Feedback & Reports

Good level to the river and just a tinge of colour on arrival. Promising start with a few small trout to GRHE. Some truly tropical downpoors added more colour to the river and the fishing slowed down. However three further trout added 8-13inches made a very satisfactory day an a excellent antidote to the recent low rivers.

6 Trout

River falling this morning and looking good! I was only able to fish an hour in the morning but it looked promising. Nothing caught though. Thanks again to Barry who owns this stretch for his infectious enthusiasm for fishing!

Great day on the Usk again, water high so wading a bit tricky!

10 Trout

I was on the bank at sunrise and what a picture perfect location with the sun struggling to break through the mist. Perfect start to the Autumn. I was impressed by the ease of access and convenience of the car parking. The beat is not long and the options for swims are limited so being a lone angler I was quite happy. The flow was strong and the colour good following recent rains, it looked promising. I fished the bottom pool from the rocks providing more freedom to explore the river further from the bank. I used pellet and scalded pellets in a feeder over a bed of hemp. I tried various spots from near bank across the main flow fishing each for around 30 - 40 minutes all without a bite. The main flow was bringing through some debris and loose weed, but nothing problematic just no bites. I moved up to the top pool for a change at about 11:30 and followed the same approach although without as much hope given the height of the sun now and the preceding lack of activity. Nothing changed. I didn't have a touch although I did get snagged repeatedly on the rocky bed and likely underwater debris.By 2.30pm the weather had changed and the rain had gone from a shower to biblical. Without a touch and this being the last day of a week on the Wye with a drive back to London ahead of me, I threw in the towel. My first blank of the week. But I left with a smile having found a delightful location that clearly fishes well, today was just not my day. I will be back, maybe later this year, if not certainly next. I'd like to give a shout out for the Ferndale Bed and Breakfast in Lydbrook www.bandbforestofdean.co.uk. I only stayed one night and was up too early for the breakfast, but the accommodation was first class and my hosts Andy and Christine could not have been more helpful or welcoming. It was also very reasonably priced. I unhesitatingly recommend this B&B to anyone fishing Wyebank or nearby.
Thanks to WUF for making my first trip to the Wye very memorable.

River was fairly high and running quite fast following heavy rain. I saw 3 salmon-leaps and a family of very noisy otters! The chub were caught on trotted bread. Sorry for not doing this before - my printer ran out of ink!

4 Chub

Great day on the river. Pellet and feeder did the trick. 12 barbel in a rising river was excellent. No monsters but still very enjoyable for E and S. Lost a couple of feeders. Need to use 4oz ones to hold bottom with all the debris coming down. Once they move it then jams between the rocks.
Only the one eel.

12 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Another great day on the Wye, river well up and coloured 3 foot plus on the river gauge but still found some areas to fish and some feeding fish too! Most to feeder tactics. A few people fishing opposite made some areas a bit tight but a great day all the same. Thank you wuf.

12 Barbel, 8 Chub

Arrived at river about 7:30 am JS and TL went in top field swims PS, MC and RL all went to downstream swims. All started off on feeder pellet and groundbait tactics, we fished till 10:30 then stopped for cup of tea in this time river had risen about 100mm and 4 barbel had been caught. After tea we resumed in our original swim, by 1:30 when we had another tea stop another 7 barbel had been caught and river had risen more. After lunch PS moved to swim near car park and we all continued in original swims. Throughout the afternoon the weather deteriorated and we had some long periods of heavy rain, but not deterred we finished the day RL 2, MC 3, PS 6, TL 6, JS 6, a grand total 25 barbel. The biggest fish 9.08. Fish caught on pellet, meat and boilies. Great day at a lovely venue.

25 Barbel

Arrived at 2pm with my daughter to lovely looking beat,and red hot sunshine, river carrying colour and up couple a feet so feeder fished pellet landing two tiny barbel after a down pour, switched from fishing mid river to slack water after constantly picking up weed on line and landed to decent chub on 4lb mark then switched back to main flow at 6pm and pulled in 4 more barbel into dark, biggest going 5lbs to the delight of my little girl's face, small beat but enjoyable.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

River running high, fast, cold and carrying quite a lot of colour. River level fell about 2" during the day. Mainly overcast with a few light showers. No obvious hatch observed. Both fish caught near the head of Lady A's pool on the weighted point fly of a 3 fly cast. Highlight of the day was seeing a kingfisher flying the length of the beat skimming just above the water.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling