Feedback & Reports

Nice fishery, only a little walk for old boys. A good day feeder fishing and I will go back. The river was low and the fish in good condition.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 x 4.25lb barbel, 1 x 4lb chub, 1 x 5lb chub, 1 x 2lb eel all taken on ledger & swimfeeder. River was coloured. The accommodation at the Cottage of Content was very good.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Stunning scenery at How Caple Court, very bright sunny day. Thought it might be hard going and this proved to be the case. Still managed 7 chub and 1 barbel, all caught on trotted pellets. For those of you that wish to wade into the river and fish, I opened up the peg by the pump house. This is at the top of the beat. Very nice to meet the land owner and Andy the game keeper. There is a fallen tree in the river halfway down the lower part of the beat, if the Wye and Usk could open up a new peg here it could well be a great fish holding area. It is quite steep however and dog spike and rope would be a good idea (safety first).

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Nice peaceful beat - upstream end needs a bit of peg clearance though.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Fished for couple of hours around midday and caught inspite of anglers on the opposite bank, as soon as the cloud cover went the fish switched off and it started to feel very warm, packed up to cool down and returned to do a couple of hours around dusk but only a chub and a lost fish to report. Lovely to sit there with nobody about in the fading light.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Second day on river Wye. completely different to opening day. Plenty of chub between one and five pounds and some big eels(three pounds plus) that thought they were barbel taking 18mm halibut pellets. Once the sun was off the water managed two cracking barbel around the eight pound mark. All fish in really good condition. River at summer level with little colour. Not many snags in this stretch. My only niggle was the lack of swims. between the line of trees and the end of the beat only two, and those hardly cut back. Six foot nettles are not nice to walk through!

2 Barbel, 9 Chub, 4 Other

11 barbel and 1 chub all on pellet.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

A nice afternoon in the sun, but I blanked. River was nearly back down to normal levels after the recent floods and looked great (just in time for the closed season) but I didn't get more than a couple of knocks on the rod tip. Should have brought maggots and my silvers gear but was after Barbel. Will be back in June!

First time I've booked this beat so took me a bit of time to decide what to do with it.
River colour was good and it was less than a meter up but pushing through strongly.
Access to the beat is good with parking for one vehicle at both ends of the beat with an easy flat walk along the whole length of the beat. Quite a straight beat with a large bend at the end so limited options if the water levels are high but should be more to go at with normal levels.
Ground was firm on Wednesday but I could see evidence that someone had difficulty getting off the parking so care should be taken in wet conditions. Looks like recent floods have battered the banks and eroded what must have once been nicely carved out pegs.
Salmon anglers were working away along the opposite bank and were polite.
Tried a few swims around the middle and at the bottom end of the beat but the Barbel eluded me. Persevered with maggot on the float before giving up and reaching for my faithful barbel rod to chuck the feeder with hemp and maggots. Managed to tempt seven lovely Chubb in fin perfect condition ranging from around two and a half up to four and a half pounds from the faster water. Great to be out on my favorite river, many thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation for being so helpful and finding me a decent beat at short notice.

7 Chub

Nice stretch, water very fast and lots of snags. Lost at least 15 hooks. 2 barbel between 3 rods.

2 Barbel