Feedback & Reports

Not a good day, 12hrs watching the rod and not even a twitch. Tried all the usual methods that have worked well in the past. In the past have always fished this swim in flood conditions and usually raining, this time very shallow, crystal clear and surprisingly warm water also a scorching hot day. Some big salmon jumping all day. I think we need some rain.

This was my second visit to this beat , I was really positive about fishing here having researched it a bit more , the river was still very low and clear , this whole beat is laced with streamer weed , making it hard to find clear spots to cast to, I had a barbel first cast which can be a bad omen to some anglers . This proved true today , I had nothing for the rest of the day .
I appreciate the river is not fishing well due to these hard conditions over the last 3 weeks , I know it'll improve , patience is needed, there are some beats that are producing good bags it's just hard to get a booking on them ,
Not a blank , so not all bad , I'm sure this place fishes well with the perfect conditions , I'll be back again

1 Barbel

Fished this beat in Sept 2016 and was looking forward to adopting a roving approach but unfortunately I took a right tumble on the initial descent ( caught my foot under an exposed tree root ) which resulted in a winding , a bruised ego , and a horrible snapping noise that turned out to be a bust rod top section. It wasn't enjoyable at the time but now I've narrated the story to my family their hysterical laughter has proved a tonic. Needless to say I didn't fish but the episode hasn't dampened my affection for the stunning River Wye and I'll return soon.

Surprised Pike from pellet - approx 7 lbs

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Pike

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

4 Barbel

Extremely hot, a couple of Chub early and then went very quiet

2 Chub

Beautiful part of the Wye, it was good to be back early season. Never fished this beat before so I knew I had my work cut out. Started in the middle and worked my way downstream, getting lots of bites all day but no takes . It was very hot! Stuck it out til last knockings and managed a few fish, usual pellet rig.

I will be back here again sometime, much more to explore!

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived early to this lovely beat, I fished it last year but failed to catch, so was determined to get one out. The river had a bit of colour but was low. After the long walk I fished on the croy swim using feeder and pellets tactics and instantly had bites: first out was a 2lb chub then followed by a 6lb 12oz barbel. It then went quiet for few hours then 3 more chub around 2 to 3 lbs and another barbel at around 5lb, then went quiet again before my last fish a nice 4lb chub. All in all a good day on the Wye.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

Just the one pike was caught approx 5lb. Think the flow was a bit strong after the rain fall on Thursday but a lovely place and will be going back.

1 Pike