Feedback & Reports

Another bank holiday? A pre-dawn start then. Hooked a 8-10 lb fish at 5.20am on a Willie Gunn pattern tubefly but with the running line looped around the rod butt I was doomed; even scampering down the bank-side path, studs clattering upon the concrete, did nothing to save the situation. Lesson learnt..... Run faster!
The wind picked up just 20 minutes before the first canoes arrived at 9.40. However, by then I had managed to see my first ever Shad, x3, [once I'd worked out just where they were in the run I was able to avoid catching any more], and a good sized chub, 4lb + and a small pike but no more sign of salmon.
Good news for the Coarse Anglers though: some kind soul has marked the best Barbel pegs, with half-round fence posts so you can find them in the herbage, towards the top of the beat.

1 Chub, 1 Pike, 3 Other

10am to 1.30pm was a constant stream of canoes, what did I expect? However, this beat has a good length of fly water and if conditions were favourable I'm sure there would be a fish or two to be found. But not today.
One WBT of 1lb and a small pike tested my new outfit and I got to chat with one or two very nice people. I will be trying again if we get a bit more water!

1 Trout, 1 Pike

After landing a 14lbs fish on the Golden Mile, fished White House and took a 19lbs salmon here also.

1 Salmon

Fished White House on Monday 11th March for 3 hours without a bite. Bitterly cold upstream wind made fishing very uncomfortable. River was fishable. Returned Wednesday 13th March for second session. Cold but wind had dropped. Three Chub on luncheon meat around 2lb made the trip worthwhile. Look forward to returning again later in the year.

3 Chub

My brother and I ventured down to White House, though I was the only one to wet a line. River slighly up, not too coloured - strong NE wind, blowing upstream combined with the general temperature made for a cold few hours.
Given the temperatures, I decided not to go for the usual pellet approach and instead fished a smallish feeder with maggots. Had a bite a cast, but only managed to hook and land two dace. Speed of reaction was somewhat impaired by wrestling with the rather cumbersome gloves required to keep my hands warm!
My brother had departed about mid-day, after a sleep in the car - the prospect of sitting in the warm, watching the rugby seemed a much better alternative and I left about 1.30pm.
Despite the conditions it was really nice to be back out on the Wye again, watching the activity in the fields opposite and the Buzzards wheeling about up above. Bring on the summer!

2 Other

A short day, before heading home. Water dropping. Two barbel, one chub and some dace. River felt full of life once more.

5 barbel - lovely day but fishing slow with little sign of activity between bites. All fish on pellets & pellet tipped with corn.

1 x Barbel 7lb, 1 x Chub 5.5lb

Only 2 thought the trip would be worth it with the river up. Both rods had a fish each but couldn't move around enough to find fish.

We we were the only 2 rods booked on this day, rather disappointed that 2 other anglers were there already in the best swims. They said they had booked through the farmer, though this was found to be untrue as the farmer had no knowledge of this. They paid whatever and were allowed to carry on. According to a farm worker anglers often turn up without booking.
Anyway they went in the afternoon we moved into the pegs and had 4 barbel upto 7lb and 3 chub to just under 4lb in around 3 hours fishing. The first part of the day we fished at the very top end of the beat but with no catch.