Feedback & Reports

Over all the fishing was difficult in clear water at Quakers yard. Two fish of over 8" fell to a small olive klick and one fish and plenty of missed pulls on size 12 pheasant tail nymph, fished downstream with no success when casting upstream. Weither my casting was poor or the fish were line shy. All day hatch of small sulphurs. Over all a lovely day on a lovely river.

3 Trout

Slow start but fish arrived latter in the day
Meet Glynn at lunch time confirmed we had selected the correct swims with the river 2/3 feet up coloured and rising. Most fish taken on ground bait feeder with pellets or favoured meat. Best fish 7lb. Good day Thanks to Glynn for his advice.

9 Barbel

Great evening session on the BWO spinners last night at Merthyr Vale. Fish really switched on about 9.00pm going into the dark. 10 nice fish came to hand, most between 12 and 15 inches, with 2 real slabs lost - one at the net, the other in a snag. Will be back for them!

10 Trout

Water .75 and some silt preventing clarity in more than 3ft so decided to spin. No activity till 5pm then fished over a fresh 6lb fish which moved upstream of me at a rate of knots and out of our beat.
Saw and landed one of few feeding trout on dry white wulff at around same time. Fish of about 6oz returned.
Saw, hooked and landed a 4lb grilse at the rock at around 8pm on copper and black FC. Spinner came out in net so able to return fish without handling. Fish was not fresh run and had began to show some colour and was a cock fish.
Disappointingly no late rise of trout as temperature dropped sharply and wind picked up. Water still .72m at 10pm

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Bright cloudy day with a stiff breeze. Fished through the morning very few rising fish, no takers.

The river was running high after rain the previous day and 3 anglers who had booked through the estate had struggled the day before. Quite a cool overcast day for July and very little fly life with barely any rising fish at all. I fished from 11am until 5pm without a touch and then found the right fly and some willing fish. Fly of the day was a hot spot pheasant tail nymph fished under an Elk Hair caddis. Fish all taken tight to the bank next to trees or along the edges of the fast water. Highlight of the day was a cracking fish of 17 inches, must have been 2 pounds or more. All fish returned. I will be back.

7 Trout

Fished a few hours early evening. River in perfect summer condition so caught consistently. Barbel to 8 1/4, Chub to about 4.
WUF - I don't know if the fly tipping in the car park is a one off or it is growing but it is a very large pile. In my experience the longer fly tipping is visible the bigger the tip gets. Perhaps Hereford or Monmouth councils could remove if prompted?

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

River up and coloured so restricted to close in work under trees. 6 chub to well over 5lb from middle and bottom of beat. High spot was observing an otter at close quarters at the bottom of the stretch.

6 Chub

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

A first time on this beat and a very nice beat it was. Well, once down the steep bank to the river it is a flat and comfortable walk along the bankside, a very peaceful area to spend a day. The fishing was slow and I could only catch 2 chub despite the river being in good condition for barbel. It was a good colour and was running off slowly.
This is a beat that deserves another trip or two when the river is lower and perhaps enabling me to pick a better swim. 3 were tried through the day and all given a reasonable time to produce but alas, just the 2 chub on feeder and pellet were the result.

2 Chub