Feedback & Reports

River was lovely and ideal.fished small tube flies on the advice of the very helpful Garry Evans. Caught nothing. Also fished Cadora backs 3rd Sept. Saw salmon there but caught none. Still awaiting my first salmon after 8 sessions. One day!

We arrived at about 10am and walked both banks looking for likely places for fish holding and access to the river. The Wye was up, fast flowing, and coloured. The beat is very short with about 500 yds of bank in total, and about five or six pegs on each side from which you can access the river.
From the start we were having bites and runs which kept the interest. My friend was taking great looking Chub of a 2 - 3lb throughout the day. Most fish were taking at the two pegs opposite each other just below the Foy bridge. At 7pm my fishing partner took another Chub as I was landing a fit, feisty Barbel of around 7 - 8 lb which signaled a fitting end to a good day. The locals were both friendly and interested in how our day was going. All fish fell to luncheon meat on feeder.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

Bright sunlight and a brisk wind made the day a challenge. Water was colored but low enough to enable wading through long stretches of the beat. Managed to catch 2 trout on a dry (size 16 Adams) both 9", and both safely returned. Very sparse hatches throughout the day, and very few rising fish. A very enjoyable day on a great beat.

2 Trout

Arrived at 7am fed swim, waited, first cast 8 am, first barbel. 8:10am bites another Barbel landed and 2 lost in tree roots at near bank plus 2 Chub, Bites and fish dried up by 11:30. Fed a swim again at 1pm started again at 2pm 2 more Barbel during afternoon. Same feed and wait again at 4pm and another 2 Barbel by dusk. All on Pellets and feeder or straight lead (depending on weed). Barbel ranged from 5lb to 7lb 11oz.
Last cast contacted with something that decided that it wanted to go to Ross on Wye and I couldn't stop it!!!!!
Great day with weather behaving it's self for a change.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Had a good day catching 8 Barbel to 8lbs on boillie hook baits using standard feeder tactics. There were plenty of fish about but we lost some due to the shallow water and rocky substrate. Lost lots of tackle. Would recommend strong tackle and carrying lots of spares. We saw many canoes using the stretch and for the most part caused no issue. Thank you Wye and Usk for a lovely day.

8 Barbel

Bright and sunny with water low but with a tinge of colour. Lots of caddis flying, and some olives and stoneflies but the few rises were small fish or salmon parr. 8 trout, up to 12 inches caught mainly on a tiny nymph but one to two on a dry. Close encounter with a black mink on the bank, but no otters this time.

8 Trout

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Good day-not much rising but the ones that did took. Saw two cormorants working the water and found two spinners caught on rocks: a good day, thanks.

14 Trout

Arrived later than originally planned and found the river moving swiftly considering the lack of serous rain recently. Fished in the meadow swims and had one barbel and one chub not the most exciting afternoons fishing but not helped by the bright sun shine. Fish came to homemade boilies fished with feeder.

*NOTE TO WYE & USK FOUNDATION : On arriving on this section which I have fished a number of times I found a large about of rubbish. It was obviously from other anglers, it was simply a bloody disgrace, empty luncheon meat tins, drinks bottles and wrappers of all sorts. Initially I thought that canoeists were to blame but the nature of the wrappers would indicate other anglers! Also large quantity of monofilament line in one swim. I cleared all rubbish away and took it home but very disappointed. I would suggest a warning is placed on the booking website, if I was an owner I would be very alarmed and I would definitely ban any one found littering this beautiful and fragile environment!
WUF note: Thank you so much for clearing up. I hope the person who left it is suitably shamed. Its hard to believe this still happens

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Had not previously fished or looked at this stretch before so probably didn't have the right approach although I tried several. A very pretty well maintained stretch but the concrete banks which run for almost the whole of the stretch are not really my scene.. Fished the bottom end by the Luggs mouth (which is about the only bit without the 'construction work') but despite conditions being very similar to the previous days successful visit to The Creel had no action at all.. Fished hard but it didn't feel right at any time... A little less concrete and some nearside overhanging trees/bushes/ cover would prove to be a great improvement to an otherwise attractive fishery....!