Feedback & Reports

1 Chub, 1 Other

First time on this beat and as usual, I started by walking the stretch. Sadly the river had coloured overnight, so this wasn’t very helpful, but good to see the lie of the land.

Fished a few of the top swims to start with and managed to hook a very strong fish that just held very deep for a long time. Was expecting a monster, but it turned out to be a barbel of about 4lbs hooked in the tail. Managed an old looking chub of about 3lbs, then moved to the cattle drink swims in the meadow below the car park to try some trotting . There were lots of anglers on the opposite bank, so I only really had one swim on offer, but managed a small chub. I moved back to the woods for the evening and managed a large eel 2.5lbs+ and then a beautiful 9lb barbel. All fish caught on pellets/corn/meat.
A great day and I look forward to returning.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Fished cattle drink swim down in field on feeder and pellet fishing not so good as 3 anglers on opposite bank

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Three fish with pellet and feeder in low water conditions including a stunning 10lb Barbel taken in the evening. Another magical stretch of the beautiful wye making it a memorable day.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Amazing days float fishing, went trotting for Barbel but couldn't get past the chub, but was so much fun on the float and a few went of 5lb. Will be back later in the season to see if the Barbel want to join in

25 Chub

6 eels upto 4 lbs. River conditions low. Fished flavoured meat. Strange catch but I have enjoyed the day.

6 Other

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

0 fish but a lovely place to fish and easy access

No fish but a lovely place to fish, I will be back again many times I hope

I walked most of this fishery the previous day checking to were swims are plus how safe there are, found very few places that Ok to fish from and decided to fish a swim in the woods that had somewhere to sit quite comfortable in and then had a small very steep path to water side to land and return fish. I only fished for a few hours in the morning, had first Barbel within ten mins of first cast and a small chubb of about 2 lbs quickly after, it then rained for a couple of hours during which time I did not have any further takes. When it stopped raining I almost immediately had another Barbel , but when landing this I found the path to water side was now so slippery that I almost went in on way down and had to scramble up grabbing greenery by side on the path to help pull myself up after I had returned to Barbel, I then packed up, not worth a swim to catch a fish. This could be a very good fishery If the Fishery management team did a bit more to improve swims. In the field section (down stream from woods) the swims on the opposite bank look great.
Fishing Passport Note: the banks of both the Wye and Usk are protected as a Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). There are, therefore, strict limits as to what can be done with regards bank clearance, which has to be done sensitively and in compliance with the law. Inevitably there will be many inaccessible sections, especially in the peak bank growth months of July and August. We ask all anglers to please bear this in mind when booking Fishing Passport beats and not to assume fishery managers are not doing their job if some areas are overgrown.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub