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River low and fish are shoaled up. Caught late in day on usual pellet tactics.

10 Barbel, 5 Chub

With the Wye very low and clear we were driven to fish the oxygenated water of Church stream. This was largely to no avail as only one chub graced our efforts. As usual some canoeists were a complete pain. Most - including parties of children - were fine; the more capable ones negotiated Church stream easily, the less experienced dragged their canoes safely across the exposed gravel. However, we still had to contend with 3 50 something men who delighted in ramming their canoe into the infamous sunken branch and then whooping with delight at the fact that they hadn't sunk it. And then there were the stone throwing yobs....

1 Chub

A cracking stretch with a lot of character and light canoe traffic which was pleasant. A low and clear running river made it difficult but fish were still willing to feed throughout the whole day. All fish were taken on double pellet and meat. A very enjoyable day had by us both and we will be back when the river's got a bit of extra water in it.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub

Hard day. Fished several swims. Couldn't buy a bite.

Fished the Church Pool from first light to 2pm. All fish came in the first two hours then all went quiet. Thanks WUF.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub, 1 Other

A nice bit of water, had a permit for two days. fished downstream of the island on day one had some nice Barbel and Chub. Day two much of the same, Barbel to 8lb and Chub to 5lb also a nice eel about 3lb. Bright sunny conditions, though nice made it slow going but stick with it when sun begins to dip, some truly savage takes. Meat and Pellet.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

A truly beautiful stretch of the wye. The conditions were sadly not ideal with bright sun and very low water levels. Started at the top of the beat but with the river so low the swims were pretty hard to access. Worked way up to The Island but unfortunately the fishing was thoroughly disturbed by the canoeists all capsizing on the same sunken tree mentioned in an earlier post. Every canoe, without exception, capsized and the disturbance every hour made fishing a bit pointless. I'm not blaming the canoeists - that tree needs to be removed! No fish for me but two chub to my fishing partner. I did, however, manage to net a pristine can of Holsten Pils which was a welcome refreshment in the heat. Will return later in the autumn.

2 Chub

Fished to pool near The Island.
2 Barbel - 7.4lbs and 5.4lbs.
2 Chub - 2.5lbs and 3lbs.
Fishing then disturbed by an incident involving a group of canoeist. Two boats hit a tree in the fast water at the top of the stretch the river was covered in allsorts of equipment.
At first annoyed with the disturbance but quickly realised that a member of their party was hanging from the tree in the fast water, he could not swim and didn't have a life jacket on. We managed to get a life jacket to him and then get him on to dry land.
Pleased to be able to help but no further fish caught...

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

August 2014: The upper field of this beat has had seven new swims cut out improving access to the faster water on this section of this fishery. Please see the Beat Gallery on the website page for further information.

On our first visit to The Creel, we were impressed with the setting and appearance of the beat but had difficulty in finding safe swims down the very steep banks. It appears not to be yet fully established as a coarse fishery and the places we fished would be dangerous in wet or high water conditions. It was a beautiful day, however and once fishing we enjoyed our catch of six barbel to eight pounds and a bag of lively chub and were amused by the comings and goings of the hundreds of Canada Geese. The wild side of the Wye at its best?

6 Barbel, 8 Chub