Feedback & Reports

We spent a very wet day in Middle Hill Court this Sunday. The river was at a relatively low level as the rain had not yet taken its effect. We fished two swims near to the parking area without success in the morning and then moved slightly up stream, to a location where I was less likely to fall in, in the afternoon. From this new swim my colleague caught three barbel and lost one. The three all weighed in between 6 and 7 1/2 pounds. We would like to give this beat another go on a slightly better day which does not limit our movement quite as much. A good day despite the weather.

A wet and chilly day at Wyebank but rewarding nonetheless. Having visited this fabulous beat a few weeks previous in what were pretty tricky conditions we were eager to get another crack at it. The final tally was 5 barbel to 8lb and 2 chub. All barbel were caught from the bottom pool with touch legering tactics as some of the bites were a little twitchy. Great to meet Don for a chat and to listen to his valued advice. A great stretch of the Wye and one that we will certainly be returning to. I think our final tally would've been greater if I hadn't needed to retreat from the rain every couple of hours due to the lack of an umbrella!

0 fish. Rain stopped play.

1 barbel between 3 rods. Not a good day as river low and clear.

A dificult day's fishing on a day when the rains came down. Tried different methods and swims but the fish just wern't playing today. Still it's fishing not catching and will be back to the Wye on hopefully a better day.

3 x WBT all below 6". Missed 4 more, all to K'hammers. Difficult within wooded areas, otherwise an excellent location on probably one of the best days of the year for weather.

Sunny day. Caught 5 grayling on wets.

Caught one 12oz brown trout, size 16 Dark Olive dry fly.

A wonderful day on an excellent beat. Started fishing mid morning with nymphs, Czech style, however nothing doing. The river was running crystal clear making what is normally challenging wading somewhat easier. At midday there was a hatch and a few fish started to rise, I switched to dry fly, the "OB" Red tag (thank you Oliver) and the first fish was a 17 inch Grayling. The rise was very small but, as often with the Ladies, underneath was a large fish.
The occasional upstream breeze put a temporary stop to the rises. Two more Ladies fell to the Red Tag, one almost as large as the first. Then all of a sudden they lost interest and it was only after a change of fly to a Grey Duster that another fish was taken. The rises stopped at about 4pm as is a tap had been turned off !
Returned to Nymphing but no interest. Stopped fishing at 6pm
So a total of four Grayling to the hand, with four more hooked and lost after a tussle, a great day!
A BIG Thank you to Seth for his, as usual, very helpful advice.

New to the Foundation and these waters. Beautiful day. Sadly no fish so glad to see other blanks reported!