Feedback & Reports

A mix of sun and cloud in the morning and full sun for most of the afternoon. Given the results of the previous day we had expectations of something similar on the barbel front but this didn't materialise with no barbel from the swim that had produced on the previous day. The 'other' was an eel.

3 Barbel, 13 Chub, 1 Other

Peaceful situation despite the generator running noisily next to the parking area. Not a problem though as we fished well away from it . River low and affected by brown algae bloom and quite hot and sunny which made fishing very hard. This has always been a good beat for me but I now see that the far bank attracting more anglers than normal. This could be because the landowner allows them to drive the whole stretch and park very close to their swims nearly all of which have been well prepared with steps and flat surfaces to park their seats on! I lost count of the number of such swims available . Unfortunately , this can seriously affect the choice of a swim for any considerate Whitehouse angler . The swim we both fished was superb and oozed barbel but opposite was a well used swim . We got in first but were rather anxious when we saw to our horror someone get out of their car and look at the swim ! Fortunately, he was considerate and moved on.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Good day at Wyebank. Largest barbel at 10lb. 3 eels in the mix too. Water still very dark, canoeists fairly well behaved today.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub, 3 Other

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Another tough day on the Wye today. The river was less chocolate coloured this far upstream and looked absolutely perfect but unfortunately the fish thought otherwise.
We roved around for the afternoon and picked off a few fish before settling into a couple of swims for the evening. The barbel seemed uninteresting in feeding even though we saw them numerous times jumping out of the water and breaching the surface. Fortunately a few obliged with the best going 7.9.
A highlight of the day was watching some big looking perch chasing dace right into the margins below my feet.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub, 1 Other

Second day, same weird brown water. I had one bite all day, 8lb 8oz barbel from leg meadow. Moved to woods and Geoff had the other fish, feeder and pellet.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub, 2 Other

Some 20 eel of various sizes. Barbel showing to 9lb, fewer chub than normal. Water colour was unusual like watery gravy, which we felt knocked the chub numbers down. Enjoyable day with plenty of fish.

9 Barbel, 3 Chub, 20 Other

Another trip to this beautiful beat. If you are considering booking for coarse fishing the following may come in useful:

This beat is more about quality of experience than huge bags. But there are plenty, plenty of fish.
The setting and river is beautiful, and most of the length is remote from traffic noise.
Good variety of water, from gravel shallows to fast riffles to slacks and deep bends. Plenty of room, plenty of swims, good access once you have found all the car park points and best bank to fish from on the various beats
Generally beats 4 to 6 , fish left hand bank, 1 and 2, right hand bank, and I think 3 is right hand as well.
This far up there is not the quantity of streamer weed as the lower wye. There is no cover for fish in the heat/ sun of summer in the mid stream.
Some really good trotting swims, especially beat 2.
Great contact, Terry , who will tell you all you need.
Some over friendly locals on beat 2. The ones with udders were merely obstructive and persistent. The one with a brass ring in his nose and impressive testicles was slightly intimidating, but we agreed to pretend to ignore each other.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

4 Barbel, 8 Chub