Feedback & Reports

We did not anticipate Storm Brian (who came up with that name!!) would be too menacing but the bottom of the beat would have been more suitable for windsurfing rather than fishing.
We endured a blustery day to say the least but the fishing was very good and we were delighted to find some Barbel feeding and caught decent sized fish throughout the day.
Playing angry Barbel with one hand on your rod whilst hanging on to your hat and trying to avoid sliding in the river is not to be recommended but certainly an experience we will not forget in a hurry.
Thanks to the owners and WUF for allowing us to fish this great beat...

12 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great day fishing for both anglers, all fish caught on boilllies and feeders best being 8lb 4. River and weather conditions perfect.

18 Barbel, 8 Chub

River Level Low. Raining all day. Only fised about 3 hours.

5 Barbel

We caught 19 Barbel to just under 8lbs & 14 Chub to 4 1/2lbs.

19 Barbel, 14 Chub

The river was low and slow. Looking to catch barbel, we used swim-feeder tactics with boilies and pellets. Typically my fishing buddy managed to find three barbel and I just managed one chub. None of them were big fish. We have had better days on the Wye and indeed at the Creel. Suspect the conditions were a factor, though I also think I had the wrong bait.... again. Bad hands Benfield and Neil.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

River looked good a bit of water on but not much colour. We knew we could be facing a very difficult day due to the tail end of the storm, day started with red sun and weird light conditions and no fish

Started on the float then feeder and pellets then feeder and Maggots had a few big Dace up to 10oz changed to ground bait feeder with 4 or 5 Maggots and finally got some better fish feeding all around 6 lb .

As wind got stronger it became clear the river was becoming un fishable due the debris being blown of the trees and being washed downstream

7 Barbel, 1 Chub, 10 Other

Like our friends who fished backney we found sport sporadic with fish coming early and late despite apparently good conditions. Nice looking water but mountaineering expertise required to reach a lot of the swims.

3 Barbel

19 Barbel, 5 Chub, 3 Other

Good day - fish cooperated, We used two methods - with the baskets and pebble both - they both worked well.We used pellets and boili.In the afternoon the water level began to rise and the river was carrying a lot of natural sediment which made it a little difficult to fish.

26 Barbel, 18 Chub

My mate and I love this beat and today, we both had good days. Using feeder tactics and either 14mm Pellet or two 8mm Cheesy Garlic Pellets we had some nice fish with most of the Barbel weighing in around 8 - 9lb. A great day to finish with and yes, we will be back!

14 Barbel, 8 Chub