Feedback & Reports

Fished a party of rods Tues-Fri at Whitney. Terry as ever helpful, knowledgeable and a good guide to all on this beat. River was dropping back quietly from rains of previous week and was clear and very 'fishy'. Many shad seen breeding on the gravels, a good rise of fat trout , some caught and returned, and yes salmon seen in every pool except beat 2. Probably needs a a couple of inches to freshen up the pools and get salmon moving. Excellent .

No fish caught. River in good condition. Few rising fish. Missed a few takes on dry and nymph. Tough day, but an interesting stretch a water.

We returned all the fish. Fairly windy day, but fish rising most of the day, but only in a couple of pools. We only fished dry flies and Klinkhammers. The best flies were Adams, Hares Ear Klink, Sherry Spinner and a Brown Sedge last thing. There were natural Mayflies of various sizes but our imitations were not as successful as the other flies.
We very much enjoyed our day and will certainly like to come again.

20 Trout

Weather good and water 0.64m with some colour. I opted for trout as did John Lewis. We both tied MB spiders and I fished the top run and rockpool with no offers at all in 4 hrs. John fared much better in the faster water of the woodstream and landed 2 fish of 1lb and half pound, and had several other offers.
I refished the topend with a team of weighted nymphs with no luck.
Unable to fish late.

2 Trout

Great day on Whitney Court today. My first Wye spring salmon followed by a second. First fish from Loxters pool around 13lb (few weeks in river)and a second one from beat 3 opposite the house around 10lb (very fresh few days at most) also turned another fish of around the same size. Both on FC. Also 10+ Shad of various sizes and 3 Trout
Thanks to Terry for all the advice and help.
Terry also had a salmon yesterday of 8lb on fly.

3 Salmon, 3 Trout, 10 Other

8 lbs Cadora Backs to M.H. and 17.5 lbs (weighed in net) to Robin Stewart on Redbrook ; both taken spinning. Water levels on these beats still too heavy ideally for fly

2 Salmon

All on small nymphs. Average size ranging from very small to 6 inches, 3 fish of 12" stood out from the bunch.

20 Trout, 3 Grayling

Had a couple of hours to spare while my son played Cricket in Kington so fished from 6 till 8 PM. Quite a few fish rising so stuck with a CDC and Elk emerger. Rod used was 8ft Tenkara and fish from 6 to 10 inches.

12 Trout

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Saw a couple of fish on beat 3 and 4 but they weren't having any of my flies. The river seemed a bit low and reasonably clear. Lovely warm early summers day to be on the river.