Feedback & Reports

Another enjoyable day on the Wye, 4 barbel and 4 chub landed and a few lost. Also, I would like to thank Adam the baliff(?) for recovering my landing net which I left behind in the car park. Will be back to the river soon!

First time on this stretch, what a pleasure it was to fish. Easy access & well looked after. 2 Rods caught 11 Barbel & 6 Chub. Mainly on Pellets & Paste. Barbel ran to almost 9lb. Will return to this stretch.

Roving - fishing bread, 6 chub caught to 3.5lbs.

Very hot day and you need to travel light at this fishery or be very fit. Steep hill to negotiate. Caught five Barbel and three Chub between us on pellet and corn. Asked for my ticket by Bailiff who was very helpful. Excellent fishery.

Caught 11 7" to 11". Kept 1 to ½lb.

No action - not even a sign of a fish. I really do like this beat however - very wild with abundant birdlife - particularly around the ox-bow. Saw an otter on the island above Butlers.

No salmon caught or seen. Day stared really well with heavy rain and good water level but fish did not want to play the ball. Urgent matters made abandon fishery early afternoon but I'll be back soon to have some more of that tough love what is salmon fishing.

Water coloured with a lot of flotsam. No fish rising or moving. Four fish caught, largest around a pound, all taken on size 16 HE nymph fish underneath a large sedge, all from the same pool with 30 mins. Nothing else.

Started off the day slow, ended up with 7 barbel to 9lb on chopped down boilies and groundbait. A word of warning, if you are fishing this beat in the rain take some boots with a deep grip on them as the banks are steep and very slippery. Yours truly taking a dip up to his neck...
Also this beat is a bit tackle hungry, take plenty of feeders/leads. I would advise casting more downstream than across the river as the boulders are a nightmare and the flow just bounces your rigs into them.
A day of ups and downs but one of the nicest places I have ever fished.

What a beatiful stretch of water, for years I've driven past the upper Wye & thought one day I will fish there! 2 x grayling and 1 x trout on bugs etc, occassional rises, leaves proved to be a pain. 15lb salmon woke me up at 4.30 head & tailing through the pool at the bottom end of the beat. Can't wait to get back up there!