Feedback & Reports

2 Barbel

A very pleasant afternoon. 4 small trout and 1 of 12". Also caught no end of salmon parr (one on every cast in some spots!) which is a very encouraging sign for the future.

5 Trout

Fished from 11am to 4pm. River low, peaty colour. A few deep holes with fast running gutter channels connecting. Saw a shoal of chub very close in to the bank. Amazed by the grayling, missed 5 plus due to seeing them come to take the fly! Started with a lead bug then changed to a pix/caddis dry fly which did the trick. Slow pools had rising fish where fast water entered pool. The large fish waited to take, best grayling 16inch fish (measured) which jumped three times! Great day in nice coutryside.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Access to the bottom stretch very overgrown and difficult. Water very low. No fly life seen during afternoon.
No fish seen or caught.

In order to fish upstream it is necessary to reach the downstream limit, by bank, preferably.
The path indicated on the map provided really barely exists and it is very easy to end up on the wrong side of fencing - a few simple arrows would be very helpful to first time visitors who want to get on with the fishing and not worry about how to access it!
Fish were few and far between and very small but lovely water and surroundings and for £10. Overall a happy day.

5 Trout

After a trudge through long grass at the bottom end, we found 2 swims that looked good. I settled in the upstream one which the late Frank Barlow would have described as a parrot cage and PB in the one below. Well my action was nil but I enjoyed the wonderful wildlife I heard, buzzards, pheasants and a green woodpecker but the highlight was a kingfisher which did a u-turn in my swim passing a couple of feet away from me. Magic! Meanwhile PB was catching well. He eventually had ten barbel and two chub. I had a couple of barbel and two chub from his swim while he a breather! All were caught on feeder with pellet on the hook. The river is low and very clear and the fish appear to be gathering in the deeper areas, you just need to find them. We fished from late afternoon till dark and enjoyed the session.

12 Barbel, 4 Chub

A good day on an interesting beat. Access to swims is challenging at the bottom end and the much-referenced hill is really not for the faint of heart. All that said, our hard work was rewarded with some fine barbel in beautiful surroundings. The croys at the top end produced some unexpected fish from the deeper, slower water at the end of the day.

18 Barbel, 10 Chub

One small brown trout, returned.

1 Trout

Early start at 5 am but only 1 barbel caught. Returned at 5pm and had 7 barbel and 5eels. All barbel between 4 and 8 lb and caught on pellet and ground bait feeder. In all a brilliant day in the hot low water conditions.

8 Barbel, 5 Other

We fished on beat 3 close to the Salmon lodge as we were only fishing from 10am until 1pm as we had to make the trip home. I'm sure a few fish would have shown if we had fished into the evening. Another fantastic beat on the Wye, thanks to the Wye & usk for another great few days.