Feedback & Reports

Arrived at this very picturesque beat with great anticipation and pent up enthusiasm to try a new river. Warm and sunny conditions with lots of fly life on the river throughout the day including a constant but limited mayfly hatch - sadly no fish of any size rising to them! Several takes on small grey wolf and mayfly patterns but only one fish landed on a pheasant tail nymph late on in the pool below the upper weir. Due to extensive nettle and thistle growth unable to reach the lower weir. We agree with the previous comments about the new barbed wire fence but it does stop the bullocks from interfering with your back cast!!
Great days fishing, hard work for a very limited reward and sadly we left wondering if there were any fish in this stretch of the river other than small fry - there probably are but our lack of ability/river craft was no doubt the reason why we failed to land more!!!

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Having had a taster session here two weeks ago, I decided to explore the beat again today. On a pretty nice day, albeit with a stregthening easterly breeze, there was nowhere near as much morning and afternoon fly as two weeks back, and fly appeared much later in the morning as well. Many fewer OUs in particular but there were some of these, plus some olives, large brook duns and latterly some mayfly, then lots of midge and sedges. Rising fish, of which there were more than enough, some of which were seen clearly to take duns but many others were nymphing, were pretty picky to emerger patterns and, in retrospect, I should have spent more time using light nymphs and spiders. That said, nine fish with many of 14-15", took olive and hare's ear emergers. A somewhat frustrating day at times with an important old lesson re-learnt!

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6 trout 10-13inches. Mostly in the flats to nymphs today. Beautiful place to spend the day.

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No salmon seen or caught.

I caught all fish on worm and bubble float but on that day I was informed by the bailiffs that I was not to start fishing until 8am when on booking the ticket online and asking a college of Wye Usk foundation I was informed it's dusk till dawn on getting to the reservoir there where a number of people poaching as they packed up when I arrived an on explaining this to the bailiff on duty they're reply was nothing we can do we start at 8am so we pay all that money to fish these reservoirs when the poachers are fishing free and taking the live stock out what is the point of paying I understand it's against the law to poach but if nothing is getting done to stop it or police the situation then really don't see why I waste my money trying to catch supposed stock fish that possibly ain't there because all ready caught by poachers

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Sunny no rain. fished from 10am - 3pm. Intermittent hatches march brown, olives, mayflies. 11:30 12" WBT on size 15 Grizzled Mink. In next half hour played and lost 3 of similar size - all shook the hook as coming to hand. 2:45 in pool by bridge 14" WBT on winged dry march brown #16.

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First time here..lovely beat with varied water. The slight upstream breeze turned into unhelpful cold east wind. However there are numerous sheltered spots both above and below the bridge.
Had success with various dries for 10 WBT - best was 18 inches which took a elk hair emerger pattern.

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River was about 1 foot on the Erwood gauge but still looked as though there would be a chance of a fresh salmon but unfortunately I only hooked an over enthusiastic trout (returned). Perhaps the air temperature was too low or else the fish are taking their time ascending the river. But it was my first foray in 2016 and I'll be back.

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0.7 on the gauge and full of hope. Reality was however a cruel mistress. Very bright sky and not a fish seen all day. Went through Rock and Upper Rock several times and nothing doing elsewhere either. This is however a lovely beat and looks very promising in the right conditions. There was a huge hatch of fly but I had left the trout rod at home.
I will return in the autumn and try again. There are fish to be fish caught here in the right conditions, I am sure of that!

Only managed to land a 15" brownie but had other takes,caught on a red tag on point. Nice sunny day but very windy by the water. This was my return visit after 20yrs. but will be back very soon.

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