Feedback & Reports

swim feeder and pellets
river very low

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Staying at and Fishing the Cwm irfon beat we fished on the Sunday 16th and then again on Wednesday 19th. Myself and friends have fished this beat 5 times in the last 6 years. We rent one of the cottages that Giles and Karin Palmer have at beautiful Cwm Irfon for a week and fish the many waters available in the Upper Wye catchment. For the first couple of years on the Irfon the river seemed bereft of a substantial head of B. Trout and Grayling and was extremely disappointing....but being aware of the work that the Foundation was doing to compensate for the devastating effect of afforestation on the upper Irfon valley we persisted over the years during our visits and a slow but steady improvement was seen in the health of the rivers. This year, fishing in good conditions, reasonable coloured water and with a light upstream breeze we had 9 Brown Trout, numerous Parr and a remarkable 33 Grayling; most of which needed to be brought to hand with a net...a substantial number of the Grayling were in the 1lb to 1.5lb range ( a heavier fish was sadly lost). So the credit that must be given to the Foundation, in my opinion, is immeasurable....a very big pat on the back goes to all who work there. Interestingly the most successful patterns were north country spider patterns ( particularly Partridge and Orange and Snipe and Purple) whereas on the dry front the killer fly was the Dry Simon. Success was also had on the dry with a Black Klinkhammer. We'll be back next year....this I know becuase we've already booked our week in July 2018!!!!

9 Trout, 33 Grayling

River was very low and clear. Fished the upper swims. Fish were caught on pellet feeder

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Cracking day was expecting more barbel as it’s the 16th but we can all dream lol ???? cracking day as I fished the fast runs got what I came for so a well happy man ???? river was realy low could do with a couple of days rain see you soooooooon ????????

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 3 Barbel, 30 Chub

3 Chub

1 Trout

Arrow low but still a bit of flow. Fished pools where faster water was entering. Started at 7.00 and by 8.30 had 6 grayling all around 6-7". All on 18 ptn under a kinkhammer. Nothing after that although missed a few.
With reference to Court of Noke access - stick to the same bank as the car parking. After the first field the field headland along the bank has all been mown. I have hacked half a dozen access points with wading staff - did not take long. If everyone fishing spent a few minutes keeping access points open through the balsam and nettles (not just on this beat) - would be of benefit to all.

6 Grayling

Another hard day on the Wye before heading home. Managed 2 barbel and although conditions seemed ok the fishing this weekend has not been as good as normal. Got home to find that we had left a net at middle hill court. I'm assuming that it will be long gone but if anyone fishes there and finds a net I would really appreciate it if they would let the Wye and Usk know so they can contact me. Back again in a few weeks and hopefully the river will be back on form.

2 Barbel

This was always going to be a recce than a serious fishing opportunity. River very low. Number of trees down. Un-fishable in places due to trees. Access to the river very poor along the whole stretch. Balsam everywhere. But worst of all is that barbed wire is everywhere.
A nice beat badly let down by non-existence maintenance.
There's no doubt that there are lots of fish there - and lots have been caught recently, but I won't return there.

8 Trout, 15 Grayling