Feedback & Reports

Fished float at lower end of beat, lots of small dace, chub and minnows.

Conditions low and clear, feeder tactics. The chub was 4.5lb, in good condition. Looking forward to some more water in the river.

1 Chub

Very low water levels. The one fish came late in the evening to pellet.

1 Barbel

Dace and bleak. Pegs dangerous in the dry. Inaccessable in the wet. Sport from 5pm onwards.

8 Chub, 40 Other

Weather was sunny. Most of fish came early before canoe traffic! Did not seem to fish as well as on previous visits. My favourite swim now being on Samon beat where had previously caught barbel to 12 pounds. Wooded area bit pointless as to shallow and full of weed. Lovely location still will come back next year.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Pike, 1 Other

We only fished from 10 until 1.30 as we needed to get on the road. Another enjoyable trip to this lovely river, even though the catch return was poor. Better luck next time. Many thanks to the Wye & Usk.

1 Chub

Fished upper part, good day but slow and low water.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Fishing slower than expected but still productive. 5 barbel to 9lb 3oz on pellet and chub to 4lb 8oz. Water very clear.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived at beat at 9am and as others had said the river was very low but as I told the lads the fish are still in there. Buzzards and kingfishers a plenty, what a way to start the day. Tom and Mark started off down stream and me and David went to the top of the beat but couldn't fish the end peg as there was a salmon fisherman down there and we didn't want to be to close. Tom fished just above rope swim and got a 3lb chub and a 1 1/2lb barbel before 11:30am then at 1pm got a 7lb barbel in great nick. These were caught on soft pellets wrapped in paste. Me and David had a few knocks up stream but eventually we moved down stream to the rope swim at around 2pm where David had a 2lb barbel. It was perfection in miniature. I then moved downstream and fished amongst the nettles and got 4 chub up to 3lb all on meat. It was very hot and sunny and it went dead. Me and David went back up to the last peg at the top of the beat, I then had 2 chub of about 4 1/2lb and an eel of over 3lb (hard to guess with eels but was very thick). Then at around 7:45pm, David got a barbel of over 10lb, a lovely fish (caught on 8mm red and black halibut pellets). Tom and Mark were down stream, it was getting dark when Tom who was touch ledgering landed a 10lb barbel of his own. A great end to the day. Mark had struggled to get amongst the fish, but had tomorrow at Sugwas Court to go at, this beat has everything, great scenery plenty of pegs and great access. Mind the ramp on the track down.

5 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

Oops, please see catch report for the 13th for the total catch over both days.
Barbel weighed from 1lb to a best of 9lb and a good few fish in the 7-8lb range.