Feedback & Reports

Lovely day and great to be out again after nearly 2 years! Surprised myself on still being able to cast! Fished fly on beats 3,4 and 5 during the day. No salmon caught but as usual quite a few seen splashing about at the bottom of beat 3 early on and not interested in my offerings, one was a clonker! I don't know if it's my memory but some of the pools and runs seemed to have changed, especially 4 on and 5. Probably due to all the floods we've had over the past couple of years. Still, a great day out and not much of a hatch of "canoeious vulgaris".....Did manage a chub of about a pound on a size 10 Flamethrower tho.

1 Chub

One small trout caught at the confluence of bear 4 and 5

1 Trout

Water low ,nothing seen!

River in good fishing condition. Fished through beats 2, 3, 4 and 5 thoroughly, but no salmon touched or seen. A lovely spring day on the river and an impressive hatch of March Browns after 2pm which brought the trout up.

1 Trout

Hard to hold bottom today with the number of leaves going down & catching the line & lifting the weight into the current. All chub caught in slack water. Plenty of salmon showing for some reason. Saw a very large unidentified bat species doing acrobatics over the river for about 20 minutes in broad daylight... seemed to be catching something the way it was quartering the one area; About the size of a swift.
Chub seem to go a darker colour at this time of year?
Great day to be out and about, quite mild & the grass seems to still be growing.
Thanks once again to all concerned.

3 Chub

Managed to get 1 Barbel and a couple of good 5lb Chub all fell to pellet/feeder tactics close in the margins river was clear with lots of leaves coming thru , a misty but mild day .

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Tough day with the river very high again . Still managed a 6lb barbel in the margins fell to halibut pellet

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great day , river was very high , and had no choice but fish the margins but managed 3 good size barbel on pellet , fished beat 4 and 5

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 pike 18lb on beat 4 caught on a lure .... Nothing else all day but a great catch nonetheless! Thanks to the Fishing Passport team which were very helpful with picking a location as first time fishing the River Wye.

1 Pike