Feedback & Reports

River a lot lower than when I was here a fortnight ago. Temp a lot lower too, first attempt at wading had me freezing. The swim I'd plumped for gave two Chub type bites before eels starting munching my meat.

Moved and had 6 Chub on the float, sat behind bottom rod for last hour which was weird with a mass of rod trembling but only one further Chub to show for it.

Beautiful beat, beautiful river in beautiful country. Probably last trip this year but will definitely be back

7 Chub

Down to zero overnight and frost on the ground. Chub to 6lb and barbel just into double figures, great fun. Same method as previous day.

7 Barbel, 13 Chub

4 Chub

Overcast day, about 12 degrees, river low but a little colour. Fish taken on pellet with groundbait feeder / lead plus pva bag. Excellent day with action throughout, chub to 5lb, barbel to about 8lb and hook pulls for two much bigger fish. Crushing!
Thanks to Stefan for some pointers, really helpful and knows the river inside out. The work he has done to maintain and make this beat fishable is amazing.
Don't be put off by some of the comments. There are loads of swims to fish from . You have to tread carefully in some but this is the UK, riverbanks are grassy, muddy and it gets wet. This is a stunning stretch of the Wye.

8 Barbel, 16 Chub

Mild, overcast morning which rose to 12 degrees quickly. 10.8 water temp. 0.5 on the RoW gauge, still a tinge of colour. 2 fished down the down the bottom with differing results one just a lost barbel and the other 6 barbel and 4 chub. Well done to PJ who's had a tough season so far on Wye. The one up the top only fished the afternoon but had a barbel and a chub and lost a couple. Fish on blackcaps and gb feeders with 10mm halibuts or boiliies.
A lovely autumnal day on a fab beat with LOADS of accessible swims well kept by Stefan, some with ropes and steps - he extracted a whole collapsed willow from a swim earlier in the summer. The very top swim has a gentle sloping bank and is accessible by anyone. It isn't a massive walk from the car parking either. For the rest you could bring a rope and dog spike to assist with what's there and fish a swim with steps. Great beat.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely days fishing. Mild and overcast. Started off on the concrete slope halfway along the beat. Had to make two journeys so baited up with a handful of pellets and went off for teamaking stuff. Had the first chub before I could even get the kettle on. Moved down a bit later as it had gone dead, next swim down was better, quite a few bites with 2 more chub caught and 3 lost. My mate caught nothing upstream of the concrete ramp so he moved further upstream where he caught a grayling and 2 chub also losing a chub. I used peppermint all day and my mate tried maggots changing to pellets later in the afternoon.

1 Grayling, 5 Chub

1 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Pike

Most enjoyable day at a lovely venue with my mate , only had three Chub and a small Barbel between us but that’s fishing. This was our first time on the Wye more used to fishing the upper Bristol Avon , will definitely give it another go while we both can.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

11 chub (6 over 4lb) caught on feeder tactics with spam, 2 on boilies. River level low, light wind.

13 Chub

I did not attend due to the lack of fishable swims