Feedback & Reports

I walked downstream a couple of fields on the right hand bank to where a brook enters the river. Access is discouraged almost everywhere by the fence topped with barbed wire. I could only get in using a tree which had fallen across it. Most fish were caught on nymphs and one on dry fly. I kept hoping for a bigger fish, sadly on this occasion they were only 4 - 7 inches.

5 Trout

My 1st visit to Goodrich and met Chris Price on the beat who was very helpful. Fish seen in the Lines Pool late in the day.

2 x Twaite Shad (27cm and 34cm). River slightly coloured. Fly fishing only.

2 Other

Some fish showing at the Marl Bed, possibly resident as one looked quite coloured. No pulls though. We tried various flies. A lovely piece of water though the wind made casting difficult today. Access to some of the pools farther upriver could be improved as the high, overgrown banks are inaccessible in places.

1 Trout, 1 Pike

2 decent WBT at 1/2lb plus 5 very small caught on Damsel nymph and Diawl nymph. A nice stretch of river in good condition. Very wet from rain but my son catching his 1st WBT made it all worthwhile.

7 Trout

River was at normal level and running clear.
We fished this beat from around 8:30am to 11:30am on the last morning of a 3 day trip fishing Wye and Usk Foundation beats.
Sadly we were unable to tempt fish with any method we tried, dries, wets or nymphs. We saw no signs of fish and decided to knock it on the head and start the drive home a little earlier than originally planned.
The section below the parking layby is quite easy to fish and wade however the lower and upper sections are somewhat more demanding and probably require a little more fishing skill and confidence in your wading. No fish seen and none caught.

Two trout about ten inches and one small grayling all caught on dry fly, good day on a nice beat

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Nothing much doing from 9am - 12 noon. A few fish came to the fly, but the trout were not really feeding that well. Bluebells and wild garlic looking lovely.

6 Trout

The fish were not really that evident and I could not see many rising, but they came relatively freely to the fly and I ended up catching 30 odd very nice little trout. The majority were 20cm or so with one or two larger ones up to about 25cm. The bigger fish that inhabit the beat were not around, but a lovely open stretch of water. It will be nice to return when conditions are warmer and more rising fish are around.

31 Trout

The stream was looking lovely with bluebells, wild garlic and pied flycatchers around. 1 very well conditioned brown trout of 1.5lb on a size 18 tungsten bead fished deep under a klinkhammer. Trout carefully returned after quite a batter on my 7ft 9inch 3 weight!

1 Trout