Feedback & Reports

This was our 2nd visit to the White House beat. The first time was some 2 years ago and it rained all day, however this time it could not have been more different. On a perfect fining down river nearly back to summer level, on what was a very hot day, four anglers shared 10 barbel up to around 8lbs each, severn fish to one rod, with a two fish tally for the second angler and just a single fish for the third. A much improved beat with plenty of accessible swims to go at, very pleased to meet the gentleman land owner, who made us very welcome and was very informative.

Difficult to judge the venue in respect of swims as the water was high. There may well be more swims but I was disappointed to only find 1 fishable swim about 150 yards upstream. Still, had 3 nice Barbel on pellets during the day. Would have liked to stay longer but the skies opened up and I was worried about getting out of the steep field which became extremely wet and slippery.

Me and a friend fished Sugwas on the previous day and although the water level was high we had a good day. We stayed at the Grafton Travel Lodge in Hereford which was clean and comfortable with the staff freindly and helpfull. Unfortunatley when we got to the White House beat the river was way up and raging though so we did not fish, went and had a bit of lunch instead. This was the first time either of us had been on the Wye and what a stunning river it is. With the ease of booking a beat we will be back soon for another go.

JT and I arrived about 0930, refreshed from fishing another beat the day before. The beat is very popular on the opposite bank. It was like sitting in a telephone box listening to everyones conversation - hilarious.

After roaming around we settled on 2 swims and after a hard days fishing I managed 3 Barbel and a Chub, JT Had 2 Barbel and lost a monster!

Thanks for a great couple of days fishing Wye & Usk Foundation.

Turned up at Whitehouse around 6am, the weather wasn't too good, scattered heavy showers, light showers and a bit windy. After planning to make the most of the full length of the fishery we were a bit disappointed as the river was up a good few feet and pushing through, lots of debris floating by. The conditions made us choose the lower stretch hoping the extra water over any gravel bars would be a good starting point but mainly because we could land and return any fish safely.
We both set up feeder rods, I was on halibut pellet, hemp & caster, my dad was fishing sweetcorn, hemp and caster. After a good few dace and small chublets, around 8.30 I had our first barbel at 7lb 5oz so things looked promising. At around 11am I had another barbel at 7lb 4oz. A couple of hours saw my dad have a few more dace and chub, then after a good look around we decided to up sticks and move to the top end of the fishery. Sticking to the same baits my dad had quite a few more dace and small chub then another barbel at 9lb 11oz. Between 2pm and 8pm my dad continued to catch smaller stuff and we had another 3 barbel between 6lb and 7lb 9oz. Considering the conditions were so so, we had a great time and even when most of the river wasn't visible it was a cracking days fishing and another visit is on the cards.

Many thanks for allowing us to fish this stretch. We had 3 barbel and 8 eels. River up and spots difficult to spot/hold.

x2 barbel to 7.5lbs caught.

Fished both Saturday & Sunday, Saturday we were greeted with 8 foot of raging flood water and Sunday it was up another 2 feet!!!! We had never seen the venue before so fish location became difficult - we managed to winkle out 6 barbel to 8lb on Saturday and 2 on the Sunday to 4lb.

I prefer this beat with the water at least a couple of foot up from current levels, when the top swims usually fish very well. In any event with anglers occupying swims on the opposite bank at the top end, we had to settle for the lower end of the fishery, where although there are barbel in most swims, they do not appear in great numbers. This proved to be the case today, and we ended up with only one barbel between us at 7lb 5oz.

All four rods caught total of six barbel and 8 chub. On site bailiff was very helpful.