Feedback & Reports

First visit to Lower Hill Court. Waded off a shallow beach and caught 2 barbel trotting hemp and corn and then the heavens opened! Fished a pellet feeder and bad 11 barbel over the same line I was trotting. Only fished the morning as the weather got the best of me but will certainly be back again!

13 Barbel

Heaviest rain I've seen in years, river chocolate brown, didn't even see a single fish. Not many accessible swims to get down to the river.

Glad I braved the remnants of Bertha for a few hours at/after daybreak. Back in the evening after drying out for a few hours! Consistent sport from 6 through until 10 and then from 5 until 9 (ish) even though river the colour of chocolate by the early evening. Fed with PVA bags of pellet and ledgered pellet, spam and corn hookbaits - all caught. Nothing huge but a great days sport.

6 Barbel, 11 Chub

Fished in the afternoon only. This was the day Bertha struck. All fish caught on luncheon meat and a were a good size. River was fast and cloudy brown. Never-the-less a great afternoon on the beautiful Wye.

6 Chub

No fish caught.

RAIN, RAIN and more RAIN but good for the river. Did clear in the afternoon and on the plus side, kept the canoes away. Fished every type of swim possible fast water, slow, deep, shallow and far bank under the trees but the fish did not want to know. Did manage 3 fish in the end but hard work, just could not find them. Maybe next time.

3 Barbel

Was only planning an evening session which turned into a short 2 hour session after hitting motorway delays. However, left very happy after managing four barbel to 8lb 6oz from the rocks. Stormy weather made the conditions more favourable than they have been of late though.
First visit here and looks a great stretch from what I managed to glimpse - if you don't mind a bit of a walk. Will definitely be visiting here again.
Many thanks.

4 Barbel

Easy to get to swims. Fish at first peg on pellets in coloured water.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub, 6 Other

River in perfect condition which is more than could be said for the weather - high winds and torrential rain! The two barbel were caught by one angler late in the afternoon and three of the chub were really chublets.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Tough low, clear water conditions just before Hurricane Bertha blew in: a few trout were rising towards the lower end of the beat, but for the life of me I couldn’t match what they were eating. In hindsight I should probably have gone to nymphs and a French leader, but the challenge of a rising trout is just so absorbing…
General comment: it’s a shame about the campsite occupying the true left bank just above Aberbran Bridge, which in practice means it’s impossible to fish this once-productive area – at least in high summer when the campsite is full.