Feedback & Reports

Fished from 3 o'clock till dark, pleasant weather, quite windy but warm. We fished feeder with 8mm pellet on hook and had 16 barbel with a best of 8lbs 12oz and 2 chub. Fishing these times avoided the midday sun and the canoes! A very nice session.
For such a long stretch of river there are not many accessible swims and a bit of clearing would be nice. The track would require a 4x4 in bad conditions. We are back there Thursday and looking forward to it.

WUF note - There are seven accessible swims along this beat providing access to the main pools. Anglers do have the option of creating their own wild swims if necessary.

16 Barbel, 2 Chub

Dry fly, 0.5lb, Returned. Water very low and little activity.
A fair amount of fishing over grown and inaccessible. Need to access weir from right bank. Beautiful spot.

1 Trout

Water low and clear. We saw no salmon and the trout, plainly visible, were elusive this time. An enjoyable day, but blank.

Low water, nil caught.

Very low water, nil caught.

Blanked; fished all of the Church Stream and below for a couple of hours before our long journey home. The beat details clearly say that the lower boundary is where the road comes nearest to the river however the lower field was being used as a temparary camp site and is within the beat boundary, to find several campers fishing there was very dissappointing. One camper even had the gaul to say "I fished up here last night mate and banged them out" It somewhat reduces the chances of catching when someone has had them on the feed a few hours earlier. When we pay for river exclusivity )excluding owners rods) that is what we should get. This ending spoilt what otherwise has been an enjoyable trip.

WUF note - This has only recently been brought to out attention and anglers effected have been contacted regarding this disruption.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

Very pleasant afternoon/evening on this great stretch of water. A little too hot in the afternoon and no sign of life but everything came to life around 8pm. Lost at least 8, including what felt like some good fish. Will return.

2 Trout

Low water levels and no weed cover. Poor maintenance of swims with overgrown brambles, nettles, balsam etc.

1 Barbel

The river was lower and clearer than we have ever seen it, so we didn't have high hopes for a bumper day. We managed to get a few out on the usual pellet/corn/meat and feeder tactics. Great to be back on the Wye though and a very enjoyable day.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub