Feedback & Reports

River on the low and clear side; some interest in surface flies but no connections. Lovely setting as ever - thoroughly enjoyable.

First visit to this beat on the Wye, lovely water but very overgrown banks and access points, late start at 9am on beat 1 downstream from toll bridge, first cast with pellet feeder and boilie produced a small chub of around 2lbs, all set for a good day and then the canoes started!!
Impossible to keep a line in the water as the tally was 50 canoes/rafts from 9:30am to 12pm when the heavens opened and I gave up! Did try rolling meat under the far bank but due to the traffic only had a bait in the water for a few minutes at a time....understand that canoes have a right of access but the general behaviour was appalling, have fished other Wye beats and in general canoeists have been respectful and have tried to cause minimal disturbance, when I tried to ask (politely!) that passing traffic keep to the middle of the swim was offered various replies ranging from the "middle finger," banging the side of the canoe with their paddles as they passed through the swim to offering to land so we can "sort this out properly"!
One party of 4 teenagers actually decided to beach their canoe right next to me so they could go for a swim even though to my right was a stretch of shingle beach which stretched for several hundred meters, even had to help rescue one child when they capsized in front of me (not wearing a life jacket). No respect and no consideration at all, I understand that we have to share the river and Sunday was always going to be busy but will not be returning, shame as Terry was very helpful when we spoke and the stretch is lovely.

1 Chub

Just the one trout. Nice beat. Lots of canoeists though!

1 Trout

2 Chub

Conditions low and clear. Bright blue sky with spots of overcast throughout the day. Chub came at the end towards sunset.

1 Chub

Another tough day followed much the same as yesterday with a low clear river. Having found only a couple of productive swims the previous day we managed 4 barbel between 5 of us but with only 2 small areas producing we squeezed in together in the productive swims. With the river this low there were not many swims to go at (you could see the bottom and lack of fish present in a much of the stretch). Lovely place to spend time watching the salmon leaping but not overly productive in, granted, not great fishing conditions.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

20 Chub

A very tough day with bright sunshine and low clear river. Walked the beats from top to bottom with very little seen apart from the frequently jumping salmon. 4 of us fished wherever we couldn't see the bottom and all day caught only small chub under a pound and one barbel. Dusk produced another barbel.

2 Barbel, 15 Chub

For DW:
Four chubl;ets 1/2-3/4 lb on ledgered luncheon meat.

4 Chub

Another good day on this lovely beat. The weather, cool and overcast, was on my side today. The fish were taken throughout the day and were all a decent size. In between catches the leaping salmon and the swooping swallows provided the entertainment.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub