Feedback & Reports

Was only planning an evening session which turned into a short 2 hour session after hitting motorway delays. However, left very happy after managing four barbel to 8lb 6oz from the rocks. Stormy weather made the conditions more favourable than they have been of late though.
First visit here and looks a great stretch from what I managed to glimpse - if you don't mind a bit of a walk. Will definitely be visiting here again.
Many thanks.

4 Barbel

Easy to get to swims. Fish at first peg on pellets in coloured water.

5 Barbel, 7 Chub, 6 Other

River in perfect condition which is more than could be said for the weather - high winds and torrential rain! The two barbel were caught by one angler late in the afternoon and three of the chub were really chublets.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Tough low, clear water conditions just before Hurricane Bertha blew in: a few trout were rising towards the lower end of the beat, but for the life of me I couldn’t match what they were eating. In hindsight I should probably have gone to nymphs and a French leader, but the challenge of a rising trout is just so absorbing…
General comment: it’s a shame about the campsite occupying the true left bank just above Aberbran Bridge, which in practice means it’s impossible to fish this once-productive area – at least in high summer when the campsite is full.

An enjoyable day on Abernant. The fish did not fall on the hook, but steadily caught most of the day. Caught on nymphs at a variety of depths. Spiders and emergers. Nothing seems on work for long, but changing tac kept me in the fish. No monsters, a pound and a half grayling and a trout just over a pound were the best of the lot. All returned. One of the easier Upper Wye Beats, wading is mostly Gravel, access is good. I fish this area a lot and each beat has it's own unique character. A special Place.

8 Trout, 11 Grayling

Fished hard, 1 chub. River in good condition, the barbel must be on holiday. I'll be back.

1 Chub

Skinny water today with very bright skys made for a tough few hours. 8 to hand taken on size 18 CDC emerger, lost a few also. Rain needed to fill the streams up again. Largest 13 inches, the rest between 7-10 inches.

8 Trout

River looked fine, I did struggle gaining access to the river, in the end I returned to the very start of the beat where climbing through the vegetation was possible and relatively flat. Didn't fish for long, so no fish.

River level low but still coloured from the rain early in the week. Very few fish rising and almost no hatch to speak of. Took one brown trout (7/8 in) on a black 14 klinkhammer and a lovely grayling (again in the 7 to 8 inch range taken on GHHE).
Vegetation getting slightly out of hand but river is fishable in waders. One kingfisher and 4 dippers helped the day pass by.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Excellent day’s fishing with trout to 13 inches and grayling to 15 inches. The overall quality of the fish was good with many 10-11 inch fish. Tried various nymphs and caught on all of them – Czech nymph, beaded PTN, stripped quill – but it was a change to a red tag that saw an increase in the number of fish caught, plus a couple lost. Started at the bottom of the beat and fished from 2pm – 8:30pm by which time the light was fading fast. Just about made it back to the pool at the top of the beat to catch a final trout and grayling but most of the fish came from fast runs and pools lower down. Another wonderful day on WUF water.

7 Trout, 18 Grayling