Feedback & Reports

Float fished and legered baits Saturday and Sunday. The original idea was to fish for grayling on the float but it rained overnight and consequently the river rose and colored up making it very difficult to find grayling. Fished beat 2 Saturday and beat 6 Sunday with only one grayling to show between 3 of us. Ended up fishing cheese paste and meat for the chub, who were more obliging than the grayling. Terry responded quickly to the E mail I sent and was helpful as regards what Beats would be best for grayling, just unfortunate about the rain.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 12 Chub

Fishing after pike with lures. Saw two pike followed my lure, but no takes. 1 by beat 3 and another by beat 5, left hand side bend. 1 trout about 3lb, but lost by the bank at beat 5.
Very nice day. Water clear, sun was out. Nice place for fishing and most of the banks easy accessible. Highly recommended.

2 of us fished beat 3 on Saturday and blanked. Heavy frost did not help. Returned Sunday (1 rod), fished directly below the island on beat 2 (LH bank) in the morning, no luck. Switched to RH bank in the afternoon and fished opposite the red brick building, 3 chub all around 3lb, 15 grayling and 2 oos brown trout. All taken on float fished maggot.
Fished the feeder in 2 separate periods with pellet/corn/caster and no bites.

2 Trout, 15 Grayling, 3 Chub

Fishing for pike. Nil caught. Shame as conditions seemed perfect. Many thanks to Terry Ward for advice beforehand. Beautiful beat.

River now in superb condition, all of the 3 + miles of fishing available. 4 barbel and 1 chub to the cz nymph. Sink and draw sprats caught all 3 jacks to 8lb but no big fish showed any interest. All the sport came from beat 5 then ran out of daylight.

4 Grayling, 1 Chub, 3 Pike

Fished beat 2 at Whitney Court just above the island till midday. Only produced 2 fish - a beautiful brownie about 2.5lb and 5lb chub. We moved down stream because my son kept getting snagged up on weed to just below island which produced the rest of the fish. Not one chub was under 4lb. A very pleasurable day and the river was in good condition. Hope to be on the stretch soon, work permitting.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 6 Chub, 20 Other

First time on this beat. It looked great, access to the river is good and the water conditions were perfect. Two rods fished my friend for Barbel and myself for silver fish. All fish that were caught were caught on maggot. A little disappointing that we didn't catch more fish. However, this three mile beat needs exploring and finding out where the best pools are. Met Terry the Bailiff, who was very helpful and suggested areas for our next visit.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished beat 2 below Whitney Toll Bridge in several swims before island and then downstream of the island opposite small red brick building. River running about 2ft high with a nice colour. Mostly fished for barbel and chub with pellets/meat.
Caught all fish downstream of the island area on halibut flavoured luncheon meat with pellets in a feeder. Fish found in crease between slack and fast water. A nice days fishing!

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

We fished from dawn til dusk and on a very high river. Although the water was ripping through at a fair pace, it was nicely coloured and showed promise for a good days fishing. We fished using pellet, meat and paste using both static and rolling tactics.
It was hard going all day and despite our best efforts the barbel didn't show; having said this we had three very nice chub and a very good day on a beautiful river.
We had hoped that our fortunes would change during that magic hour just after dusk but a visit from a hunting otter put pay to that!
Having not fished the Wye before some local knowledge and advice from the bailiff would have been welcome; however, he didn't contact me until the day after we had fished.

3 Chub

Caught the barbel on lone angler squabs and 2 chub. The rest were caught trotting with maggots. Caught one river carp around 10lbs. Also caught a lot of dace.
Thank you for making such good fishing available on a day ticket.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling, 3 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other