Feedback & Reports

first time on this beat, very impressed.feel we could have caught more if we had'nt had to deal with a lot of weed and debris being washed down by a rising river. Just a note to others visiting for the first time, when wet take care in some swims as access can be steep and very slippery.

14 Barbel, 7 Chub

GREAT DAY . fish fell to boilies and pellets,from different swims river low, fish moving late arfternoon, this makes the trip well worth maximum effort, suitable mainly for specislist anglers. thanks wye and usk. nuff canoes.

18 Barbel, 5 Chub

A good day with fish caught steadily throughout the day. Fish to 6lb and all in excellent condition despite the lack of water in the river.

5 Barbel

7 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

S.D Warrington.

Fishing as good as yesterday at Lower Backney but from the bank for a change. Caught steadily through out the day with the majority of fish coming from the fast water downstream.
No Anglers present on the far bank to start with, just one short on !Q who kept asking us when we were packing up!
Regular switching of rigs from short to long & vice versa as the day went on brought more fish to the bank. They seemed to back off at times too. The fish came out of the fast water towards the evening & settled in the sluggish swims closer to the access path.
Groundbait feeder & hemp won the day with pellet on the hook. Rolling meat towards nightfall.

Best Barbel was just shy of 9lb, Chub - 4-12.

29 Barbel, 6 Chub

I arrived mid-afternoon and decided to fish the lower part of the beat I noticed that another angler had left his kit on the gravel bank opposite, just downstream. He returned a couple of hours later and proceeded to unload more tackle from his car. I then had a similar experience to another angler last week, as he waded out into the middle of the river, set up his beachcaster rod rest and proceeded to fish in the faster water down my side of the stream. To cap it all he then turned his radio on! I moved to another swim further upstream. The best chub was about 31/2 lbs and the barbel, on the last cast of the evening, around 61/2lbs, all on pellet, except for an eel which took meat bait.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

The game keeper gave great info on where to fish: great day.

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

2 Barbel

Some rain on arrival but a lovely day followed. river very low. walked down the stretch to find an angler half across the river fishing into the swims this side. Chose a swim upstream of this and caught steadily all day. beautiful stretch one of our favourites. Just an absolute pleasure to be there.

12 Barbel

Barbel fishing on How Caple better than ever!

All fish came to pellet fished with an open feeder in the faster water. The fish responded to the feeder hitting the water, and were all caught within 10 minutes of casting out.
Very weedy! Free weed flowing downstream constantly. Had to keep recasting, but that was fine as the fish were straight on the bait.

Note: The banks are steep at this venue and on the day, there was a drop of 3 foot to the river. Could the owners consider creating a safer platform on 1 or 2 swims that would make the venue more suitable for anglers of all agility.

21 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other