Feedback & Reports

4 Chub

very cold frosty day, nothing caught.

This was our first visit to this stretch and we were impressed with the surroundings, as it runs beneath Goodrich Castle. It really is a beautiful section of the Wye, but sadly the fishing was difficult once again. We spent all day in 2 established swims about two thirds of the way down the beat. A very small Chub and a 4lb Barbel were the only 2 bites all day. We'll be back again next year though.........can't wait!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived to a perfect river, 10 deg and 2 foot on and dropping.
Fished 3 different swims and had fish out of all of them. Had 3 good Barbel, one going 9lb all on maggots. Plus 5 good chub plus a few chublets. Lost 2 Barbel on bedrock. Wonderful day, the big barbel came at 4pm just as the light was going.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Hard fishing in a beautiful setting. The fishing was tough due to recent rain fall which brought lots of debris down river. We managed to find the fish after lots of searching. We will be back.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very difficult and disappointing day. The river rose all morning and was bringing down all sorts of debris and rubbish making feeder/leger fishing impossible with the amount of leaves branches etc collecting on the line and feeders. Tried all the usual baits, pellets, meat boils, maggots etc without any obvious bites.
Also spent some time trotting also without success.
I think conditions were spoilt mainly by the amount of debris coming downstream at all depths which made fishing virtually impossible on the day.

The river was low and clear and coming off the back of 3 frosts. Two barbel were caught by one angler on meat and the other blanked which is a shame as this beat has been very kind to us in the past.

2 Barbel

Had a day fishing here for my birthday and what a beautiful spot. Unfortunately I took my dog and on walking around trying to find a likely spot he found and ate a old baited hooklink so I had to rush to vets for an operation. Please all anglers take all rubbish home with you. Dog is now recovering and I will be back just on my own this time.
WUF Note: We were very sorry to hear to hear about this and hope the dog's recovery is going well. We cannot stress enough the importance of anglers taking all litter and unused tackle home with them. This is the kind of distressing incident that occurs when they don't and, unfortunately, it isn't the first report of a dog swallowing a discarded tackle recently.

Very difficult conditions with frost to start,strong winds and a very low clear river. We fished the top end above car park area with the usual feeder/pellet/meat/boilie without a sniff. After a nice hot bowl of soup for lunch we dropped down to the bottom field where we knew there is some slower deep water. I decided to trott maggots which was difficult in the high wind but did manage 2 cracking brownies 1 of which was over 2lb and a small grayling. The wife was still on feeder/pellet tactics and still hadn't had a bite, after a change to maggot hook bait she instantly was attached to a good barbel which matched her previous pb of 8.2lb. We then had fish steadily with the biggest being 8.8lb barbel and a 4lb chub. Thanks again Wye and Usk for the opportunity to access this stunning beat. Great access and plenty swims.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling, 4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Arrived to find the river lower and clearer than in the summer, 2 fished in the end swims past the car park without any joy, I fished in the 1st field & had 2 barbel, the first going 9lb 6oz and the second around 6lb. Both fish came after feeding and resting the swim for an hour.

2 Barbel