Feedback & Reports

Fishing again was hard going on lower beat where 3 anglers fished catching 5 Barbel and 5 chub between them on boilies & Meat.
The river had risen 2 1/2 feet and was very colored. 1 angler fished the top end of the beat and caught 12 Barbel & 2 Chub on pellet & boilies.

17 Barbel, 7 Chub

9 Trout

No show nil return.

Swollen river. Fished feeder and bread trotted down the middle.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub, 1 Other

This was both, mine and my Dad's first time on the Wye. Also our first crack at fishing a river of this size and pace. The setting is absolutely stunning, one the few places nice enough that I wouldn't mind blanking. This said, the river was fast flowing and coloured and proved a bit tricky for Wye beginners like us to start with. We both set up in swims around mid way down the stretch, neither proved successful in the morning. I moved further upstream around mid afternoon. Fished a swim for around an hour, that produced a 7lb 9oz barbel on my third cast. That came to 12 mm halibut pellet, fished under a heavy feeder. My Dad sat it out in his swim and early evening took a 4 1/2lb chub and eel around 2lb, both to luncheon meat. I moved back to original swim and had a good run from a barbel, before the hook pulled. Unfortunately we couldn't fish as late as we would have liked and that was the last action. We definitely intend to return as soon as possible and make sure we're able to fish later into the evening. This a stunning venue and well chuffed to back my first Wye barbel.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

8 brown trout to 11", 7 grayling to 14". Flies size 16 JIG PTN 2.8 and size 14. JIG PTN with 3.8 Tungsten Bead. Dry CDN Quill size 16 and 18

8 Trout, 7 Grayling

Plenty of water, still slightly coloured, sadly a strong cold northerly downstream wind. Saw just 2 small rises. Still enjoyable, one slight issue... access needs to be improved. The field (right looking down) downstream of the bridge has an electric fence to within a few feet of the water, I slipped and got a right belt of electricity....if the fence had been placed just a few feet into the field one could walk safely on level ground. Nonetheless, enjoyable. Spider patterns effective in the big water.

4 Trout

Interesting day with the river up and heavily coloured. Occasional showers were forecast but that didn't do them justice! Then the weather cleared and it was a beautiful evening to finish with some nice fish.

6 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fished from Abercanaid upwards through Merthyr Town with a fellow member this evening. The river a couple of inches extra water and lots of blue winged olives on the water and in the air. We both managed to catch around 3 dozen or so fish between us on dries and nymphs ranging from 1/4lb up to 1 3/4lb.

36 Trout

No fish caught or seen but nice to get out for a few hours.