Feedback & Reports

Conditions not ideal with low clear water and bright sunshine throughout the day making fishing difficult. Spells of feeding in early afternoon and then towards dusk saw 3 barbel the best being about 8lb and a number of smallish chub. This is lovely beat with good access and plenty of areas to go at and will definately return.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Arrived early with the mist still swirling down the river, a beautiful sight and a chill in the air.
Warmed up when we walked to our chosen fishing spot. Very quiet until mid afternoon then we enjoyed 11 beautiful Barbel between us and a few Chub. Stunning surroundings and a magical river.

11 Barbel, 4 Chub

Very nice beat, 2 barbel landed to 8lb an 2 nice barbel lost.

2 Barbel

Lovely day on the Wye expected it to be high and dirty but it was above low level but clear
TWO lovely 8lb fish.. but nothing in the afternoon.

2 Barbel

A more successful day that the previous one (Courtfield), despite the rain from the previous day, the river had not really risen & was still running clear with a lot of weed coming through. After the previous day's rain a second mild (even muggy) day with overcast skies & intermittent (sometimes heavy) showers may have been the reason we were able to find them feeding & for longer periods.
I Caught within the first hour of arriving and then managed one every few hours for a total of five with a couple of hours to go. As can often be the case, the last hour or so then became hectic, with the two of us now fishing the same swim we took a further 9, even having one on at the same time at one stage. All the fish were in excellent condition & faught strongly, the majority were between 5 - 7lbs taken mid river on pellet or boilie over the feeder or PVA bags. A soggy, humid, muddy & enjoyable day in a swim that resembled somewhere on the "Somme" by the time darkness fell & we packed away.

14 Barbel

Peter caught 1 barbel, 11-12 cliff did not catch

1 Barbel

1 angler caught a 7lb 12oz barbel on luncheon meat fished half way across the river. The 2nd angler was smashed up on the first take, went onto catch 4 eels, best around 3.5lbs and a barbel of 4.5lbs. All these fish feel to luncheon meat fished 2/3 across the river. The other anglers had 20 chub between them as well as about 6 small dace. All the chub ranged between 2 to 4 ozs fished on trotted maggot. Nothing was caught on the swim feeder.
The weather was breezy and upstream which helped long trotting. The water was low and clear.
The fishery itself was OK but we were confined to the last swims on the furthest upstream boundary. The other swims had steps down step banks but these were very muddy and it would have been dangerous to have attempted to go down and wade.

2 Barbel, 20 Chub, 4 Other

A very disappointing day, when we arrived we found that the fishery map provided was totally different to the stretch itself, and for anyone wishing to fish the only two swims on the bottom of the stretch, then you have a very very long walk. In addition where you could previously get to the river at the bottom, you can't anymore because it is so overgrown. There is probably only 5 real swims, all within 100m above the car park the rest is pretty unfishable.
1 small barbel, 1 brown trout and 1 decent chub and some chublets...

1 Trout, 1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Not an easy day but one rod found 6 Barbel, 2 to another rod and one to the last. About 25 Cormorants nesting in trees overlooking river, waiting for lunch...

9 Barbel

Turned out to be a very warm, sunny day after a foggy cold morning. Most of the action after lunch on the usual feeder and pellet method.

7 Barbel, 1 Chub