Feedback & Reports

Dry day but river rising. Fished downstream of pump on pellet and feeder. I bite all day resulting in a 5lb 9oz Barbel about 16.00. Certainly noted that if the river is high the choice of swim is limited. Didn’t take the van down to the bank today as the risk of not getting back up so humped tackle on our backs. The thought of a pint of Butty Bach at the White Lion kept us going!

1 Barbel

First time at White House and it was muddy. Overcast but dry to start with the water level falling and running at quite a pace. We fished at the end of the upstream section with feeders, one on Halibut pellet and one on Red Krill both feeder. Halibut caught one Barbel of 4lb 8oz about mid day followed by a Barbel of 5lb 8oz to Ted Krill at 14.45 and a 7ld 5oz at 15.15. It rained lightly for about 2 hours. There was quite a bit of weed flushing through giving false bites. It was interesting getting back up the hill to say the least. Both got a whack from the electric fences.

3 Barbel

The river was around 10’ up but we managed to find some slack water and were rewarded with 39 barbel. All the fish were caught on the usual pellet and feeder method. Excellent sport.

39 Barbel

Only fished 1100hrs until 1430hrs but 3 nice barbel between 6lb & 8 1/2lb. Plus a wee chub of 2lb.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived in torrential rain with the river rising. Access along the river is excellent although very muddy down through the farm. Great afternoon fishing catching 5 barble to 9lb7oz all fish caught on meat

5 Barbel

River up and pushing hard. With so much debris coming through we were forced into the nearside banks out of the main flow. Ground too heavy to drive down to the bankside parking areas meant a long walk to the river followed by another long walk to the top of the beat to find fishable swims. For our efforts we were rewarded with a barbel each of 6lb. Not a memorable day on The Wye.

We arrived at the Whitehouse fishery after heavy rain the previous day and found the river rising and coloured. Four of us fished DWW caught 6 Barbel 2 of 7lb, 3 of 6lb and 1 of 5lb. CS caught 1 Barbel of 8lb 13 at last knockings. All fish were caught on pellets in difficult conditions with a lot of streamer weed coming down the river. We fished the far upstream beats. It’s a very nice fishery the track down to the river was a bit difficult to get traction on to get back up. Also we had to drive through a couple of inches of farmyard slurry, the gate person had to walk through it! A very messy business which will find its way into your car be warned!
Thanks Wye and Usk.

7 Barbel

Very wet (although river didn't rise) and chubbed out

5 Chub

Another tough day. Started sunny but soon deterioratef with constant heavy rain. Very disappointed to find that the concrete path by the generator is totally overgrown from where it bends round to the right. This has made it a very short path and needs to be cut back. We had one barbel each and decided to pack up early as we were worried about getting the car back up the muddy hill. This proved well founded as we soon got stuck at the bottom of the hill. Fortunately Debbie, the farmer's wife very kindly used her 4x4 truck to tow us out - a big thank you to Debbie for getting us out of a pickle in terrible conditions. Beware driving down to the river when wet unless in a 4x4.

2 Barbel