Feedback & Reports

First day out this year. Weather was alternatively warm and cold so fish and fly life were both totally confused. Sporadic hatch of large and medium olives. 24 fish between us - 23 trout to 13" and one out of season hen grayling of 14". All on dries - our usual para ginger quills. A great start to the season but the river desperately needs some rain.

Fishing was on a cold day. River water dirty but fishable.
Lots of sedge coming off the water throughout the day. Fish didnt seem to be feeding on them. One small brown and 2 salmon parr on bead head nymphs and adams dry.

March Browns coming off water at 3pm when fish turned on for about 25 minutes. 4 browns, 2 of which were a 2.5lb hen and a 1.5 lb cock fish. Best fish I have taken in river.
Great result after a slow start!!

Thanks. Catch return: 1 rather surprised brown trout. There was a nice hatch of May fly and the trout were rising, but not to my flies! The South African chap on the beat landed a couple of very nice brown trout.

Lovely day but obviously I am a bit rusty.

Grannom in clouds kept up most of day. Lots of small fish and 1 large grayling all on floating grey duster. Hooked several more solid fish but all got off. There were just a few larger sedges hatching later. River is now getting low.

Grannom hatch reduced by a cold and strengthening downstream north-westerly most of the day, but in between the gusts in the sun in the morning,they were emerging. Some LDOs braved the wind later. Very few fish rising all day but rising and non-rising trout and grayling taken on HE emerger. Most fish taken on PTN, weighted grannom pupa and Greenwell's Spider. 25 fish in all at the end of the session. Frozen hands reminded me that summer is definitely not here yet!

Had a couple of phenomenal days on Wye over the weekend. It was so good on Saturday I had to go back on Sunday. The Granom hatches have been the best I've experienced in 10 years. They were starting by 10 and although they were not hatching there was fly around all day with rising fish still eager to take the fly till after 6 in the evening.

You probably wouldn't believe how many fish I caught, I lost count after running out of fingers and toes several times over on both days. I took fish on nymph and dries, the dries worked well in the afternoon I guess when the fish were taking the drowned out egg layers coming back.

Best fish.....about 4lb, a number of 40+cm trout (over a dozen!). Most memorable fish - hooked it in the Top Planks, spooled me out of fly line and 50yds of backing so followed it down the run, I managed about 200yds before having to swim the last 100yds and landed it in the Gravely Pool, witnessed by who ever was fishing the beat with me on Sunday. One hell of an experience!

Absolutely outstanding fishing, some of the best I've ever experienced, it really was that good!

Lots of Grannon. Had a dozen or so small trout and a good grayling all returned.
Struggled considering fly life about (probably lack of skill)

Lovely Day. 5 x Grayling to 1¾lb and 4 x Brownies - best 13". All returned

No fish caught. A stunning location that more than made up for no catch.

Fished Ty-Newydd with six others. I managed three grayling and a trout. Mr Game had two grayling but the others all failed to catch. None of those who blanked had actually visited the water before but they were not put off by their lack of success and to a man commented on the superb scenery and vowed to return when the weather warms up a bit!