Feedback & Reports

With the river at only .67m at Ross, the Barbel were going to be hard to find. The water was low and clear. Had to wait 3hrs for first Chub on the feeder. Moved slightly further down the L/H bank and fished the creases between the rapids. Bagged another 4 Chub, the best being about 5lbs. Returned to my 'dead' peg, trotted maggot and landed several Dace and Chublets with another 2 bonus 4-5lb Chub late in the day. Lovely place, good access but too shallow for Barbel when river is low. Canoeists were abundant but considerate.

Fished all day saturday, river low and clear, first time on this beat, the owners have made access very easy, probably the best I have seen on the Wye. Very quiet area, only a few canoes so location and access fantastic. With the conditions the fishing was limited the area is shallow with a couple of deeper holes which are close in on the right bank directly in front of the fishing area so clear water does limit these. I managed 5 chubb on the left bank, two of which came on the float all in the 3 to 4lb range, one imediately below the bridge wading and 4 from the first platform. My fishing partner fished a few swims on both banks and had to wait until about 5pm to get his only fish of the day, a 5lb chubb. Variety of baits used, fish caught on meat or large bunches of maggots. Only had two bite on pellet.

River very low and clear coupled with a hot, bright day meant we struggled!! Fished all the swims using a variety of methods and baits, result - 1 chubb. We never sighted or saw signs of barbel, very disappointing.

Low clear water made fishing difficult in bright conditions
2 rods, 1 barbel 5lb, 7 chub 4.5lb - Nice spot will return.

On arrival found the river very clear and bright sun not the best conditions. My fishing pal fished the second
swim on the left bank looking down stream he had three chub to 3lb+ and 2 barbel around 6lb. I fished opposite him but no good. The owner arrived and after a chat suggested that I tried the first swim from the bridge (same bank). I had 1 barbel 6lb. Not that many swims but as only 2 rods allowed ok. Good pace to the river so heavy feeders needed, just needed a bit of colour.

After a misty start the weather turned quite hot and the fishing suffered, either that or my fishing skills are to blame, probably the latter! Anyway on two rods caught a monster of a chub while my 14 year old son caught a barbel and another large chub. Beautiful surroundings and a very enjoyable day - thank you WUF.

Sunny morning. Water clear. We fished L/H bank - myself second flight of steps along, on promising looking swim. Fellow angler M fished last peg close to water. Caught 1 chub, lost barbel to broken hook length. M caught 1 club, lost barbel also to broken hook length and a further chub in snag.
Disappointing fish catch but pleasant day by the river.

Arrived mid morning, 1 angler fishing the most accessible swim halfway along far (Right) bank had already landed 4 Barbel. Opted for L/H Bank and fished last swim which was difficult with only minimal hard standing. Started ok with an early chub (that took me atraight into the big snag but evenyually swam out again) but then frustrated throughout day with lots of Chub bites to no avail until 5pm.
As mentioned here elsewhere large snag about 1/3 rd way across just before overhanging tree, eventually found most productive area for bits was almost midway across river (though difficult to cast to). In next 2 hours had 2 Barbel (7.5 biggest) and 2 more Chub with bites more confident in fading light. All caught on pellet feeder. Now I know the stretch would be inclined to go back with a more mobile/roving approach as 3 or 4 good swims on each bank.
Very enjoyable venue - be careful you dont drive past the bridge, it's well concealed !

Fished from 9am-2pm. Caught two chub and one roach between two anglers. We had been in the area for three days and found the fishing harder than usual. We stayed at Tresseck campsite in Hoarwithy and found it to be very well run and good value.

The river was high, coloured and running quickly with quite a lot of debris coming downstream. Despite the conditions it was a lovely spot to fish and I caught 1 Barbel in the morning of about 6lb. My trusty fishing partner, J livened the day with a brief comedy turn, galloping down the bank chasing his kettle and falling in the river. His timing was perfect as a rowdy stag party of canoeists enjoyed the whole spectacle and offered a range of colourful observations as he clawed his way back up the bank.