Feedback & Reports

Tried this beat for the first time - good parking and easy walk to the river. Weather and river conditions looked good but fishing hard and no action until close to dark when I had two barbel and my friend had a chub. That's fishing for you, but we both enjoyed this beat and would try it again.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

1 x 9lb barbel to luncheon meat. 1 x minnow to maggot - stopped using maggot!

1 Barbel, 1 Other

River was low and in places quite sluggish for the fly. However, there were some nice pools to fish. It would have been useful to have more detailed notes of pools to fish and where these pools are. A nice day out on a new bit of water. Plenty of coloured fish showing and moving through the beat.

Sadly no salmon caught, just a couple of trout returned safe, one a decent size. Eyes bigger than their bellies. Saw a large salmon jump in the Edw pool, the largest I have ever seen jump. Better luck next season.
Two canoeists spoilt the tail of the pool I was fishing, by allowing thier dogs to swim in the river. Must have been locals as they had 3 Labradors.

2 Trout

Only one chub at 2lbs. Unusually for a Sunday there were no canoes at all and only one angler on the opposite bank.

1 Chub

Fishing slow to start but picked up later, river low and clear, weather sunny. As for comments previously regarding the opposite bank, we saw very few anglers, so this did not cause us any problems (surprising as it was a Sunday!).

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Accompanied by some large black Bulls. 1 coloured 16lb hen from Lady Alexandra's after 3 failed pulls. Cascade type double fly. Fish taken from centre of the river in turbulence behind a large submerged rock.

1 Salmon

8lb hen, Middle Caban, 1/2" stoats tail tube.

1 Salmon, 4 Trout

Decided to try a maggot approach via feeder and float instead of the usual pellet feeder. Fished all of the swims in this short beat and had fish in short feeding spells throughout the day. Two new species on the Wye for me after catching a decent Grayling and also a Gudgeon !!! Also had 4 small trout parr and a dozen or so Dace. Had 9 typical Wye Chub to 4.04 and a small Barbel. River dropping off with a little colour and some drifting weed in the morning

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Barbel, 9 Chub, 15 Other

The three grayling came from a deep pool at the start of the beat all about 13 inches, the other was a salmon parr of which there were hundreds in the runs at the bottom of the beat. there were a few grayling with them but decided to move on as the salmon parr were eager for my nymphs. this beat is a beauty, plenty of trout and several heavy fish. Of the 15 trout brought to hand ten were well over 12 inches 2 were about 16 inches and I lost a belter of about 18 inches. Sadly the trout on this day reacted to the nymph far quicker than the grayling.. any one who loves there wild streams this one really is a cracking piece of water

15 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Other