Feedback & Reports

A couple of hours' fishing during the middle part of the day under a cloudless sky was always going to be a challenge so I was happy with a nice 1lb trout and smaller grayling, both on dry.
Great to be out on this fantastic section of the Irfon.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Another lovely day on the Wye. Fished from on of the middle Croys, under the willow trees on the far bank rolling luncheon meat. Only able to fish for a few hours around lunchtime, but still managed to catch five beautifully conditioned Chub between 2-3lbs. As on my previous day, a large number of canoeists passed by. Latterly, some youngsters arrived to jump of the Croys and allow the current to take them downstream. They were asked to move further downstream, even though they wanted to jump in by the Hut ! They did so begrudgingly !

5 Chub

2 Trout

Low river and a bright sunny day are generally not the best conditions for fishing and that proved to be the case, could only manage some small chub and nice sized dace, that said it's a beautiful spot to spend a days fishing.

6 Chub, 4 Other

Slow day, with bad conditions and a low river. But a few bites managed all on pellets. Parking was an issue with other people already taking up the lay-by spaces.

Also another angler fishing when they hadn’t booked, not sure how to report this.

A lovely stretch with beautiful quiet surroundings. Lots of fishable swims and well maintained.

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4 Barbel, 3 Chub

We just had a few hours fishing this beautiful beat before heading home. Two lads in canoes suddenly crept up on us but were polite enough to go back down stream when I pointed out that they were not supposed to be there until October.
3 trout.

3 Trout

River very low & clear. Caught lots of chublets on the float and mate had 2 barbel from beach area.
Lovely fishery but not so picturesque as it used to be, as it seems the gardens opposite have closed and become overgrown.

2 Barbel, 20 Chub

4 Trout

Lovely overgrown wild beat with plenty of small trout around, some of which were rising to very small mayfly duns. It was an ambitious place to try to teach a 9 year old to fly fish but still made for a great adventure. Only a handful of the pools in the middle of the beat are deep enough to hold larger fish and accessible enough to easily fish without spooking the fish, especially as the water was so low.

Fishing with JB as usual. The day started before the fishing when Stephen’s sister came along walking the dogs just as we were tackling up. Despite her sadness she very kindly spent 5 minutes saying hello and chatting. Kind words never seem enough at these times…but she was plainly keen that we fished, so having passed on condolences off we went.
The river was low, the sky was bright and there was little by way of insect life – just a few needle flies and occasional olives – and rising fish were few and far between. We have fished often enough however to know that the fish are still there. They just have to be found and tempted! As usual we had our parachute dries to do the business, and on these lower beats we generally expect smaller fish than the higher beats.
The willing fish were very localised and 12 came to hand – 7 wbt and 5 grayling. The grayling were of a stamp of which we might expect to encounter perhaps 1 a day on this beat but of the 5, 4 were in the 18 to 20 inch class. Stunning! The trout weren’t bad either – nothing smaller than 10 inches, most up to 14 inches but one 18 inch clonker. Overall probably the best class of fish we have ever encountered on the rivers.
But a word of caution – is the absence of smaller fish worrying? 3 of the grayling bore the scars of cormorant encounters and a flock of 4 goosanders were also present….