Feedback & Reports

A tricky afternoon session with the river high and still rising. Winkled out a single 3lb chub. Many thanks to my fellow angler who lent me a bank stick and who gave me his ingenious little gadget for retaining the rod butt.

1 Chub

Catch - 4 barbel, 3 chub

Worried for weeks that there wasn't going to be enough water in the river and then the week before we arrived the gauge went up over 1m. Very pleased and arrived at this beautiful stretch in high spirits for a 2 day session. River was coloured but thinking down about 2' over the 2 days.

Pleased with our outcome with biggest barbel at 8.25lb, but as often on Wye Foundation waters the access to swims was a real issue. Looking at the beat map there are 3 large fields, all with access and a great looking stretch of river.

Orchard section - there is a large, and well used, swim where the parking is available and then a number of swims upstream from there, To get to them you have to get over/through a live electric cattle fence that has been place by the farmer so close to the downslope that it feels unsafe at times. Downstream from here in the Orchard there is no access at all.

Open field downstream of Orchard - access is via the first road parking marked on a left hand bend. 4 good swims in this section but be warned most are a long way from the parking.

Bottom field - access is via the same road parking or further on at a right hand bend before housing. Access to this whole stretch is impossible, either because there is 10m of trees/shrub/stingers to cut through to make your own route or because, again, there is an electric fence running along half the stretch, this one at least wasn't turned on.

Fishing Passport Note : Access to the river has become more of an issue this season and something wr are discussing with the fishery owner.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

River remains high, tried two sections of the beat with no joy !!

The welcome rain and level rise said it was a Wye day and with only one beat left with tickets Courtfirld it was. With only 3 swims we I to the wood it did t take long to pick swims. Lovely mild day, 14.9 water temp and a 0.85 river level with nice colour promised a lot. I blanked despite trying lots, PJ had a 7lber but Steve had a great day, only 3 barbel but one was a significant PB of 11.02. Other two were 7 and a banner. Pewt or meat on a gb feeder.

4 Barbel

Only expected to fish for a few hours from first light,
but ended up fishing all the catches a number of times before finishing at 4.30pm before the big lift arrived. It was 1’10 to 2’2 most of the day. Visibility around 3ft and very promising but no tourists seen. Trout were very active today though with most taking assorted small salmon tubes last minute on the retrieve.

9 Trout, 1 Grayling

Blanked

1 Chub

Arrived at 4 PM river looked great Barbel second cast biggest one 8 1/2 lbs

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

did not fish bad conditions