Feedback & Reports

We tried this beat with some trepidation in view of the recent reports regarding access and talk of long walks etc. They were well wide of the mark and we wondered if those anglers are used to fishing the Wye? The directions to the beat were accurate and easy to follow. The parking area is well marked. The walk along the track to the river is on very easy terrain and only takes ten minutes or so. As soon as you hit the river bank you will see that the swims are all marked by white posts. For the Wye these banks are as good as it gets and no one should have any difficulty finding a comfortable place to fish. The upper stretch has relatively shallow fast flowing water whilst the downstream area is slower and deeper. Between the four of us we covered most of the beat and without trying too hard took 16 barbel and some chub. We will probably return in the autumn when the river is carrying a little more water and which we think will suit the lower stretch in particular.

Thanks to all at the WUF for another excellent addition to your portfolio of beats.

The river is now down to a perfect level and the Power Line swim was looking promising. First cast produced a tentative bite that turned out to be an Eel of about 2lbs which fortunately dropped off as I was lifting it out, but the next bite some 20 mins later was something much better, a Barbel of 9lb 8ozs. Bites continued regularly through the morning and just after the deluge of rain at 11:30am I had another large Barbel of 8lb 14ozs. In total I had 9 Barbel and 1 Chub all on Elips Pellets fished with a feeder.
This was a great mornings fishing and underlines the fact that there is a good head of heavyweight Barbel resident in those first couple of swims.

Fished for a few hours around midday. Lovely afternoon, river in perfect condition, quite easy wading. My Klinkhammer brought fish to the fly. Several small trout and 3 x 8".

Blank.

I saw no salmon at all, surprising as I've seen salmon every time i've to this beat. I also saw only 4 rises by brown trout taking from the surface. Must have been just unlucky!!

Excellent day on this long stretch of the river not far outside Ross.
Started at the lower end in the faster water on the stickfloat taking a net load of chub from 8oz to 5lb with the odd dace thrown in.
Switched to groundbait feeder tactics for barbel late afternoon, still in the faster water and got an instance response on corn. 6 barbel to 8lb in 2hrs then let my mate fish the swim who had another 3 and a big eel.
Great beat when the water level is right.

Not much happening for me - a little frustrating, but how can you complain in such a wonderful setting?! - I didn't see much activity (few rises in places I couldn't reach), but it seems from other reports that that is probably down to my ineptitude. I actually didn't cover much of the beat and found access somewhat difficult (I say that as a perfectly agile 30-something year old) but part of that is the challenge to these wild wonders.

I fished from 9-11.30am. Personally, I found this beat quite dangerous as the river goes from shallow to very deep in a lot of areas, and the riverbed can by quite slippery. I didn't catch anything nor did I see a fish rise.
The scenery was very good, but i was expecting a much better days fishing. Maybe it was just one of those days?
The flies I tried were CDC 'F' fly, caenis & grey duster.

River slightly high and murky. No salmon but did catch several salmon parr and brown trout between 4 and 6 inches.

No success at Eyton, no fish, no signs of fish for both rods, although water at good level, pity. Stunning spot to fish though.