Feedback & Reports

This is my current favourite stretch of the Wye but it was very tough going with water levels dropping and the river clarity rising. Lots of debris also meant a fair amount.nt of lost tackle in areas I've fished before without too much issue. Both barbel came late in the afternoon from the middle field and the other was a 6oz dace that somehow managed to take a 12mm pellet!
As ever the birdlife was amazing.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Took the walk over the hill and found the river with good pace but the colour was dropping out. Fishing was slow but managed a few barbel. Hair rigged 8mm pellets were the most productive bait.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

The river looked perfect but the fish were not feeding, only one bite all day but that did result in a lovely barbel of just over 9 lbs.

1 Barbel

6 Barbel, 14 Chub

Plenty of chub between 1 1/2 - 2 lb.
3 barbel . 1 about 6 lb 1 about 7 1/2 lb and 1 at 10-2.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

It made life a lot easier being able get the van down to the river, two Barbel on SG1 14mm Bollies wrapped in matching paste with a PVA bag of SG1 pellets.

2 Barbel

Just 3 barbel all from one swim. On the lower section.
Red Robin pellets.
Nice stretch.

3 Barbel

The lower section of this beat is a delightful stretch for small stream Euro nymphing. Most of the fish landed were in the 8-10 inch range with the two best grayling around the 1lb mark. I would happily recommend this beat to others subject to my comments below regarding access.

ACCESS ISSUES

The beat map is very misleading, it suggests that you can fish upstream from tThe Severn Arms for quite a long distance. You can’t. Firstly the map does not show the existence of the large weir which is only a hundred yards upstream of the A 44 road bridge. Secondly it does not warn you that a lot of the stated “Extent of fishing” is in fact in the gardens of private houses - for example most of the right bank above the A 44 bridge. Thirdly virtually all of the fields above that bridge are bounded by 4 foot high barbed wire fencing. I did not see a single style or crossing point on any of that fencing.

For anyone visiting this beat for the first time I would suggest you drive to the very upstream limit and explore it downstream from there rather than parking at the lowest point at The Severn Arms.

11 Grayling

Caught on pellet, bites were in the afternoon. River still falling from flood the previous week. All bites were midstream, nothing closer in. Needed 5oz to hold as water was pushing. First time on beat, so was exploring swims in morning.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub