Feedback & Reports

First time on this beat a nice part of the river in beautiful surroundings, sunny and warm. Fish caught on gold head grgh and chech nymphs. Trout generally small with largest one at a pound. Fish of the day was a surprise chub at 2.5 lbs.

15 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

My luck had to change! The lovely early morning cloud cover just evaporated away to blue skies and a torrid sun. I didn't like it and it seems the trout weren't too keen on it either. Very little rising apart from the odd tiddler in the shallows.
Two salmon leapt in the morning and retired to sulk in the depths.
1 small trout on a hares ear. Packed in after a bankside lunch.

1 Trout

Fished the fly through the day. Saw several fish during the morning but only managed to catch a small trout and a large shad. Water height and clarity was spot on.
Two canoeists appeared on the bankside next to me mid afternoon and proceeded to launch despite my protestations. They claimed to have permission from the Abernant owner and clearly had no interest in any rules in force.

1 Trout, 1 Other

Water looked good and and 3 fish seen running through beat @ c. 8am. Fished hard but clearly not very competently.
Mid afternoon break for trout in afternoon was upstream nymphing fun. An enjoyable day as ever.

6 Trout

Nothing caught but a few fish seen. 4 different fish started leaping at dusk when an otter showed up. Small, perhaps a cub or maybe a mink. Have they been seen there before? Lovely fly water, would book again.

3 Trout

Just a short 4 hour session at Abernant and my first ever visit to the Upper Wye. Breathtaking scenery and a beautiful stretch of fly water.
Fished the fly through Lady Alexander's Catch. A nice plump Brownie of around 1lb was quickly followed by a 30" salmon - a good 9lb plus. Cock fish, not particularly fresh but returned safely. Fell to a tiny cascade tube - my biggest on fly.
Thanks once again to the Booking Office for their excellent service, information and beat maps.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

No salmon seen, although water looked promising. Abernant Catch fishes well with the fly but only one trout to show for my efforts.

1 Trout

No salmon even seen running, disappointing. A few trout and a shad caught.

3 Trout, 1 Other

Evening conditions looked good at 1'5", but did not see or contact any salmon. One shad (2lbs) and several small-ish brownies caught during decent evening rise, with varied hatch/spinners/sedges. The only bigger brownies appeared just before dark.

4 Trout, 1 Other

River very coloured after overnight rain. Unable to fish.
It should be noted that the footpath to the top of the beat is impassible due to fallen trees.

WUF note: We are investigating the fallen trees and hope to have them cleared in the near future.