Feedback & Reports

River in great condition but couldn't find the grayling. Some coppicing done since I last fished here and it's improved the access. A nice day out in a month which seems to have had 75 days in it! (75 and still counting: WUF comment!)

4 Trout

A couple of hours nymphing middle section of beat in p.m. (after it seems J A had been and gone). No takers, but pleasant to be out in the winter sun until the rain arrived before dusk.

Too windy and cold for successful fishing

Tough day with cold, rising and coloured water after heavier than expected overnight rain. A nice Chub came early on and a mid double Pike late afternoon. Love the venue and hope to be back in more favourable conditions.

1 Chub, 1 Pike

Hard day on the river. water very coloured and up by a foot or so only 2 fish caught all day. one chub of about 3lb and one pike of 15lb lovely stretch of the wye. will return when conditions are better.

1 Chub, 1 Pike

4 Barbel

Cold and still and the river was around 1.3 at Ross. Bread flake and cage feeder accounted for all 3 fish.

3 Chub

1 barbel of about 5lb and 2 chub of 3-4lb. River looked OK, decent colour, maybe a bit pacy but the water temperature was very cold. Quite slow going, only 3 bites all day. Only 3 or 4 swims that are realistically fishable at the moment. Saw otters in 2 different swims at top and bottom of the stretch.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Was only able to fish for a couple of hours, and river was quite off-color. One OOS trout.

1 Trout

A very muddy but rewarding day on this beat.
River was 2.8m on the Lydbrook Gauge and water still carrying a fair tinge. I think with a bit less water pushing through, perhaps 2m on the gauge this would open up a lot more of the swims for Pike potential.
The very first cast of the day (just after dawn) resulted in Pike rolling near the surface when chasing in a deadbait while on the retrieve. The next cast, leaving the bait in position, ended a take no more than 2 minutes later: most likely the same fish - a decent, solid Wye Pike of 14-15lbs in the net, which unfortunately we were unprepared to photograph.
A hour or so later in a different spot another quick take from a Pike of around 10 lbs was landed (photographed).
Some good action and a satisfying result from a long days effort of scrambling and sliding the banks.

2 Pike