Feedback & Reports

A very hot and sunny day. High banks and low water made accessing the river difficult but I fished from the croy comfortably and reasonably successfully, in fact I had great day. Halibut pellets soaked in halibut oil for about 3 months worked well.
NB. I stayed at Canon Bridge and fished the private beat. I was surprised and concerned that there was an otter working the river there (presumably Upper and Lower Canon Bridge as well).

2 Barbel

1 chub of 3lb 10oz caught late morning on luncheon meat.

1 Chub

Hot and sunny and low water but the odd fish through the day. Nice and peaceful stretch but the ramp over the water pipe on the approach to the upper car park needs urgent attention. Any normal car/estate car will bottom out however slowly you negotiate it. The tarmac/gravel ramp is worn away and your car will scrape the metal casing protecting the pipe unless it has high ground clearance.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

River low, five barbel plus one chub of 5lb 1oz.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very difficult to find a good spot/location. Did circle for several hours to find a parking place and spot to start fishing. GPS coordinates can do a better job. Did catch 2 trouts with nymph. Nothing on dry flies. Around 5pm it started to rain. Would recommend it only if better info/GPS co-ordinates are provided.

2 Trout

11lbs slightly stale fish taken spinning. A few new arrivals off the very high tides but no great run of Grilse as yet.

1 Salmon

15lbs fairly fresh cock fish from Redbrook beat taken spinning.

1 Salmon

Second visit to Whitney. Another lovely day on beat 2.
Had 3 small brownies all under a pound and my first ever grayling that made my day.
Water is low at moment. Not much rising. No sign of a salmon.
Great spot.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Another very productive trip to this excellent beat. Barbel a bit more skittish than in previous years, probably due to the low water, but regular feeding and perseverance paid dividends over a day and a half of high-quality fishing. We found fish in some new locations this year, which was a welcome bonus. The chub shoals seem to get bigger every year; 100+ in the net is a very conservative estimate, and it was often impossible to get the feed through them to the barbel below.

49 Barbel, 100 Chub

Fishing is still very good despite the river looking about the lowest I have ever seen it.
Fishing in the wooded section produced some excellent barbel to 9lbs 10oz which is a pb off the river Wye. The other fish were between 6 to 8lbs 11oz which is a higher average size than most of the other beats.
Having said that there was a 14" barbel that shows there are plenty of different year classes in the river.
This really is an excellent fishery that continues to deliver great fishing. Well done Don and WUF.

10 Barbel, 20 Chub