Feedback & Reports

2 grayling caught with Pheasant Tail nymph. River in good condition with an abundance of small fish and crustaceans.
Cormorants hunting all day! Thanks for easing the access on B4 and B5

2 Grayling

Lovely day on this beat of the Escley. Not much flow in the river but still plenty of very good water to fish. Very little fly activity about and consequentially very few rising fish. Still, the 'can't fail fly' worked again bringing 9 trout to the net, one a real corker of 12" or more, the rest around 10" or so, and all in superb condition.

9 Trout

Evening hatch didn't happen, lost a couple on nymphs.

Another roasting day fished feeder and pellet on a fining down river had 4 eels on pellet hook bait. Had to work all day and many swims to keep steady action but most had in the morning. Plenty of anglers on the far bank but no problems at all. Another great day on the wye , thanks wuf.

10 Barbel, 8 Chub, 4 Other

Tough fishing on an extremely hot day. River water was hot! As could be witnessed by the many swimmers upstream of the bridge at Skenfrith. Only fish caught were two wbt hiding in the riffles that fell to my black tungsten beaded ptn in the morning. I came back for the evening rise that eventually arrived at about 8.45pm but whatever they were rising to, I couldn't match it. When I got back to the Bell for a pint, I took my cap off and discovered a dun that looked a lot like a 3/4 size mayfly resting on said cap!! Well I didn't think of putting one of those on. Great beat I shall return in September.

2 Trout

Hot sunny, good colour in the water. All fish came to meat. Fished 11-4 . Very pretty short stretch very easy bank access. 4 fishable pegs for coarse anglers.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

I think the parking at this venue is a bit dodgy, the main road is very busy perhaps opposite the water board gates would be better if permission was sorted. Fished end of first field usual method pellet +feeder 2 barbel 4lb and 8lb very hot day so glad to get 2 fish, canoes were very good kept to opposite side of river.

2 Barbel

Enjoyable session taking 6 barbel and 15 chub from below woods at the beat limit. With a decent flow still on I was surprised how stacked up the fish were in this area

6 Barbel, 15 Chub

The river was clearing and also dropping throughout the day, the walk down the track was challenging, however not as much as the return journey up hill, travel light for this venue. All fish caught on feeder and pellets, largest Barbel was 7lb, largest chub was 4lb, thank you WUF for having this beat available.

6 Barbel, 6 Chub

2 perch caught and returned. Sunny day quite windy. Fish caught on worm and polyballs

4 Trout, 2 Other