Feedback & Reports

River low but not as clear as our last visit in August therefore hopes were reasonably high. Misplaced optimism I'm afraid as the day proved to be very tough indeed. We fished the top & bottom of the beat extensively with a range of baits (including maggot) but could only tempt 2 barbel & 3 chub between us.

4 of us fished from 9.00am until 7.00pm for only 7 barbel, however the quality of the fish was good & went from 6 to just under 10lb, all caught on small pellet with a mixture of feed. The weed was a problem & clear sky's didn't help. A strange stretch, needed a bit more water & would certainly fish much better in good conditions.

11 x barbel ranging from 7lb to 10lb

Fished White House on 13th and 15th Sept. On 13th had 4 chub between 2 and 3lb and a 4lb Barbel in a 4 hour session. Lost a larger Barbel (8lb?) close to the net. All on luncheon meat. River was slightly rising with strong downstream wind and overcast sky.
On 15th River was down by a foot and much clearer. Only caught 1 chub. Conditions were very bright - in effect a lovely day in beautiful surroundings. On both days had the beat to myself other than "meeting" a cow which had swum/paddled several hundred yards downstream from the upper field.It managed to get out of the river near to the hut and rejoined the herd but on the wrong side of the electric fence - farmer alerted. Will be back again next year. Thanks WUF.

Great days fishing - 19 Barbel, 1 Chub and a beautiful 2lb Perch. The beat fished well all day and each swim we fished produced a bite. The weed was a problem at times but not as bad as it has been. All fish taken on Boilies or Corn over Hemp and Pellet. The larger Barbel were found at the top end of the beat in the last few swims. Looking forward to my next day or 2 on the Wye.

Fished from 2pm with no luck - at about 8-30pm the action started and I ended with 2 barbel and 4 decent chub in the next hour. Conditions poor - very low with lots of weed coming down.

Fished the lower end of the beat and whilst the going was still tough we managed 8 barbel & a few small chub to 3 rods with the 4th rod (me!) blanking.

Not for the first time on this beat we were joined by a further 2 anglers later in the day. We had no major problem with this as we were established in the areas we wanted to fish and the 2 anglers didn't particularly interfere with our fishing. However, if we'd arrived at the beat to find the 2 angers already fishing this would have restricted our choices and potentially could have been a problem.

I have raised this matter previously relating to this beat and there is a definite principle issue here. The beat write up clearly states "...there should be no more than 4 rods at any one time" and we had booked those 4 rods!

To be fair to the anglers booking this beat there needs to be some clarity please. Either a party of 4 should be guaranteed exclusivity or it should be clearly stated that this cannot be guaranteed, anglers can then make an informed decision as to whether or not the beat is right for them.

From our perspective if exclusivity could not be guaranteed for 4 anglers we would have to think very carefully before booking due to the restricted number of sensibly accessible swims in the more productive areas.

WUF NOTE - we have now updated the web page and beat documents.

Dire! Fished extensively & hard along the entire top section of the beat without a bite to any of us!

Very bright sun shine all day. 4 chublets to float fished sweet corn 2 x 3lb chub to meat. 1 x 6lb barbel on pellet. Walked the whole stretch - nice bit of river, will be back later in the year.

19 barbel to 8lb caught on pellet, 2 chub to pellet, numerous dace on float fished sweetcorn during the quiet afternoon. All in all a great days fishing and great service as usual by the staff at the foundation.