Feedback & Reports

Very dissapointed in the managment of the river banks. The access to the water was very poor. No visable pegs, lots of nettles, balsam and trees. The banks were high all through the stretch and difficult to descend. Some impossible. For 28 GBP this fishery needs extensive maintenance to provide Barbel and Chub fishing. Not recommeded. Will not be returning until I hear something has been done.

Fishing Passport Note : The Wye is a wild river. Undoubtedly fishing will sometimes be challenging. Low levels (and high) often mean that many swims become unfishable, reducing the amount of the beat available to anglers. The Wye is an SAC and SSSI, meaning the river and its banks are highly protected under law. There are, therefore, strict limits on what can be done to improve access legally. There will always be sections on fisheries that are overgrown, have steep banks or are in shallow/deep/featureless parts of the river. This can give the impression of neglect, especially if many of the usual spots are unfishable due to high/low water.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Wet and windy day to add to the fact the water was very low made the fishing difficult.

No showing fish just lots of minows in the edges.

1 Trout

4 BT to the net, on a mix of nymphs in the faster water and dries at the tails of the pools.

4 Trout

Fished the top end ledgering and caught all fish on meat and pellet
Weather was showery and the river was low

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

1 Barbel, 19 Chub

Fantastic day on this lovely stretch. Fishing from the croy produced an eel that required landing net. It bit a hole through the net in no time leaving behind just a ring of slime. My second fish was a stunning 10 lb barbel followed by 2 smaller ones. One chub finished the session. Walking back to the car with all my stuff took some effort. I get it now why you call the last bit the “heart attack hill”.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

It’s been 4 years since my last visit to this beat , it should’ve been sooner , I forgot how great this place is ! With great parking and a stunning backdrop! Luckily we had the entire beat to ourselves so we tried to fish as much as possible, an early chub and barbel got us excited , and a cracking perch took our pellet , that’s a first for me !
Feeder fishing proved quite slow throughout the day , so switched to trotting which brought us a flurry of specimen chub , fantastic!
2 late barbel put the icing on the cake for what was a brilliant days fishing .

3 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other

2 Barbel, 42 Chub

Spent an hour trotting maggot whilst resting swim.

Fishing Passport Note : This beat has a dispensation for the use of maggot (outside of 15th September and 14th March).

2 Barbel, 20 Other