Feedback & Reports

Fished for 2 days up till 8pm, 5 barbel up to 8lb 6oz plus a few chub thrown in for good measure. I will definately be back for more of this...nice peaceful surroundings and secure parking.

I was slightly concerned that the boys rock swim is no longer available as part of this beat but I was relieved when I arrived to find that numerous new swims had been cut out in the wooded section giving access to what looks like a very promising stretch of water. My first cast in one of these new swims resulted in a bite after only a few seconds and the next few hours resulted in 7 hard fighting barbel to 8lb 12ozs. At about 11.30 bites stopped completely. If you plan to visit, strong tackle is needed as the bottom appears to carpeted with some coarse mossy type weed which every fish had to be hauled out of. Thank you W&U for opening up this quality fishing opportunity.

7 barbel plus 2 good chub between 4 anglers. Hard going to be honest, highlight seeing so many salmon jumping - great sight.

First cast 7.15am a barbel of 11lbs 8oz. First fish of the day ..........and the last! At least it was a personal best. There was evidence that the barbel were still spawning. So this result may not be indicative of the quality of this beat. We tried various swims along the beat with no response. I look forward to reading the catch results over the next few weeks. The swims that have been created in the upper part of the fishery are very comfortable with good access but the rest of the fishery is still largely inaccessible. I hope the good work of clearance will continue.

Very poor day only three chub and two good roach taken on meat and maggot.

Great to see a lot of clearance work has been carried out on the beat since I last came in October. Loads of swims to choose from now. Tried piking in morning but no luck. Then had a go for chub and roach but again drew a blank. Finally got the luncheon meat out and caught 3 hard fighting barbel, the best of which weighed 9 pounds.

Great stretch of water, improved by what looks like recent chopping and clearing. Still some good spots close in and we had 2 low double figure pike on lures. We switched to maggot feeders for the afternoon and had several chub up to 4lbs, along with a surprise roach of approaching 2lbs at last knockings. Cracking beat, we'll be back!

7 chub to about 4.5lbs on spam or corn.

A bright sunny day and the river a lot lower and clearer than I thought it would be. A struggle to get bites all day, ended up with just 1 medium sized chub at dusk.

THE VENUE;
I initially fished the upper area of this beat; as per many of the other comments I would suggest that this area is avoided. I struggled to find a suitable area to fish, even when I finally found a small flat area the drop to the water was still around 3 feet and the over-hanging trees made it very difficult to cast. However, I have noted that work is planned by the foundation so I will be interested to see what the fishing is like once the improvements have been made. There are no apparent signs that indicate the start and end of the foundation's fishing area (hopefully this will be part of the improvements).

TACKLE;
I would suggest that you keep the tackle to the minimum; wherever you park you will have to walk across fields or on tracks. Take boots with grip as the banks are steep, muddy and slippery.

COST;
I was also approached by an angler from the Monmouthshire club who fish the same stretch of water on the opposite side. It was interesting to hear that for £35 I could have become a member of the club and fished as many times as I wanted over the year. Hopefully the cost of day tickets soon reflects this price as I will struggle to afford the £16 every week-for the time being I don't mind paying if it eventually helps to improve the fishing venue and experience etc!

CATCH;
I initially fished the feeder method and did not have a single bite (this was in the upper stretch). When I moved to the lower part I witched to float and caught around ten small Silvers.