Feedback & Reports

River had good flow and was quite clear. First swim produced one 9-inch barbel! Moved to another swim in the evening and had three more barbel to 7lb 9oz and a chub of about 31/4 lb. All on pellet with feeder. Cleared up a tangle of another angler's discarded line on the bank - why are people so careless?

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Nice and easy fishery to find, good access to river. River very clear. Stuck it out on the feeder but only one barbel about 6lb. Should have done a bit of trotting as well. You live and learn from other reports.

1 Barbel

Overnight rain made the bank very slippy and the pheasant shoot in the next field made it a little noisy only to be compounded when lunch was served ON THE BRIDGE. How the other half live. Thank you wuf.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

What a lovely beat. The barbel were a little slow on the uptake (or perhaps it was the angler!), but who cares - spent a large part of the day trotting small baits and filling my boots with chub and dace - the numbers are guess work - I wasn't counting but for the most part it was a fish a trot. Some of the chub were nice fish 3lb to 4lb plus plenty of chublets. One nice barbel on the float and then one on pellet in the gloaming.

2 Barbel, 30 Chub, 40 Other

What a lovely little stretch of river. Easy parking very close to the nearest swims. Swims were good for access although might have to be taken during wet weather as they may get muddy / slippy. Only on 'decent' fish - a 4.5lb chub but one good barbel lost. 10 very small (<1lb) barbel caught though and they were great to see - a good sign of active recruitment. Spent a good deal of time trotting small baits and caught a constant steam of smaller chub, dace and bleak and a single gudgeon. Lots of kingfisher sightings and a Daubentons bat appeared at about 5:30 pm which was very unusually early, nice to watch it hunting though. I think a lot pf people stick it out on the Wye with big baits for big chub and barbel but they are missing a treat with the quality of the trotting sport for smaller chub and dace - it was litterally a bit a chuck! Will be back one day soon.

10 Barbel, 60 Chub, 50 Other

River not pushing through despite overnight rain. Stuck with pellet and hair rig all day. Bites not prolific but still managed a few fish. Watch the snags (weed).

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

Lovely day fishing, 6 chub biggest 4lb 8oz beautiful location unfortunately no barbel (hiding under the bridge) will book again.

6 Chub

Fished both banks from mid-day to dusk. River level was normal despite the overnight rain.
Managed to catch two barbel and two chub. All fell to pellet when the sun was off the water.
Love this beat as there are plenty of swims for 2 anglers with good access to the water. Expected more fish but with bright sunshine most of the day the fishing was patchy.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Arrived late afternoon and fished until dusk... Only managed 5 chub although the conditions seemed good. Back again tomorrow.

5 Chub

An absolute bargain to have this short beat to yourself all day. I was keen to catch barbel after not seeing one for a couple of years on my local river so I did my best to avoid chub and could have caught lots more, the beat is stuffed with them. Some were clonkers 5lb+ that made up for the lack of barbel. The barbel I did catch was a baby, which was cute. On a general fishery note, well maintained, good access points created to fish from, its the Wye so is of course beautiful as always. I would return to this beat. Thanks.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub