Feedback & Reports

I'm new to paying to fish, I normally find free waters or buy a membership rather than pay for a day so I must admit I was hoping I caught something after paying! I have to say I was impressed. Terry was very friendly and easy going which is so important as I have met precious fishery owners who are very off-hand and make you feel they are doing you a favour, not so with Terry, a very nice gentleman, great advice, interested and couldn't have asked for more, thanks Terry. On to the fish. A slow start at 6am, a nice 4lb chub at 8am then a very quiet day no fish until 6.30pm when I reeled in five more chub all around the 4lb mark. So although frustrated during the day, patience paid off resulting in the best haul of chub I've ever had. No barbel but they are there. Only negative I can say is the herd of cows can be a pain. They surrounded me at one point, creating a cow wall and trapping me with the cows one side and wall the other. Hhad to wait until a gap appeared! All part of the fun tho! I'll certainly be back, thanks to Wye and Usk and Terry for a great day.

6 Chub

A couple of pretty average anglers we both failed to score. I had a pull two thirds of the way down the Stones and fished that hard but nothing else. A fish seen on the Gabions.
Pools 1 - 4 were lovely fly water, was hard. However, access was difficult but doable with the aid of gravity and the steep bank. Of course gravity did not offer assistance getting out of the water and it was quite a challenge.
Great water though and a very enjoyable day - if Robert Pashley had contented himself with 9,999 there may have been one for us.

A very strange day. Only the one bite despite searching much of the beat. Lots of fly life but no surface activity. Lovely stretch.

1 Chub

Somewhat diappointed that none of the banks had been cut and access to the swims was very difficult.

4 anglers fished mainly leger/feeder tactics, very hard going with the fish in one specific spot lower down the beat. River at normal summer level and rose a few inches whilst we fished.

13 Barbel, 4 Chub

14 Barbel, 6 Chub

Arrived early Monday morning rain fell for the first couple of hours in which the river rose slightly which aided catching our first few fish in the first couple of hours. Caught Barbel ranging from 7lb 6oz to 8lb 4oz and Chub from 2lb to 4 1/4lb all caught on pellet. Fishing dried up in the afternoon.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

I didn't have a single bite all day :( Having spoken with Woody @ Woody's Angling in Hereford he informed me that this was widespread across the whole Wye with nearly ever angler blanking - apparently simply due to the fish still or just having finished spawning, following the late spring we've had this year.
First blank ever on the Wye!! I suppose there's a first time for everything...
I will have to revisit and correct this blank very soon!

Wow, a second Wye blank in as many days. This late spring spawning really has screwed up the start of the season!
The main annoyance with this stretch is that they really need to make more swims available - 3 prepared swims throughout the best part of the water (faster water on the lower half) really isn't enough. Some of the best potential swims are just not reachable - not without a machete anyway!!
I think three or four more swims through that faster water would make a real improvement to the potential fishing here.

All salmon caught on spinner. 1 from Bridge pool, 2 from Island Stream. River 2', cloudy - algae? Few fish showing but beat had a bonanza that day. Weather dull, turning sunny and warm afternoon. 2 fish weighed 13lbs and 1 13.5lbs. All in excellent condition,fresh and silver.
Foundation's services very good.

3 Salmon