Feedback & Reports

River low, weather variable (sun, heavy showers). The swims are a lot more overgrown than last year but just about fishable. Tried as much of the upper half of the beat as feasible. Just the one Barbel from the top most swim.

1 Barbel

Second day on the beat, started out in the rope pool for a few hours which proved hopeless, moved up to the upper part and started catching well through the afternoon.
Weather was awful so only myself out of the 3 of us braved the weather but it was well worth it.
Fish were all between 7-9lb

4 Barbel

Tough day, fished the upper end of the beat in several swims but couldn't locate the fish. Spoke to the gille and he said he had spotted an otter there two days beforehand so probably didn't help.
1 Barbel caught on pellet.

I have read some reports about swims and there not being many. I can say there are 4-5 well cut out swims in the upper section, the middle section has a couple of good swims but the bottom section there are none.

A very nice beat

1 Barbel

7 Barbel, 1 Chub

Another hard day on the Wye before heading home. Managed 2 barbel and although conditions seemed ok the fishing this weekend has not been as good as normal. Got home to find that we had left a net at middle hill court. I'm assuming that it will be long gone but if anyone fishes there and finds a net I would really appreciate it if they would let the Wye and Usk know so they can contact me. Back again in a few weeks and hopefully the river will be back on form.

2 Barbel

This stunning beat is always a joy to fish and the abundance of wildlife here is always an uplifting experience especially on a warm summers day !! Although we did not stay late when it usually switches on here we still managed to catch a few very hard fighting Barbel despite having low expectations. Groundbait feeder was the winning method on this occasion with both pellet and corn catching the fish.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Following the results from our previous two trips to this stretch earlier in the week where the best time had proved to be the evening, we were confident of adding several more barbel to our total having already had 6 by 4pm. However, this wasn't to be and we only caught two more during the evening period. Still a good day though with 8.12 being the best barbel. Feeder with various combinations of baits was the method used.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub

Started fishing at 11.30am. Little action until just before dusk.

7 Barbel, 4 Chub

Despite an early start we struggled throughout the day and it was from 5:30pm that we caught the majority of fish. Low water conditions probably had something to do with the lack of action during the day. Feeder with various combinations of baits was the method used.

8 Barbel