4degC on way up). Caught two modest grayling in 4 hours on heavy nymphs on French leader. A little more water and colour would have been ideal, but still a great beat. I have fished it 4 times this season - so far - always worth the journey.

Fished this beat for the first time. River was a lot slower and deeper than the previous beat, the weather was overcast and a light shower. I was not sure what to expect and I can now see why you can only fish with one rod. Again, large open feeder with a long leader, no.10 barbless hook. My choice of bait was ground bait with pellet casters, spicy hemp and crushed boilies in the feeder and small boilie on the hair. Then the heart-stopping experience started with 3 big barbel well into double figures and I was absolutely shattered. These fish fight like steam trains when hooked. This has been one of my greatest fishing experience days, many thanks to the owners and WUF for this great fishery.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Reasonable day on the reservoir me and my dad both with 6 fish permits. I had 3 and he had 4 averging about 2lbs. Nice fish. 3 taken on worm and 4 taken on spinner. Water was alive with fish throughout the day. Tried fly but they weren't having any of it. Should of persevered with changing flies but gave up. Reservoir was getting stocked about 12:30pm but we were on the far back. We caught 1 after the stocking but lost count on how many bites and takes we had and lost, great day.

7 Trout

Another disappointing day on this beat. River looked great and we had high expectations. 1 Barbel was the only result, though 3 other fish were lost. Activity very localised with one swim producing the little action there was. Fishing here does seem to have tailed off noticeably since season start.
New swims being cut on opposite side of river, hope this does not lead to confrontation as the better water at the lower end of beat is on near side.

1 Barbel

Sunny day - river clear and slow running. Fished first to last light, mainly pellet though did also try sweetcorn, meat etc.
One barbel, 8lbs and one chub 4lbs - fish were having a quiet day, didn't really mind as weather was great. The two I did catch were both handsome fish and there was plenty of wildlife going on to keep me occupied.
Will definitely return.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub