Feedback & Reports

Nymphing (Czech/French). All fish mostly caught in the fast moving water. River level appeared good, and clear. First time we fished the beat so not possible to compare it to other times of the year or river levels.

19 Trout, 3 Grayling

Two fish caught on worm with popup.

2 Trout

8lb and a bright silver grilse about 4lb

2 Salmon

A very fit 25" ( EA scale: 6 lb ) Silver cock fish Caught on a single hook FC.
Much easier to unhook in the water and less damage than a treble. Went back well.

1 Salmon

The stretch had very fast water despite level having dropped. Nevertheless an enjoyable day catching a few barbel and chub.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

1'5" steady, clear, overcast.
Looked perfect,a salmon seen at the Croy

2 Trout

Having only a small chub for a long morning fishing it was off to re-charge the batteries in the Bridge Inn for a long lunch. Having discussed tactics with the other rods it was suggested to try a sunray in the gravel catch. It took four casts before the reel was screaming only to spit the fly after a airborne cartwheel. I tried again and a slightly coloured cock fish around the 10lb mark was caught and released from just above the power wires.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub

Arrived 8 o/c walked the river set up upper sally,s fished for 30 mins then Glynn arrived he advised me to move to another swim put me on the Barbel instantly fish till 1 o/c had 6 barbs 2 chub should have had more well looked after beat thanks Glynn now the 190 mile drive home

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Overcast conditions augured well for this first visit to Dinas, but the cloud cover was accompanied by an unremitting downstream wind which kept surface action to a minimum. A (very wide) variety of flies and styles produced only one 11" fish, but the potential of this beat was plain to see.

1 Trout

What an end to another great four days on the Wye. The best barbel today was 8.06 and chub were to about 3.08 (estimated). All fish were caught on feeder and different pellet combinations and at times the bites came within seconds of casting in. There were also spells when the bites dried up and we had to wait a couple of hours before the feeding resumed.

36 Barbel, 11 Chub