Feedback & Reports

Weather perfect and really looking forward to a new beat today. Unfortunately I had some real difficulty in finding where I was meant to fish, Walked around but I could not locate the named pools and the path seemed to just come to an end. I went back near the parking area and had a go next to the field, Had a few Salmon Parr and lost a good out of season trout that grabbed my small gold head. After 2 hours the felt sole parted company with my boot so that was that.

2 Other

Poor day, river rising and coloured due to persistent rain overnight and early morning so deep nymphing the order of the day unfortunately without much luck. Only one small out of season brown trout 8 ins taken, few fish missed, still always good to be on the river on such a beautiful beat. Access to river on top beat much easier if you cross footbridge at car park and walk down the lane to the right bank, good directions on beat map.

1 Trout

Fished swims at top and bottom of beat, no bites in the morning, a few fish mid afternoon and most in the last hour of daylight. Fish caught on both pellets and maggots. Very surprised river still very low and clear so pleased with catch.

2 Trout, 6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great time again on this beat. Fished using pellet and feeder method. It was very mild after some rain in the morning. Craig was first to get a bite unfortunately the line parted on a rock, then Paul (Dad) landed a beauty at 10lbs 7oz.
Not to be outdone Craig (son) landed one of the identical weight 10lbs 7oz. Could even have been the same fish?
Paul landed another beauty this time it was 10lbs 14oz.
All the barbel were very fat and had been feeding hard. So 6 barbel 3 each and pb's for both of them a right result.
Thanks to Don for a great season yet again.

6 Barbel

Another great day and good looking conditions but a real struggle to raise a bite in the heavy amount of leaves in the river. Lovely stretch of river as usual. Otter was seen early in the day out in the river harassing fish I guess, hope the barbel will survive this winter! Another great day out on the wye. Thanks wuf.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

A lovely, warm and mainly cloudy day with little wind, and the LS guage at 12". Came expecting to fish nymphs until / if fish started to rise, but found PWs coming off at arrival and fish rising, presumably to emergent nymphs but also taking drifting duns. So I put on a small, pale HE Duck's Dun which has served me well over the last eight weeks and fished it most of the day. I tried variously-dressed tungsten beads in between times but there really wasn't much need as fish were rising somewhere, or at least looking up, until about 3.30 p.m. With such an early hatch, the more typical hatch from midday onwards into mid-afternoon really didn't appear - perhaps not too surprising. Most grayling were 10-12" with just three of 13-14" , but all most welcome. What a delight to be fishing an emerger for most of the day when we are almost into November. Fish also still feeding in the margins in quite shallow water. May the warm settled weather continue please! Finally A HUGE THANK YOU to the riparian owner for arranging for the bank-side clearance to be done in the upper half of the beat. I felt so much safer than two months ago making my way up the margins there and back! And the path now even goes as far as the Edw. Well done!

2 Trout, 21 Grayling

Good weather conditions today no rain although the river needs it, looks the same level as back in July.
Caught 2 Barbel and lost another 2 to snags all on pellet feeder.

2 Barbel

Firstly I would like to say what a fantastic experience. The booking system is excellent and it is extremely helpful to read all of the catch reports. Our first visit to the Wye and unfortunately we couldn't book the section we wanted as it was booked but were more than happy with this stretch of the river. I spoke to Terry the bailiff the day before and he was extremely helpful and had some great advice on every beat of the section. Access was easy through the gate and we drove down and parked outside the old Courthouse next to beat 4. Myself, my wife and my 2 sons (14 and 17) walked down to beat 5 to a gravel bar that runs across the river. Felix (14) trotted maggots along the far bank and Louis (17) did the same but a little upstream. Second trot down and Felix hooked a nice barbel which gave him a great fight before the hook link gave way and the fish was lost. He soon hooked another and the same thing happened so had to step up to 6lb line. He managed a couple of nice out of season trout after that, the biggest being 2 and a half pounds. Louis managed a nice trout and a stunning grayling of over a pound but unfortunately the chub and barbel eluded us. I had no luck on the feeder but had one small trout trotting maggots. The weather and surroundings were truly breathtaking and there were numerous salmon on the stretch making their presence known. It was a shame that we only had a day to explore the river but we all caught and my wife caught the sun so we all went home happy soon to return!

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

5 x grayling 11-14 inches, 9 x out of season trout 6-13 inches. All on dry Grayling Steel Blue with a couple on French leader nymphs at the end. Made a late start, expecting any hatch to be after lunch, but on arrival found pale wateries already on the move. Also willow fly and a few dark olives as the day went on. But, a majority of the rises turned out to be from mostly small trout - grayling somewhat reluctant to come up. Pretty quiet by 4 o'clock. 1 foot showing on the gauge, still with that peat stain in the water. Still warm - summer goes on.

5 Grayling

Day started badly when I discovered I had lost a leg off my chair. Did not improve when, after a fruitless search for leg, overcast conditions turned to long sunny periods. Water very low and clear. Fished fast water opposite island with pellet, meat and maggots with feeder. No bites so moved upstream to deeper water. Still very quiet until I had a couple of chub 2 - 3lb on meat as darkness fell. Saved me from a complete blank, but not a sniff of a barbel. Disappointing.

2 Chub