Feedback & Reports

Second trip to Knill and the fishing was fantastic. Used duo and had 13 trout between 6"-9". Morning fish fell to the nymph, with mixed takes in the afternoon. It's a pleasant day to fish Knill as always; clean river and crystal clear water.

13 Trout

1 Trout

Beautiful stretch of river, with some very likely-looking holding pools. Despite not catching any salmon it was good to be out on the Wye again. Many thanks to the member angler and his friend for the advice and hospitality. The river was running clear and was around 1’ 6” on the Llanstephan gauge..

River low and clear with hot and sunny conditions. Tried four different swims all to no avail, the barbel did not put in an appearance. Two chub in the last hour.

2 Chub

Hot and very Sunny caused the fishing to be slow. One barbel in the morning and then most fish in the last hour. Biggest barbel was exactly 9Ib

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Nothing caught a few risers seen

We fished beat 2 a great venue easy access to all the the river, with deep sections and fast flow gravel runs well worth a vist we are looking forward to a return visit.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

Arrived at dawn and as mentioned for yesterday's feedback, pretty sure I saw an otter working the stretch. We gave it a few hours until the canoeists started again and again tried various swims etc. Nothing, barely a rattle on the tip.

Fished from 11 ish to dark on possible the most beautiful stretch of undoubtedly THE most beautiful river in the UK. Good job I was in good surroundings really as the (my) fishing was awful. Battled hard for 3 chunky chub and a bag full of chublets and dace on the float.
Settled in to a nice peg for last knockings and through very poor angling managed to hook three and lose three. One of the three bites was definitely barbelish, the rod bending round and the line screaming off the spool as once again I managed to miss the action whilst distracted, probably sorting maggots into size order or dislodging a particularly troublesome nettle from a personal area. Like a numpty, I’d put a new spool of line on and forgotten to reset the clutch, meaning the fish (it was huge, honest) toyed with me like a happy dog on a lead before spitting out my three year old boilie in contempt at my shoddy angling.
I think I scared the cows with my expletives as some of them let out some poo as I yelled Fxxx! into the country air. After waiting all day behind a static rod for a decent bite, you can imagine the disappointment of missing a monster (probably a double, almost certainly a PB and quite possibly a new British record).
I can still hear the scream of my reel, ending abruptly as the barbel chuckled its way back to the river bed to tell its mates about my comedy fishing.
That scream is gonna haunt me forever.
Tight lines all. And don't forget to check your clutch.

10 Chub, 5 Other

Sport improved when the sunlight left the water. Barbel between 5lbs and 9lb 4oz.
Disappointment at seeing a couple of previously good swims allowed to become overgrown and unfishable.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub