Feedback & Reports

Arrived at about 5am on my first visit ever on the wye, met Glynn who was very knowledgable and I took his advice as to which swim to fish. After a very hot and productive day catching on luncheon meat and pellets ended the day in the evening with a total of 5 chub & 11 barbel. Well worth A visit,will be back again.

11 Barbel, 5 Chub

My first day on the Wye for the new season at one of the most picturesque beats on the river. The river was low and clear but rose 2-3 inches during the day. Met the Ghillie (Glynn) as I was unloading and as usual he was very helpful in terms of where to fish and what was working in terms of hook-link lengths. Fished on the beach at the inside of the bend upstream of the mouth of the Lugg and targeted the 'V' around half way and then 2 thirds across slightly further downstream where I found the chub. 29 barbel in total, with one small fish of 2lbs and the largest 9lbs 2ozs, with all the rest between 4lbs and 8lbs. All caught using an open ended cage feeder with the ends blocked with ground-bait and filled with micro halibut pellets. Size 10 and 12 hooks with 2 halibut pellets (caught on 4ml, 6ml and 10ml) glued on the hair. Used 12lbs hook-links of 15 inches and then changed to 2ft of 16lbs and continued catching. Used my Daiwa Infinity and Trefor West Lone Angler barbel rods with 12lbs and 10lbs main-line respectively. Also landed 9 chub using the 6ml pellets, with weights ranging from 3lbs to 5lbs. Another fabulous days fishing on one of my favorite stretches of the Wye. I hope to be back very soon and thanks to Glynn for the advice and stories.

29 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fantastic day on a well kept beat,it don’t get any better than wye barbel and chub,look after the gilly and he’ll look after you,he knows where the fish are.all fish caught on double 8mm halibut pellet on hair rig,fed with pellets in cage feeder.overcast for most of the day and river quite low

4 Barbel, 17 Chub

A good day that produced 5 barbel and 5 chub for one angler and 10 chub for the other.Chub were a good size but very slim after spawning.
The fishery is very well kept and easy acces to all swims.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

Managed a couple of chub of average size in low water conditions and what appeared to be an algae bloom making the water a bit cloudy and possibly put the barbel off feeding. Packed up mid afternoon when about 15 canoes decided to
enjoy the lovely weather right where i was fishing but it was not unexpected. As always its still a nice day out on the Wye.

2 Chub

Great stretch of river with loads of potential, lots of likely looking fishable swims even though only a fairly short beat (feels much shorter as you can park at the midpoint). Great to fish a stretch where ALL the bank is fishable and every spot looks good. Lots of options to fish float, feeder or roll meat. Glynn the ghillie is a legend; he met us down there first thing and gave loads of useful advice and insight, obviously knows the stretch inside out and told many tales of fish caught to whet our appetites for the day! He even minded the rods whilst we popped back to the campsite (Lucksall, 44secs drive from the beat) to get something we forgot.
Plenty of chub (15 good ones 3lb+, 6 chublets) hitting the feeder almost as soon as it touched down from the lower, faster swims, but only two barbel slipped up. One at lunchtime, one in the evening. Standard pellet feeder tactics. I feel like you could clean up with chub fishing caster on the float. 3 of the chub were hugely long fish but only 4lbish, I reckon they would be 6 nudging 7 in the winter. Pristine every one of them.
Despite the few barbell caught it was a very enjoyable start to the season. I would definitely book this beat again but take the 'pin and float rod next time!

2 Barbel, 15 Chub, 6 Other

Just a bit to hot today, no fish caught, cracking beat will be back soon????

Booked on behalf of a French visitor. Left him in the capable hands of Ghillie Glyn. A very warm bright day meant the salmon sport was non existent, but my French friend left thoroughly enthralled by his visit to the Wye.

Really well maintained fishery by Glynn the full time Ghillie who was also very helpful with advice before arriving and all day while fishing. It was a significant privilege to share the beat with the owner that day who was also fishing but most generously he let the ghillie show me around and stay with me most of the day! Good hut, toilet and tea making facilities and even a glass of wine was offered at lunch!
Seems a short beat at the advertised double bank 800m or so but at 0.75m (Bredwardine) it was mostly all fly fishable, much off cribbs and walk ways etc (perhaps not for everyone) but Oxford run (from the bank) is class and poachers pool which needs wading after the croys is just a gorgeous spring fly pool. There's also a lovely little 50m run down to the swirly Lugg junction pool etc and several other little bits to keep it interesting with a spinner.
At this height and fishing only 2 rods, its probably as generous fly fishing beat as any I have fished on the river (12 different beats) and with 7 big springers to date over the few fishable days this year - is it the top beat? But probably by far if you consider the number of rods fishing it.
I like to express my sincere gratitude to an amazingly generous beat owner for opening up a productive and very interesting bit of river through the WUF . It says a lot if I explain he was delighted to watch his ghillie net a 17lb springer for me from poachers pool as he was following me down the pool. Thank you all!

1 Salmon, 2 Chub

1st Salmon for Dr Mark Cox - 20 lbs from Poachers Pool.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub