River Wye, Herefordshire
Running-water maestro Hadrian Whittle heads to a stretch of river that he hasn’t visited in decades... and gets far more than he bargained for!
EVERY group of friends has probably joked about what they’d spend the money on if they won the lottery, and anglers are no different.
Owning your own fishery would arguablyw be the first luxury item on the list, and many of us will undoubtedly have vivid images etched on our brains of exactly how our dream venues might look.
Stunning scenery would be complimented by top-class fishing, with the blissful silence
only being pierced by the calls and hoots of the resident wildlife. You’d probably enjoy the company of a few other anglers on the venue, but if you’re being brutally honest, it’d be a highly select group that would joining you to make each session special.
Now, I hate to break it to you, but you probably never have and never will win the lottery. Not all is lost though. What if I said that you could book an experience that mirrors all of the above for £25 a day?
How does just you and two or three likeminded anglers spread over a two-mile stretch of river that is renowned for some of the best barbel and chub sport in the land sound?
Head to the Lower Hill Court stretch of the River Wye, located just to the south of the town of Ross, and that is exactly what you’ll get.
Run by the aptly-named Angling Dreams, it has gained plenty of rave reviews in recent years. Fast-paced and shallow in most places, it caters for both anglers that want to wet a line from the comfort of the bank and those that wish to don a pair of waders and thoroughly explore every nook and cranny.
Expert river angler Hadrian Whittle has travelled the length of the country during his illustrious career, and fished almost every stretch of the Wye, but this is one he hadn’t sampled in a very long while
“I remember fishing it a few times when I was a kid over 30 years ago and, if I’m honest, it wasn’t very good back then!” explained Hadrian.
“But the reviews suggest it has come on leaps and bounds since then and I’ve been meaning to give it a go for quite a while.”
With that in mind, IYCF gave Hadrian t
