Feedback & Reports

Arrived early morning to a wet drizzly day. Never fished the area before so had no knowledge of the water. Hard going all day. Managed 2 small Chub and 1 Barbel. Very enjoyable scenery. The area was lovely where we were. We will definitely return in the future. Unfortunately on the footpath back to the car I lost the quiver-tip from my feeder rod. If anyone comes across it perhaps they would be kind enough to email me. lorrainehornsby@hotmail.co.uk

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

2nd day of my trip, after blanking at Foy Bridge. The plan was to fish off the croy down the crease. Walked 20 minutes to find it under a foot of water.
Slow walk back down the beat to find a likely swim. Fished a swim behind a big tree creating some slower moving water. Caught 2 smallish chub and 4 barbel, 2lb, 3lb 12oz, 5lb 6oz and 8lb 1oz, all on feeder with pellet or spam as bait.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

Warm and sunny conditions which felt like August rather than October. The river level was steady for the first 3 hours then rose 8 inches during the next 3. Lots of weed coming down the river made it difficult to keep the feeder out. 1 Barbel (8lb 4ozs) and 3 Chub (3lb each). Barbel taken on pellet; Chub on meat. Fished in first field opposite the willows.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Description said some good winter piking spots? I could walk across 95% of the river! Waste of £24.
WUF Note: The extremely dry weather of the summer and early autumn has lead to some extremely low water levels. We ask that you take conditions into account when reading beat descriptions. Middle Ballingham has some good winter pike spots in normal winter conditions.

Both barbel about 6lb caught again at dusk. River very low and crystal clear. Chub to about 4lb. Limited swims due to weed and lack of flow, large clumps of weed drifting down due to weed cutting upsteam ment rolling meat was the only option for the 1st couple of hours.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Really hard days fishing with the river being very low with lots of weed getting caught around our lines but still very enjoyable in a beautiful location to fish. We had 3 barbel and 2 Chub. Barbel were all around the 7lb mark and the Chub about 4lb. All fish were caught on pellet.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Frustrating day... took us 2 hours to find the entrance to the beat which is very narrow & steep. Tried many spots & tactics but to no avail though many fish were visible.

We arrived on a glorious late summer morning to be greeted with some stunning scenery spoiled by a couple of cormorants flying overhead....The water level looked low and okish but this was our first visit to the Wye so it is difficult for us to judge the situation.
Great location but apart from 2 good fish we struggled to catch anything other than numerous micro dace and chublets which were there in abundance!! We did notice the presence of some Pike and this could be a good stretch for those who target them.
Our lack of experience was probably the root cause of a limited return. We enjoyed the challenge but would not fancy the walk back up the hill in wet conditions.

1 Trout, 1 Chub, 20 Other

Still a lot of weed coming down. Fished the crib and sunk rodtip below the waterline to catch a few fish. Would not fish here again.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub