Feedback & Reports

Heavy rain and gusty winds in the early morning had brought down many leaves from the bank side trees resulting in huge rafts of leaves in parts of the beat which made them unfishable as the flies could not penetrate into the water.
Two good sized trout were seen on arrival and a salmon jumped at the top end late in the afternoon but we did not succeed in catching any grayling. No fish rising during our visit, but we all had a very enjoyable day.

The mild weather gave us high hopes but the fish were somewhat finnicky. The grayling didn't seem to be shoaled up and the trout didn't recognise that their season had finished. Sporadic rises didn't give much confidence to dry fly tactics and we mainly stuck to the duo. That said the klink did get the odd inspection and accounted for a fish. All the fish were taken from typical grayling water but we never felt we were going to connect with any reasonable sized specimens. The best grayling was probably just over the pound and the trout were mainly about 3/4lb with the odd smaller fish thrown in.

11 Trout, 6 Grayling

2 fish 2.1/4 lbs 2 fish 2.3/4 lbs

4 Trout

Weather perfect and really looking forward to a new beat today. Unfortunately I had some real difficulty in finding where I was meant to fish, Walked around but I could not locate the named pools and the path seemed to just come to an end. I went back near the parking area and had a go next to the field, Had a few Salmon Parr and lost a good out of season trout that grabbed my small gold head. After 2 hours the felt sole parted company with my boot so that was that.

2 Other

Poor day, river rising and coloured due to persistent rain overnight and early morning so deep nymphing the order of the day unfortunately without much luck. Only one small out of season brown trout 8 ins taken, few fish missed, still always good to be on the river on such a beautiful beat. Access to river on top beat much easier if you cross footbridge at car park and walk down the lane to the right bank, good directions on beat map.

1 Trout

Fished swims at top and bottom of beat, no bites in the morning, a few fish mid afternoon and most in the last hour of daylight. Fish caught on both pellets and maggots. Very surprised river still very low and clear so pleased with catch.

2 Trout, 6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Great time again on this beat. Fished using pellet and feeder method. It was very mild after some rain in the morning. Craig was first to get a bite unfortunately the line parted on a rock, then Paul (Dad) landed a beauty at 10lbs 7oz.
Not to be outdone Craig (son) landed one of the identical weight 10lbs 7oz. Could even have been the same fish?
Paul landed another beauty this time it was 10lbs 14oz.
All the barbel were very fat and had been feeding hard. So 6 barbel 3 each and pb's for both of them a right result.
Thanks to Don for a great season yet again.

6 Barbel

Another great day and good looking conditions but a real struggle to raise a bite in the heavy amount of leaves in the river. Lovely stretch of river as usual. Otter was seen early in the day out in the river harassing fish I guess, hope the barbel will survive this winter! Another great day out on the wye. Thanks wuf.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

A lovely, warm and mainly cloudy day with little wind, and the LS guage at 12". Came expecting to fish nymphs until / if fish started to rise, but found PWs coming off at arrival and fish rising, presumably to emergent nymphs but also taking drifting duns. So I put on a small, pale HE Duck's Dun which has served me well over the last eight weeks and fished it most of the day. I tried variously-dressed tungsten beads in between times but there really wasn't much need as fish were rising somewhere, or at least looking up, until about 3.30 p.m. With such an early hatch, the more typical hatch from midday onwards into mid-afternoon really didn't appear - perhaps not too surprising. Most grayling were 10-12" with just three of 13-14" , but all most welcome. What a delight to be fishing an emerger for most of the day when we are almost into November. Fish also still feeding in the margins in quite shallow water. May the warm settled weather continue please! Finally A HUGE THANK YOU to the riparian owner for arranging for the bank-side clearance to be done in the upper half of the beat. I felt so much safer than two months ago making my way up the margins there and back! And the path now even goes as far as the Edw. Well done!

2 Trout, 21 Grayling

Good weather conditions today no rain although the river needs it, looks the same level as back in July.
Caught 2 Barbel and lost another 2 to snags all on pellet feeder.

2 Barbel