Feedback & Reports

Lovely river and plenty of action despite low water and bright sunshine. All fish caught on small black klinkhammer. Thanks to the Foundation for making it all possible.

4 Trout, 8 Grayling

Having been successful on this beat earlier in the season I was temped to return. However, water levels were well down and I saw very little fish activity. Missed one take on a dry fly. Saw a few small trout in the deeper pools but they were easily spooked. Wildlife (dipper, kingfisher, yellow wagtail etc) in abundance so a lovely day nevertheless!

2 on nymphs in a duo and 1 on a klinkammer in olive fishing NZ style. No other anglers but 40 plus canoeists, 3 of which hit me while wading. River Low and fast.

3 Chub

1 decent chub around 4lb caught late in the afternoon.
3 eels. Lots of very small dace and chub shoaling close in chased by jack pike.
The canoe traffic on the river from around 10am till about 5pm was continuous with occasional parties of 4 boats roped together with no consideration to avoid anyone fishing on either bank. Both our lines were rowed through a number of times, even fishing close in. With the exception of the canoes, which need addressing, it appears to be an excellent beat with cracking pegs throughout.

1 Chub, 3 Other

A pleasant afternoon: Three small but hard fighting wild brownies - all to a weighted GRHE. Despite covering most of the beat, I took all the fish under the bridge.

3 Trout

4 Trout

River was not fishable due to very low flows - it was less than ankle deep for most of the stretch and at one point was less than 2 feet wide. I walked the the entire beat and the few pools/areas of deeper water were full of algae. I only saw a handful of fish and didn't make a cast.

WUF note - Following this report we have closed the beat until water levels return to a reasonable fishing height. This water often does suffer from very low flows.

A great evenings fishing from 5:30pm to 8:30pm on ledgered pellet. The river was low and clear as previous but no debris…
6 Chub to 5lb. 3 Barbel - 8lb 9oz being the biggest (7lb+) & (6lb+).

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low and despite trying many swims, where we had caught in the past, no fish were caught.
We were disappointed with the so called "new swims" created in the top field. Most were in very shallow areas and the minimum of work appeared to have been done. After canoeing this stretch I can suggest some far better areas to create access down the bank.

WUF note - Anglers are advised to look at the Beat Gallery on the beat page of the website to see the 15 different swims available. Whilst we understand the differing expectations from different anglers, these swims are not fishing platforms. Thick vegetation has been strimmed back to allow access to a large percentage of this beat that was previously inaccessible whilst retaining it's natural character.

Lovely mild to warm day, with frequent sunny spells and the river quite low but with a hint of colour to it. Fished the very last peg on the beat just upstream from the island rapids with the Courtfield Arms a few yards down the road using halibut paste on the hook and swim feeders full of 4mm pellets. Had no barbel but a total of eight chub, all in the 3.5lbs to 4.5lbs weight bracket. The canoe traffic, once it commenced, was horrendous. I haven't fished the Wye for many years and I was horrified, it was a continual procession throughout the whole day. It's too much and got to be at saturation point. To be fair it didn't seem to put the chub off feeding but it was a major distraction for me. I enjoyed the fishing but don't think I will ever contemplate fishing this stretch again on a weekend. It was like fishing on the side of a motorway.

8 Chub