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Moccas — Red Lion Fishery Segment A

Moccas — Red Lion Fishery Segment A is a cracking River Wye stretch run by The Red Lion Hotel, Bredwardine. It’s renowned barbel water, with a proper mix of fast gravel runs, deep pools, slower glides and red-bedrock features.

Run by The Red Lion Hotel, Bredwardine · checked 13 Oct 2026

River level

Measured — Environment Agency

Bredwardine gauge

Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.

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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready

The lowdown

  • This is the Moccas Fishery, sitting between Hay-on-Wye and Hereford. Segment A is tied to the Bredwardine and Red Lion/Moccas holding.
  • The barbel are the headline act. Typical fish run 4–9 lb, with plenty of double-figure fish reported and a stated maximum of 14 lb.
  • There’s a decent coarse mix too. Chub over 5 lb, bream over 9 lb and carp up to 27 lb are all named, alongside dace, bleak, roach and pike.
  • Expect varied river character rather than one uniform run. Fast gravel water gives way to deep pools, while slower glides run over red bedrock and underwater ledges.
  • The dark holding pools are also used by salmon. The salmon beat is described as having pools, fly runs, easy access and good wading.
  • Day-ticket anglers get roughly one mile of pegs. Hotel guests get access to four miles, while the wider hotel offering is approximately eight miles of River Wye fishing.
  • Coarse fishing runs from 16 June to 14 March. All EA-permitted baits are allowed, so trotting, feeder work and fishing tight to the crease are all on the table.
  • For salmon, fly and spinning are allowed until 31 August. From 1 September to 17 October it’s fly-only, with every salmon released.
  • Watch the calendar on warm weekends and bank holidays. Canoe traffic can be heavy from 10am to 4pm, and the salmon beat operates a wash-off policy.
  • Keep it tidy and bob on: use barbless or micro-barbed hooks, don’t put barbel or carp in keepnets, leave gates as found and don’t bring visitor dogs onto the fishery.

Methods: For coarse fishing, work the gravel runs, creases and deeper holding water with trotting or feeder tactics, adjusting to the flow. Salmon anglers have fly and spinning options until 31 August, then fly-only through to 17 October.

Access & tickets

Coarse day permit

Available from the hotel bar or reception. A valid Environment Agency fishing licence is required.

£20 (as listed 13 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Salmon day permit

Available from the hotel bar or reception. A valid Environment Agency fishing licence is required.

£30 (as listed 13 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Season ticket

A limited number are issued each year. Existing season-ticket holders receive priority for renewals.

Contact The Red Lion Hotel, Bredwardine, for fishing enquiries and permits. Day and weekly permits are available; limited season tickets are issued each year, with existing season-ticket holders receiving priority.

Fish the club names

carp, bream, roach, pike, barbel, chub

Key rules

  • A valid Environment Agency fishing licence is required.
  • Coarse fishing is available from 16 June to 14 March.
  • Barbless or micro-barbed hooks must be used at all times.
  • Barbel and carp must not be kept in keepnets.
  • Visitor dogs are not permitted on the fishery.
  • Leave all gates exactly as you find them.
  • For salmon, fly and spinning are permitted until 31 August; fly-only applies from 1 September to 17 October.
  • All salmon must be released. Worms, shrimps and prawns are prohibited for salmon fishing throughout the season.
  • The salmon beat operates a wash-off policy, and all species are catch-and-release on that beat.

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

Where it is

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.

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