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Catch between two of us over 4 days ?. 16 Barbel 3lb to 8lb. Stayed at the Kings Head in Ross - very friendly, lovely food, 10 minutes drive from fishery. Very helpful farmer and farm workers at White House, and great tackle shop (Wye Angling in Ross). A fantastic Weekend (First time on the Wye -what a fantastic wild river). Had Buzzards, Kingfishers, lapwings, and a very mad hare for company - if the Wye and Usk Foundation could lay on an otter or two for next time we'd be in heaven!

Weather - Fine
Conditions: 1'5'' at Brecon, slightly coloured but clear

1 x Grilse 24" caught on flying C

1 similar size fish lost. Both fish caught in pool above the upstream weir.

The river was still a bit high and slightly coloured but the sun was out and fish were rising when we arrived around midday. After a few refusals I realised they were feeding just below the surface and put on a cul-de-canard emerger which produced a couple of beautiful little trout of about 9 inches.

This hatch ended soon and the rest of the day was spent deep nymphing with no reward. In the early evening clouds of olive duns came down and we switched back to dries. At the very top of the beat I cast at a rise and hooked into a very big trout but it was never hooked properly and came off after a couple of determined leaps. It was a long cast from one bank to the other and after much cursing I realised I'd been lucky to hook it at all at that distance on a dry fly.

We made our way back to the gravel runs above the bridge and landed a couple more smallish browns on dries but then the hatch ended and as soon as the sun went down it got cold very quickly as it tends to do at this time of year.

Anyway, a truly lovely bit of river (if decidedly tricky to wade) and I look forward to fishing it again next season.

catch report for 28th,29th,30thSept and 1st Oct...... Two rods at Preston Court

Sun 28th..... Nothing!

Mon 29th... 7 chub between 2 and 4lb

Tues 30th... 2 barbel, 5 chub between 3lb and 4lb 8oz

Wed 1st Oct 4 barbel, 9lb, 8lb 10lb 8oz and 11 lb... 4 chub between 2 and 3lb

Many thanks,
Trevor F ......Yep, the one up a tree with waders on trying to find a phone signal!

The weather was glorious for our stay - we were based at Llanwrtyd Wells in a cottage run by the Coopers at Kilsby. We couldn't have enjoyed ourselves more and the opening up of so much fishing is, of course, a massive bonus. You ask to be informed of Japanese Knotweed - there are several clumps upstream of the "voucher box bridge" on beat R8. Regrowth from the coppiced tree stumps is also very substantial (10' ++!). The follow up work must be an enormous headache - I don't envy you the task! Thank you all for your wonderful work.

2 of the rods fished for coarse fish only, the other 3 fished both fly and coarse on alternate days. Beats fished were, for coarse, mainly Letton Court,( best for Chub ) and at Builth. Sheephouse for best Barbel, Builth and Ty Newydd for Grayling and Trout. Water conditions were very low and very clear all week, but some excellent fishing was to be had. Finding the fish before fishing proved to be the answer to sucess. Probably our best fishing trip to the Wye yet with regards to the number of quality fish caught. One of the party had over 30 of the Chub alone including a pb of 6lb1oz. Each person fishing had P.B's of more than 1 type of fish during the week.

Thanks for all your support, hard work & excellent service, information & advice. See you again very soon.

I had a lovely day at Lyepole yesterday, cold and misty in the morning, brightening to warm sunshine from 11am.

The river was a nice summer level, clear and with a bit of a chill from the cold nights.

Six fish caught, 4 grayling and 2 trout. few missed and 3 or 4 dropped
off before the net. The trout were small, (8") but very beautiful, 2 of the grayling were outstanding, one at about 2ib and another about a pound with a similar one dropping off the barbless hook. One trout caught on a size 14 CDC shuttlecock, but very little surface activity in evidence.

All of the rest caught on size 14 or 14 longshank Gold
Bead GRHE fished upstream with an indicator, (sorry), and one on a small coch y bon.

Fishery is in good condition with obvious increase in bankside growth since my visit in the Spring but not too bad for access. I hate the barbed wire but think the stiles are excellent but could be a bit lower to allow for the creaky joints of elderly piscators.

There is a tree down across the river above the fast water on the sharp bend a few hundred yards above the bridge but does not appear to be causing any trouble at the moment.

Thanks for providing us with a lovely facility in an outstandingly beautiful location. I had the whole stretch to myself and enjoyed the day immensely. The fish were a bonus.

Regards,
Alan Southall

rivers-beats: Wye, Pyll-y-Faedda
weather: sunny intervals
conditions: High but fairly clear
fly-hatches: olives, sedges

num-rods: 2
Date1: 18/09/2008
Species1: grayling
Number1: 23
Size1: 6oz to 1 lb 6oz

caught-on1: all on upstream/across Dry flies-small klinkamers and spinner patterns
comments: we had a lovely calm afternoon and early evening with some rising fish to cast to.

It was a lovely September day with quite reasonable hatches of olives and sedges but very few fish moving. I saw just two trout and one salmon, but caught none.....that's fishing and the reason why we always go again!

weather: Sunny, with a fresh squally wind at times.

conditions: Would have estimated carrying around 2 feet of fresh water due to weed and debris being washed down river.

num-rods: 4

comments: Total fish landed, 3 Chub to 5lb's 4oz, 8 Barbel between 5lb and 10lb 8oz, which was a personal best landed from the Vanstone. All fish caught on pellet. Access was very limited due to high water levels, many swims were also overgrown with vegetation. The joys and challenge of fishing non match fished waters, consisting of bare mud banks.