Feedback & Reports

A wonderful day spent in this magical little valley. Walking along the track to start at the bottom of the beat, the lack of any noise - aside from my footfall - was incredible.
Indeed, the only sounds I heard all day were the occasional kronking call of a pair of ravens echoing off the valley sides, the chiding song of numerous wrens (seemingly mocking some of my more wayward casts) and the soft cursing of the angler, as I made a hash of another approach to a particularly fishy looking run.
That said, a steady number of Grayling came to hand throughout the day, plus an acrobatic 14inch oos Trout. Czech nymphs accounted for all fish, despite half an hour covering a small pod of rising fish in the afternoon hatch.
The majority of the Grayling were in the 12-14 inch bracket, but I am still kicking myself at the loss of a fish well over 2lb that I played for over five minutes, and almost netted twice, before it slipped the hook. I thought I had hooked the bottom to begin with...but then it began to move!
Lyepole really is a stunning beat and never fails to put a smile on the face - thanks WUF.

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

4 trout all between 2.5 lbs and 3 lbs

4 Trout

Turned up for a good walk & a look, very low water, warm day. walked most of the length, jungle stick needed, a few made swims, make yours. No fish seen. will go again, needs another foot of water. Nice friendly people in the adjacent house. Just wanted to get home at the end of a long grinding week.

4 x grayling 10-14 inches, 6 x out of season trout 7-11 inches, Gold Bead Hare's Ear nymph. Another challenging day on the Dore, water still very low and clear, carpeted with leaves - weather still warm and windy. Out of season trout rather prominent again, but a remarkable number of grayling, some of them of fair size, were spotted in the pools. As far as I know, the weir at Vowchurch (top of the beat) is as far as the grayling go up the Dore, but there seem to be plenty here. All we want is a few more inches of water and a little colour and this should fish very well.

4 Grayling

As elsewhere, river very clear, slow and low enough to see the bottom in all but one of the pools. Nothing much moving either, found it hard going, landed 2 trout and one nice grayling at 12" on weighted pink shrimp. Still, I now know the contours of the pools for next year!!

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Under the very low water conditions we were very happy to catch 3 barbel each on a stretch that fishes better in higher water. Last day of a 6 day trip to the Wye which we have thoroughly enjoyed.
Many thanks WUF.

6 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fly fishing

5 Trout

A tough day with bites hard to come by on feeder/leger tactics. We both caught plenty of small fish on trotting maggots, and MS caught a 4.5lb Chub and a lovely 3lb Brownie. We both worked hard with different baits and tactics, but we put our lack of success mainly down to low water levels. The Wye beautiful as ever. Just a note: the farmer has fenced off the field alongside the long row of trees and put cattle in. This means 4WD access is no longer possible down to the riverbank. Parking is available just through the gate, but a 150 yard walk required.

1 Trout, 1 Chub, 50 Other

River lower and slower since my last visit 2 weeks ago. Tried several swims throughout the day never got a bite from anything.

Fishing slow with water so low and clear however I persevered with the pellet feeder and managed 4 barbel over the full day at the top of the fishery. Biggest at exactly 10 and 9lb came in the evening. As always delightful scenery and wildlife. Thank you WUF.

4 Barbel