Feedback & Reports

River high and rising from melt water. A lot of colour to the water. Coarse fishing with pellet. Trout about 2lbs a happy accident. Trout very silver and may possibly have been a sea trout.

1 Trout

Pike fished the whole beat, blanked, fell over, got cold.

Only ended up fishing for a couple of hours following a long drive and exploring the beat for the first time. Luke caught a pike just over 9lbs.

1 Pike

River was low although carrying some colour following recent rain. We fished numerous swims and struggled to find any feeding fish. SB took a 9lb 4oz barbel on pellet from the top of the stretch and also lost one. RB found a few barbel to 7lb in the middle section late afternoon.
All in all a tough day but thoroughly enjoyable as ever.

4 Barbel

No fish, river low and clear

Lovely stretch of river but no fish unfortunately. River was very low and clear.

Barbel fishing and pike was our objective. First cast of the day a red 6lb cock salmon took AE's pike lure (quickly returned). Then for rest of day not a single bite from the barbel, or dead baiting for pike despite covering whole beat. River seemed grey and dead, water very low and clear. Just one of those days when absolutely nothing happened! The stretch seemed fishless aside from the odd salmon showing.

1 Salmon

River low and clear , R Thomas had 1 barbel 8lb 2 and a perch around a pound in the slow water third field down from bend, enjoyable day fantastic wildlife; pellet / sweet corn used, triple corn hookbait caught barbel, worm for perch as we left at 7 pm a few barbel started topping, and flashing opposite the building with scaffold on it would be worth staying a bit later and fishing there, unfortunately 7 pm was the latest Mr Richards would pick us up and didn't fancy the walk back to the car park area!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Lovely to be back on the river again and this is a particularly beautiful beat. We had followed weather conditions closely and knew the water was going to be low and clear, which it was. We had a frosty start and then bright and sunny conditions throughout the day. This made it tough going! Neither feeder or float techniques seemed to wake the fish from their stupor and we were biteless and fishless until late afternoon, when there was a face-saving spell which produced 5 barbel to 8lb, a couple of good chub and a very welcome perch. These were taken on maggot feeder and pellet feeder in the deeper/slower water in the middle of the beat. Overall, this was a difficult day as we know what the Wye can be like when conditions work in your favour, but nevertheless it is just a joy to be able to experience this environment again. We can recommend: (1) the green man in Fownhope for comfortable beds and large portions and (2) the lift from the parking to the riverbank. Thanks WUF!

5 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

X1 barbel caught although x3 lost!

1 Barbel