Feedback & Reports

River was quite high and coloured after rain, so wading and locating fish was quite tricky, but managed 3 brown trout each plus one little salmon parr. Mostly small fish, but one of about 12". A nice beat, would probably have been better sport with lower water levels. Fishing hut is locked up so not possible to take shelter/warm up either. Beautiful setting and majestic river.

1 Salmon, 6 Trout

The river was running a little high and coloured but was still fishable. I came back to my car to find a fishing diary on my windscreen with a request to comment and an invite for coffee. A nice end to a great day.

3 Trout

8 Trout

Arrived at around 8am with the river looking in fine fettle, started fishing and within half an hour my companion Steve knight had a fine brown trout of 2lb caught on a claret and silver Abu tormentor fishing for salmon. I meanwhile was fishing between the platforms and the rock pool and hooked and lost a salmon on the fly, my first time out with the double handed! My companion had a couple more trout on the same Abu lure and we stopped for lunch, we started again fishing below the bridge and straight away Steve knight had a slightly coloured salmon of around 4lb which was returned, this was very quickly followed by another 7.5lb salmon also by Steve both caught on the Abu tormentor! He then lost a good fish up past the cables which I estimated to be well into the mid teens, again on the same Abu lure!! We then decided to celebrate with a pint in the recently opened chain bridge public house, which I think will do well with anglers fancying a sup after a satisfying days fishing. We finished the day off up by the rock pool and guess what? Another salmon of around 8lb caught and released by Steve knight and his claret and silver Abu tormentor!!
That was the end of a fantastic days fishing 3 salmon 2 lost and numerous decent brownies, all caught by my companion and his tormentor lure,
Thanks Barry for talking me into going at 10pm the previous evening!!

3 Salmon

Nearly 200lb of chub and barbel were caught by friends who bad their turn to fish this amazing beat. A clear must fish beat if you are visiting the Wye.

River was low and clear and fishing was hard. All anglers fished lower end of beat. Fish caught on boilies & pellet. Barbel were between 4 & 8 1/2 pound and came out of one swim.

7 Barbel, 9 Chub

A fairly good day. The lads battled into the wood, they were not impressed with the dangerous nature of the wood and disappointment with the fields below and inaccessibility of the river. Upper pools produced later in the day. Again another beat where work is needed to improve the fishing experience or reduce the cost of the ticket. The boys had to contend with people walking the beat and pestering them for information too.

10 Barbel, 18 Chub

Water very low and clear, but during the day it did rise 4". Fished the middle of the beat, just to the right of the gravel bank. Second rod fished the off the gravel bank but nothing caught all day. The Chub were all caught on pellets, all over 3lb the biggest was 4lb 7oz. My PB, lost 1 big barbel, but landed a 7lb 9oz late on. Long walk if you don't use the farmers taxi, well worth the fiver each way. Good stretch of the Wye, well looked after and quite a few pegs to choose from.

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

River low and fairly clear, had a bit of trouble finding the right gate to go trough from the farm yard but got there in the end! Fished in fits and starts all day dying off as evening approached? Its a long drop to the water from the bank so a long landing net pole is needed if staying on dry land, our 10 foot handles being just long enough. Most bites to pellet feeder, quite a few anglers on the opposite bank, still a great day on the Wye, many thanks WUF.

13 Barbel, 12 Chub

All fish came to feeder and pellets of various flavours with crab or cheesy garlic favourites!!! River had very little flow and the big clumps of weed coming through made fishing awkward at times. It was still another lovely days fishing on the Wye. Biggest barbel was over 7lb and the biggest chub over 4lb.

5 Barbel, 22 Chub