Feedback & Reports

Nil caught.

River was at good height, very slight peaty tinge, saw a couple of coloured fish show, nothing caught.

Rained off after an hour. Far too wet and slippery to continue safely. No fish caught.

No fish caught of any species. Plenty of canoeists though. River was quite low and slow flowing. It became impossible to fish comfortably on Saturday afternoon due to the number of canoeists.
I do sometimes wonder if the fishing beats are ever inspected by The Wye & Usk Foundation as some of the information given is contrary to the actuality of the fishing on arrival or thereafter. I am not specifically talking about this beat either.

WUF note - Unfortunately we cannot continually visit the 180 miles of fishing on offer on a regular basis and rely on anglers feedback to highlight any issues or inaccuracies printed in the beat description and instructions.

Nil return.

No fish caught but one seen jumping twice at the junction of the Maddox & Corner Tree pools maybe 5-6lb, could not tempt it though. Tried various flies, Cascade, Ally's Shrimp, Wille Gunn, to no avail. River was easily wadeable but conditions were far too bright but a very enjoyable day all the same.
Booking process very easy, staff in the office very friendly & helpful.

Conditions were totally against us - hot, bright sunshine and many canoeists. Still, first time fishing Goodrich and sure it would be a lovely beat in the right conditions. Saw a couple of resident fish show in the Vanstone but that was it.

Bright sunshine and low water made for pleasant but difficult day. 2 fish were connected with at Maddox, one of which broke off so not sure if caught on a rock or similar. Neither fish seen. A third was also connected with at The Corner Tree and again not seen. A great day however guided by Chris Price.

Landed fresh grilse 6lb from Island pool on flying c. Moved another in Maddox and landed a small chub in lines of 2lb. Few salmon showing in morning, nothing moving in afternoon with the bright sunshine.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub

Lovely couple of days on this stretch. We spun all day on the first day casting to the many fish that were moving about in Vanstone Pool. Nothing wanted to know our variety of colours and patterns. On the second day we lost a fish in the Vanstone Pool first thing, had it on for a good 5 minutes before it rolled and threw the hook - est. at 10lbs. I went up the top half of the beat guided by Adam Fisher, I'm not sure what the other reports of poor access are entirely about, there are many access points for wading and perhaps these other anglers are just not looking hard enough? Yes it's very lush, but I was happy with what Adam showed me. We'll be back!