Feedback & Reports

Fished waggler and maggot in middle of first meadow upstream of the entrance, 1 pm - 6.30 pm. Four barbel 5 - 8lbs, 1 chub 2.5 lbs, 4 very small dace, lots of minnows. Water low, weather bright after a cold start with variable downstream wind, some cloud cover later. Lots of salmon moving, several different fish apparent.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 4 Other

Super late decision to go fishing but managed to get there in time for a nice afternoon fish.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fishing slow, only 2 takes all day. Access difficult with only 2 or 3 swims available and we weren't informed about cardiac hill!

2 Barbel

River looked perfect - about 2 foot up with a tinge but this made the broken water swims upstream difficult to access. I used a rope to get into one then sat out in the water. Caught a good barbel - possibly 9lb plus on meat casting across and lost another on double 8 mm pellet. Strange no chub. Mick fished nearer the start and in his 3rd swim caught another big barbel - again well over 8lb on meat and a 4lb chub. He cast to 3/4 as far bank shallowed up a bit.
Looks like a boundary where fish are fewer but good in terms of size. Fished feeders all day with pellets ,hemp and a bit of groundbait through the feeder. Travel light as walk to the end is long plus 1 stile, 1 gate and a really uncomfortable iron bridge over a tiny feeder stream. Croy swim looked like it had loads of potential but could not decide how to fish it - too many options.
Lovely quiet beat with the far bank covered in glorious woods in places. 3 mewing buzzards overhead most of the day. Saw one walker and a couple of canoeists.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

My first visit to the Wye and it certainly didn't disappoint! River quite coloured and pacy. All fish came from two rod lengths out from the first accessible swim. Used Krill flavour throughout my ground bait to my hook bait - a grateful nod towards Martin Bowler - thank you.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

Arrived on the river around 08:00 and walked the bank. I had brought my wife along on only her second outing and so we needed an easily accessible swim without an excessively steep bank. That was no trouble. It was a glorious morning and went on to become a little too warm and bright, however we had a great day fishing a hair rig below a swim feeder on pellets. The river was in good flow and colour following a good night's rain a night or two prior. This made it weed catch a regular occurrence but we persevered and banked two lovely looking chub both around 4lbs and a 6lb barbel. Saw plenty of fish rising and splashing around, some of these obviously salmon. Was also smashed up by what must have been a pike as it went straight through my tackle after a good solid bite and first run. Not a Wye belter of a day in terms of catch but it was a very pleasant day and a secluded spot without interruption from canoes. Finished at 7.00pm.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Not our day. No fish landed unfortunately. River looked really good. Don't know what we did wrong but guess that's fishing sometimes. Spotted 2 otters along the stretch and a pair of kingfishers.
Saw plenty of Salmon jumping.

A hard days fishing on a river that had risen slightly overnight from the previous days rain. Lots of weed and debris coming down but the colour was good. Starting at the top of the beat floatfishing with corn, a method usually good for some chub and an odd barbel or two produced not a single bite. Another hour on the feeder produced the same result.
I then moved down river trying as many swims as I could safely fish with the same result until close to the wood where I managed 3 chub, the best about 3 pounds. A frustrating day as there was a lot of fish jumping and although some were salmon many I think were chub.
it is a lovely quiet beat, possibly the quietest I have fished on the Wye but there did seem to be a lot of cormorant activity. I scared off 3 birds when I arrived and all day several birds were seen to land on the water to fish. Possibly the lack of people around encourages the birds on this beat? Canoe traffic was very light and spasmodic.

3 Chub

Terrible weather - high winds and heavy showers, but hoping it would be better fishing rather than high sunshine all day.
Was not to be. Fishing was slow with just two chub to 3.5 on open ended feeder, 4ft hooks length and pellet. Both fish came during the evening with a cast well down the swim.
Lots of salmon jumping which was great to see. Secluded beat, boat the traffic not an issue and everyone was very polite. Feel this stretch would be better with roving approach, but the banks are very steep in places, so recommend always fishing with a buddy here and within earshot.

2 Chub

3 Barbel, 9 Chub