Feedback & Reports

Very Sunny but with a cool strong breeze. River low and clear. We fished the run off from Boys Rock at the top of the stretch. P D caught 2 Barbel 5lb and 6.5lb on feeder and pellet. Some of the swims are very snaggy and a lot of tackle was lost as a result.

Nice and bright day. Very easy access and you can fish this beat along the whole stretch. An Eel in the morning and a few fish missed. There was another angler on this beat but maybe he wasn't catching either as he left fairly early. The middle part of the day was extremely slow maybe because of the lack of cover on the bank. My friend who came along to shoot some pictures had a field day tho with some cracking shots of the swanns who kept us entertained most of the day. Come 5 o'clock the fishing instantly picked up and 3 decent sized Chub were landed followed by a 7.8lbs Barbel. Note: The Barbel had someone else's tackle still attached in its mouth which I removed. I'd wish people would stop using barbed hooks as it is clearly not necessary to use them. Anyway apart from that the fish were all in excellent condition. I finished with another Chub before sunset as we had to travel back to Bristol for other arrangements. Thank WUF.

Having read the catch reports and having checked out the rough access track, we intended to fish the (only) two bottom swims. However, we found anglers from the beat below already set up tight to the boundary making the lowest peg unfishable. Access to the water was quite limited between there and the top of the beat and we eventually settled into two of the top swims after an arduous walk. Fishing from 2.00pm, we had five barbel between 5lb and 7lb before embarking on the long trek back to the car at dusk. Not a beat for the faint hearted!

Back for our second day on this lovely beat. Weather again kind to us. We fished a number of swims and ended up with 15 barbel and 18 chub all caught on pellets and boillies.

Very cold start followed by a very bright, sunny day, river running quite fast. Only two screaming takes but unfortunatly none landed. Dispite plenty of feeding via cage feeder fish did not seem to want to feed. Oh well, any day sat by the Wye is wonderfull.

A lovely short beat with plenty of trout showing throughout the day on the slower water feeding just below the surface. Alas, didn't get as far as my first try for a salmon with a couple of shiny new devon minnows as stood on my spinning rod, so sat and watched a Kingfisher and more trout rising for a while trying not to feel too stupid. The beautiful surroundings helped.

Low clear water made fishing difficult in bright conditions
2 rods, 1 barbel 5lb, 7 chub 4.5lb - Nice spot will return.

What a difference a day makes. Arrived 6am on a fine crisp morning and started by baiting up before setting up our rods. We all started near the orchard and nearest field. Tom got 3 nice chub (4lbish) before 7:30am. Darren had a chub at 8:30, again 4lbish, I had an eel and a dace early on before the sun came up. Then lots of weed started coming down making fishing very hard with it catching the lines. Darren had another chub at around 1pm while I had a lovely barbel 8lb from a very snaggy area near where you park the car. Lost 2 larger fish that got round the trees near the edge - one must have been well over 10lb, it's head was huge. Did try further downstream but only got small chub and dace.
After 4pm the weed got less. Tom got 3 more good chub while Nick and Darren went to field next to car park. At 6pm Darren had an 8lb barbel and Nick got 3 barbel, one after another the biggest being 10lb+(still smiling now). I had 1 more chub 3lb and 2 barbel of about 6lb before packing up tired and battle weary.
Once again a great beat. Just the clear skies and non stop weed made it a very hard day. Overall the last 2 days between 4 rods: 20 + barbel and 15+ chub in low water, bright conditions. Well worth the lack of sleep. Thanks again WUF. We stayed at Grafton Travelodge, £16 a man cheap as chips!!

An excellent days fishing with 9 barbel and 5 chub caught mostly on pellet. The best fish of the week was caught here with a 9.5lb Barbel.

One Cock Salmon (Coloured) 33" inches in length approx. 12-13lb, caught with an Ally Shrimp. The fish was returned.