Feedback & Reports

River low and clear. Air temperature rising to 15C+ from early morning temperature of 6C. Sunny with some cloud, after early morning mist. Water temp. 10C. Light hatch of olives and other insect life between 1pm and 3.30pm resulted in a sporadic rise of grayling and trout. Three grayling between 1lb and 1lb 4oz, 2 on dries and one on nymph. 5 OOS trout on dries and nymphs, the heaviest 2lb 8oz. All fish returned.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

Barbel, Chub, Dace and Trout, all caught trotting maggot or Bait Tec fishmeal pellets.

3 Trout, 4 Barbel, 8 Chub, 15 Other

Dads 70th birthday and even though the barbel didn't come to play the chub certainly did with him taking 26, including a few over 5lbs. Dad and Colin the Gillie had good old chat and laugh. Brilliant day, Thank you WUF.

39 Chub, 8 Other

Nice bit of fly water and a lovely place to fish. River looked ok, conditions as well but no fish showing so no fish for me this time. Thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation for all the information provide.

Made use of the 'buy 2 get one free' freebie before end of season. For third year on the trot fishing in autumn I was blessed/hindered with clear blue skies and bright sunshine. River at a good height. Nil caught. Beat owner, Don, visited to chew the fat and offer advice. Would fish here again.

Difficult day with bright sun on a low clear river. Lacking the agility of a goat and the skills of a mountaineer my choice of swim was limited to one that I could access. A good barbel at 8lbs 10oz came early but once the sun came out the fish disappeared. I stuck to my pellet attack thinking they would come to the feed but my 2nd and final fish did not come until late afternoon. A good fish at 6lbs 8oz. Lot of floating weed about which made life difficult at times. Found the walk back up the steep slope quite exhausting on my mid 70's frame. I was due to fish the stretch again the following day but but with heavy rain in the morning I abandoned the idea as it could be quite dangerous for a lone angler.

2 Barbel

Number of fish caught 0, hope to be back next spring.

River low. Bright sunshine. I focused on pools in the upper section above the parking area with no success. Met the owner who kindly gave me some useful advice on good taking spots, with a request to look out for poachers. Two seen on the opposite bank spinning through a pool. They slunk into the bushes when I called out.
Many thanks to the Wye & usk Foundation for a great service. Lets hope the Salmon get enough water to make it to the redds.

A tough day on Courtfield with only one of us catching. The first couple of hours of the day were spent in the Meadow for no result. A move to the woods produced a barbel of 7lb 6oz at lunchtime and another of 9lb 10oz just on dusk.

Water low and clear, no salmon seen or caught, a few nice Brownies and graylings came to small salmon flies like The Kingsmill and The Brown Turkey.

6 Trout, 7 Grayling