Feedback & Reports

River at normal summer level with a touch of colour from weekend rain. Fish fed throughout day and all fish caught on feeder fished pellet. All 11 barbel were in the 6 to 8lb bracket.
Very enjoyable fishing, great scenery. The only slight downside is that the road is so close and there is quite a lot of noise from passing traffic.

11 Barbel, 1 Chub

2 Trout

Nil return.

Lovely days fishing on a fantastic piece of river. Only thing that spoilt the day was the amount of angling litter left on the banks it was terrible, I filled 3 carrier bags with meat tins, hemp tins and empty pellet/ground bait bags. The people who have left the place in such a state should be ashamed to call themselves anglers.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Beautiful river to fish. Typical August fishing, warm sunny day and nothing much happening until the evening. One nice brownie of about 10", the rest were in the 4-6" range. Some great glides and pools and another time of the year, this would be a fabulous fishery to be sure.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Early start, 2 barbel, biggest 8lbs 4ozs. 5 chub, all on pellet.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

A lovely stretch of the Wye in breathtaking setting. Arrived at 3pm and mostly fished the section by the Islands and persevered with trotting for a few hours to yield one chub. Then settled into fishing the pellet feeder for a few hours and had 4 barbel to just under 9lbs. Had a really nice chat with Charlie Lodge the beat owner. A very pleasant man. Only saw 3 or 4 canoes and the water was slightly tinged and up a little. Nice afternoon and evening.

4 Barbel

Low and clear. Ledgering.

9 Grayling, 9 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fantastic day! Fished Marl Bed using swimfeedered pellet over bed of hemp. Arrived at dawn and had 2 barbel and 4 chub before 10am when sun came out and canoe flotilla started. Real action started at 5pm when fish really got their heads down and was literally a fish a chuck. Had 5 barbel on the same 20mm pellet! In all had 7 chub to 4lbs, 12 barbel to 8lbs and a 1lb perch on a pellet!

12 Barbel, 7 Chub, 1 Other

Anglers booking this beat should be aware that the upper stretch is opposite a busy day ticket fishery owned by a lady called Jean Bishop. There are two factors with this situation; one is that with up to 8 anglers on the opposite bank it could be impossible to fish effectively from Fownhope 5. The other is that the resident barbel are subject to intense angling pressure, unlike many W&UF beats where the fish are less pressured. The trek up and around the wooded area is tough but manageable but there is quite limited access to pegs on the two lower fields (virtually none on the second field and none in the wood). In our experience, the walk is not justified by the fishing available.
One 9.6lbs barbel caught from top stretch saved the day from being a real disappointment despite the coloured water suggesting good barbel conditions.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub