Feedback & Reports

Arrived around midday, river looked very good, just a hint of colour, weather was mostly sunny with the odd shower. Started by walking to the far end of the beat and noticed the odd fish topping on the way so started with a Daddy as there where lots in the fields. I was covering fish but had no takes on it at all, there was also no hatch going on and very little insect life so quite what the trout were taking was a mystery. I soon switched to my faithful Greenwells Glory dry fly which I find will produce almost anywhere and so it proved to be the case today. Targeting the steadier glides I managed plenty of takes, missing most unfortunately but I did manage two respectable sized brown trout in excellent, hard fighting condition, both returned none the worse.
Lovely afternoon on this great beat, thank you Wye and Usk Foundation, I'll be back for more.

2 Trout

I returned after a week to see if I could find grayling and the bigger fish that I know are in the river.
It was a day of short sporadic hatches and fish totally preoccupied with something other than what I was chucking at them.Both nymphs and drys were nudged or just plainly ignored....until around 1pm when I arrived at the same small and shallow pool where I caught both trout and a grayling the week before,here again feeding was in earnest and I caught a fish of each species, both really strong and fit and around 12"on a Greenwells 14.....struggled on until heavy rain but the big ones eluded me.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Day 4 of the tour with James Bullock and Sandy Geyer. Back up the river - the beat info says wading is tough, it aint kidding! We had two swimmers....
But being well up river again the big grayling were back to the fore - most of them were over 14" with the best going 18...and don't they fight! All on dry, required a few changes to find the preferred pattern.
Heavens opened at 3 - stuck it out for an hour and took a trout in the downpour... but by 4 enough was enough and we called it a day.
We have had 107 fish over 4 days (including Syfydrin)- a fantastic few days. The quality of the grayling, particularly in this beat and Doldowlod, has to be seen to be believed. Thanks to all in the office for their help in sorting out the fishing on this wonderful river. Phil

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

Had a good day we caught 6 barbel 3 chub mostly on pellets it didn't help the sun was out most of the day and was very hot which didn't help the fishing disturbing also we counted about 50 cormorants down in the lower section getting ready to roast in the trees for the night.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

Slow start with only a barbel and a chub in the morning but things picked up from 3.30pm. Best barbel was 8lbs 11ozs and chub to 4lbs 2ozs. All fish were caught on standard feeder/pellet rigs.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

First day on this Fishery. Not that many swims. Fished from 7am until 6.30pm very hot clear day, river was low with not much flow. Barbel to 9.13
and Chub to 4lb. Caught in spasms throughout the day. Alan 10 Barbel, Pete 7 and Dave 4. All fish caught on Pellet and Boilie using feeder method.
Another good day

21 Barbel, 6 Chub

Beautiful beat. Had the excellent services of Mick the ghillie. A few resident fish seen during the day, but none taken (probably down to my inability to put out a consistently good cast). Canoe traffic was fairly light, polite, and not a problem.

Lovely place. a little snaggy, lost a few feeders.
Barbel 7lb 4oz Chub 2lb 7oz
Definitely come here again

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Quick 4 hour session in the morning producing 6 barbel with one possible scraper double in great condition. 2 taken in the forest and the other 4 below in what was better levels of water compared to last time. Again fished to gaps in the weed using boilies and hemp in pva bags. Enjoyable few hours

6 Barbel

River still dropping and losing colour. DS 1 barbel and 5 chub. DW 2 barbel and 1 chub.
Work being carried out on croys but we were fully informed by Wye and Usk and offered alternative venue. Didn't really cause us a problem as it was just some tree felling on opposite bank.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub