Feedback & Reports

09.30 to 16.15. Irfon approx 1ft above summer level and very clear. Overnight frost, cold but clear day. Little activity until sun on water, most fish caught after mid-day from middle and lower sections of beats gravel runs. D.W. short fly rod, 6ft leader to gold head nymphs. R.L. 10ft light trotting rod, centre-pin, 2 pink maggot on 16 hook over loose fed maggots. 30 plus grayling to around 1.5lb, 1 chub of 2lb plus and 3 out of season brown trout, largest 1lb plus. All in excellent condition (inc trout) and returned.
Grayling appear to be shoaling over gravel sections, if one fish hooked several more from same area. Chub in middle of beat by pond under nearside trees and best nymphing catches immediatly upstream of this area.
A great days annual escape and fishing on this beautiful scenic beat. Thanks to Charles P and ALL at Wye & Usk for making this possible with minimal effort of booking online from by the log fire!

Many thanks for a great day. Denise Ryeland and I both blanked. River was high and coloured due to overnight rain, but cleared and dropped as we were leaving the beat around 3pm! Despite blanking, it was a great opportunity to do a recce of the river for future visits - can't wait until May/June next year and the colours were just magnificent.

We stayed at Erris Villa in Builth - great hostess in Eileen Coyle, super facilities and breakfast.

Thanks to the Foundation for making booking so simple, affordable and supplying so much information as to make locating the beats so easy.

5 grayling - best approx 1lb. Trotted maggot. Conditions difficult rising water full of leaves.

After a very cold start to the day, the sun managed to punch through the valley mist and provide us with beautiful sunshine for the rest of the day. 4 beautiful grayling to @40cm with several missed. All fish were taken throughout the mid section of the beat, and all fell to weighted bugs. This was a great day out, on a great beat provided by a great organisation. I will be back as soon as I can. Many thanks to the Foundation and Charles Picton.

Fished 3 consecutive days 19th to 21st October. Covered lower part of the beat on 19th and 20th. 14 grayling over the 2 days all caught on small beadhead pheasant tail and apricot tag nymphs - best fish approx 1.75lbs with a few others around the pound mark. Day 3 was spent on the top part of the beat - 2 nice grayling both pound plus and 2 similar size brown trout. Small pheasant tail nymph and upstream black spider did the trick.

This is a lovely beat on an excellent river. Big thanks to Charles Picton for his invaluable adice on the first morning.

3 grayling caught and released. Largest 15 inches. All taken on small green goldhead nymph. The river was clear and very low for the time of year. Weather was fine and the scenery perfect as ever

Caught half a dozen grayling up to 1.25 lbs all on dries-rose a few others and lost a couple. Was given sound river advice by the river owner. Rose a few others and lost a couple. A delightful day out.

11 fish in total plus plenty of other action. Biggest fish 1 3/4lb. Fin perfect fish on goldhead from gutter at very top of beat. 4 other fish over a pound and the rest 10 inches. Fish rising to pale wateries and fairly large sedges all afternoon in the riffled water and bodies of all pools; responding to klinkhammers and red-tags. Finished off as the sun set at the glaslyn, with a solid fish of well over the pound from the pool tail. Cracking fishing as always.

6 x grayling - largest 16" (1.5 lb). 3 x trout - largest 12" (1lb). 1 x salmon parr. Caught on Klinkhamer, Red Tag and Partridge and Orange spider

3 very small trout on small goldheads, no grayling caught,
cold wet and windy, with lots of leaves blown off the trees making presentation difficult. Advice etc from foundation was first class.