Feedback & Reports

It was my first time on a river. Such a contrast from lakes. Whitney is a stunning location, excellent help from Terry. Hope to return soon.

1 Trout

River running low, took 11 barbel & 7 chub, all on pellet and paste. Biggest barbel 9lb 14oz. Great 6 hour session. All fish in excellent condition.

11 Barbel, 7 Chub

Beautiful stretch with spectacular scenery. We fished beats 4 and 5 which we found easily with the detailed map provided. Struggled on a low clear river but caught 2 Barbel late on in the faster water on halibut pellet on the feeder. Lots of accessible swims to try.

2 Barbel

Ledger tactics with mixed pellet feed + halibut pellet hook bait.

2 Chub

Superb conditions, very low canoe traffic and the beat to ourselves but the barbel were hard to find. On our second visit we caught 2 barbel one of which was full of spawn. Back again in a couple of weeks.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Challenging day this time but managed 1 barbel just over 8 pounds and three chub. Lovely stretch as always.

Fished beat 2. Had small trout on spinner and chub of 4lb+ on feeder. Lost a nice barbel at the net in the evening. Lovely stretch of the Wye.

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Fish caught nil. Feeder fished pellets and sweet corn. Pegs hard to find, most of the stretch was unfishable as banks so overgrown and dangerous to try and access. Not accommodating for coarse angling.

WUF note: The fishery keeper has explained that Whitney Court do not have any pegs and have no plans ever to create any. There is 3 miles of fishing in open countryside which in its entirety is open grazed by livestock throughout the year. Only the left hand bank on beat 3 is fenced off to stop over grazing of the banks and there are styles and easements over the fence and river banks for the benefit of all anglers.
Contact details are on the booking confirmation paperwork and all visiting angles are invited to contact the keeper before visiting Whitney Court so that he can allocate beats and recommend pools, runs etc to suit the requirements of the individual anglers after taking into account targeted species, river heights, conditions and specific access requirements. If anglers choose not to contact the keeper then they are disadvantaged by having to find their own way around nearly 4 miles of river.

Many fish seen but never touched any.

Fished just below toll bridge and caught 4lb chub on spinner.