Feedback & Reports

The day was cold. All catch and release. 4 trouts about 10" very nice. Allyson from the Foundation advised me not to go to another beat due to a three day festival and she showed me other beats to select. Thank you Allyson.
All trout were caught with dry fly elk hair. The fishing day finished when I fell in to the river. Very nice day indeed.

4 Trout

River good to on the low side. Water clear. Only fished evening. Very quiet. 1 nice WBT on a dry fly.

1 Trout

Caught 3 rainbows between us, 2 on a spoon and one on a rubber shad. Largest around 3lb. All fish returned.

3 Trout

Fished dry fly from late afternoon early evening til dusk. Some Hawthorn hatching also small hatch of mayfly which was encouraging. Also saw small cover of Grannom. Had a rise and refusal to a yellow CDC Mayfly. Lost a second fish then hooked into a 9.5 inch wild brown. Fabulous first experience on the Wye. The setting, nature and fishing was an excellent experience, just sad that I was not there for longer. Next time...

1 Trout

Lovely day in superb surroundings. A few fish rose during day but no interest with dry flies. Caught 3 wbt, all about 6 inches on weighted nymphs (small Pheasant Tail and Greenwells). Need to improve my stealth to catch more! Lots of wildlife including kingfisher and dipper. Will be back later in season.

3 Trout

I missed a few takes and then lost a fish whilst playing it.

At 9am it felt more like March than May. Nymphed north of the A40, got 2 fish around pound each on a Caddis nymph.
Nymphed my way back down to the Cynrig without success.
Made a warming brew on my Kelly Kettle and whilst enjoying it saw the odd fish rising. Put on an Olive emerger and got into a seam of rising fish against the left bank. Caught 3, missed 3. All around a pound.
Moved down to the bottom pool by the style, saw a couple of fish rising but in difficult to reach spots, no luck.
Returned to car around 3pm, just about to take my waders off when I saw a fish rising. Caught a 1.5lbs fish on the Olive merger.
All fish were very hard fighting, all returned .

6 Trout

This is a lovely beat. We both caught fish in the morning at the edge of a deep run on nymphs under a klink. Fishing was harder through the middle of the day but picked up again in the afternoon and we caught fish including the largest trout of the day (~13") and 2 good sized grayling along with several other trout at the tail of a pool. Several fish also taken on dries throughout the day. Also evidence of lots of smaller fish which is encouraging for the future.

15 Trout, 2 Grayling

Arrived at 7am. River perfect. A 12lb silver cock fish took my Golden Killer just under the bridge on the 3rd cast! A dogged 15 minute fight ensued (with some aerobatics). It was duly measured and safely returned.
Fished hard for another eight hours but only two 8oz trout took exception to the Killer and were safely returned. A beautiful sunny day with only the call of buzzards interrupting proceedings. One or two yellow May Duns hatching.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

River high. No salmon caught or seen. Fished for 8 hours.