Feedback & Reports

Once again a beautiful day in the countryside. River clear and off the bottom end of the gauge. More trout visible and rising (obviously aware of the close season!). Enjoyed heckling each others speycasting, which is coming on in leaps and bounds. Three coloured grilse showed from cables downwards, but in slack water were unimpressed by small spinners. No fish but in two weeks we will be ruing the long wait 'til next season.

10 x grayling 8-14 inches, dry flies. These were wanted for DNA sample research (swabs taken and fish returned). It always seems to be harder when you have to catch a certain number. The water was right down at 0.21 on the gauge, the pools were like still lakes thickly covered in leaves and even the gutters hardly moving. A big wind was blowing as the weather front came over, dropping even more leaves on the water. Grayling generally reluctant to rise, but a very thinly dressed size 18 Grey Duster on 6X tippet was taken sometimes.

10 Grayling

Good day until some new anglers to the res decided to fish right over us spinning away and totally spoiling the rest of our day. Caught 5 on bottom 2 on bubble float and 1 spinning. Hope this don't happen again.

8 Trout

All fish were caught Czech Nymphing (biggest 8oz) from the various deeper pools of this beat. All fish returned.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

River was low but that did not stop some good fishing. All fish in good condition and hard fighting. All fish taken just up from Llanstephen Bridge using french leader techniques with the exception of one grayling which was taken on a dry. Best fish, a grayling, around 12". Great day out.

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

To be honest I wouldn't have booked this beat if I had known(it's the top end of Cefnllysgwynne on the easier bank). I thought it would be the next beat up!. I've looked at it before and it was all bedrock and fast water,today was different, it was just bedrock! Hardly any water at all, just a very narrow gutter and some Stillwater pools! Walked the entire beat looking for somewhere I fancied for grayling and plumped on a long shallower gutter near the top end. A few casts latter I had a 10" trout and lost a nice grayling of a pound+. A little further I hooked into what I first thought was a salmon but turned out to be a monster wbt!(3.5lb weighed). Yes I know it's out of season but its still a hell of a big fish for such a now small piece of water.
Thanks wye and usk for a great weeks fishing and some lovely weather for a change!

2 Trout

River very low, nothing seen or caught, but had a lovely day nonetheless.

Chub caught on rolled meat though the weed. The barbel was caught in the faster water past the bridge. River in need of more water.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Second day on the Wye but no better than the first. One Barbel caught late in the day on meat otherwise a tough day. Sadly the river is in desperate need of rain but this venue is stunning and has loads of potential. I am sure we will return.

1 Barbel

Beautiful setting. Fished hard all day and moved several times. Just one bite on luncheon meat late in the afternoon produced a 9lb barbel.

1 Barbel