Feedback & Reports

First visit to Fownhope and not the last! Overcast and normal water levels. We looked to fish the final field past the woods to begin with but found no accessible swims! So we had to settle in just after the woods, a slow start no fish but signs of feeding, then got into the swim we called The Stones in the woods opposite a line of stones on the other bank, fished in the main flow for the barbel around 4 pounds and the 2 chub both around 3 pounds, also losing a few good barbel all on meat and pellets. To finish we fished the first field by the fishing hut found it hard to get fish feeding and only managed 2 slimey eels !! And last knockings we got chub feeding on the surface. Lots of salmon leaping all day.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

Tough day,very hot,bright sunny day, a few bites and a couple of chub during the day, remainder of fish taken after 7pm. Best Barbel = 9lb. a "Baby" Barbel from the top field.

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

8 Chub

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great days fishing, 2 barbel on pellet. Will return.

2 Barbel

Slow day but one lovely Barbel - measuring 27 inches - caught on halibut pellet

1 Barbel

A very warm sunny day; river up a touch with a bit of colour. We all fished the top field from lunchtime onwards, and bites came in 3 defined feeding periods, with the best naturally around sunset. All fish were 5 or 6lbs except one 7. All on pellet feeder.
Beware of dog walkers and their urge to repeatedly throw sticks into the river for their dogs to fetch. Some are apologetic, some are not ('you've got all day to fish here' and 'you can fish anywhere') etc. Best to be as obvious to passers-by as you can - not easy in the overgrown banks.
On a hot day you can refill your water bottles in the sports pavilion toilets.

18 Barbel, 1 Chub

Only fished for 2 hours due to delays on way up but a great couple of hours best barbel 7.14 all caught on meat

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great venue.

1 Barbel

Beautiful location unfortunately, never caught. Just a couple of issues I like to point out - the swims are very dangerous for the angler, access being one and the steepness makes it difficult at times. At Middle Hill Court my brother actually went into the river and managed to to scramble out luckily enough because being further down the bank I didn't hear him go in. This is just to inform you of the difficulty we had so this end up with someone drowning. This did not spoil our fishing on your beautiful stretch of the river and will definitely be coming back,thank you again for a wonderful couple of days.
WUF Note: All riverbanks can be dangerous, especially when wet. We urge all anglers to take extreme care when fishing, whether on the Wye or any other river. If you prefer Wye fisheries with easy access, please contact the Booking Office for advice on 01874 712 074.