Feedback & Reports

....I was doing some work in the City a few weeks ago and a few of the traders (fishermen obviously) had the cameras on the Wye live feeds on their screens next to the share prices! Ready to drop everything when the water looked right. You must get a lot of hits on the site because of the cameras they are great.
Paul H

Well, first the git who caught the 10ber so flukily on Gromain was Paul Hansford with a size 10 Ghillie fly I think (from Lochy ? bit of a shrimp x thunder and lightning.)

Secondly, Bridge Meadow on the Usk, very nice fishing but pissing it down no sign of a fish. The bank maintenance is to be encouraged, however the use of old radiators as bank retaining structure is rather unappealing!

Third, no score on Sunday at MHC. Actually fished from 11am pretty much all day but saw or felt nothing.

The water was full of weed and rising. Every other cast either hooked growing weed in the river (even on full floater) or got some of the weed drifting down.

The beat appears sadly neglected; there is no easy access to the main pools. There is no access at all to the lower fly pool, I got horribly nettle stung trying to even find the pool and eventually gave up. There should be some onus on the riparian owner to provide the basics but having visited one of our underfished and frankly unfishable Fish the Exe beats over the weekend I understand it?s difficult to enforce.

The upper 2 pools would fish so much better from the rh bank and Paul did get over there but said it was a half hour walk from the parking place. More advice needed on instructions. I suppose though there is the option of the ?guide.?

Thank you for the wash-off offer. Does that mean we would have to take that beat again or is it transferable?

But after getting that out of the way, a very pleasant few days was had by Paul and me and thanks again for organising it so efficiently.

Our grilse (Exe)are just arriving but not in numbers yet, ditto Scotland, and last year ours took at least three weeks after they started catching on the Lochy, so watch their web-site and then start counting.

WUF note: Feeback like this is very appreciated and has been acted upon with the paths to the main pools now being re-cleared and additional signage to be put in shortly. Please could all keep constructive comments like this coming.

rivers-beats: Dan-y-Parc
weather: Cloudy, heavy showers, cool.
conditions: High, some colour.
fly-hatches: Sedges, olives & midges
4 Brown trout to 1.5lbs on Olive imitations.

Another interesting day, if the weather and conditions had been better I think it would have been a bumper day, there is obviously such a good head of trout.

I am afraid that the salmon were too clever for me - once again!

However I did land a big brown trout - did not keep it but it must have been a 3lb fish as it put a respectable bend in a 15ft rod - I thought I had finally caught my salmon!

Kind regards

First time to use the system of on-line booking. (Also haven't fished the Wye for approx. 25 years). System worked very well - very convenient, excellent directions & map. Also caught my FIRST EVER barbel, so overall an excellent experience (despite the unseasonal weather). Will definitely recommend to friends.

WUF Notes: 2 x chub to 1lb 14oz. Caught on Cheesepaste. 1 x barbel to 4lb 4 oz. Caughton: Legered halibut pellet

Well....

I think it's been my week. I managed to get two fish today at Bigsweir.. 12lbs and 6lbs both on a Pot Bellied pig and using a v fast sinktip line. The water when I arrived was quite coloured and did not look promising and by mid day it was completely chocolate. However, I banked the first at 10.15 and the next at 11 ish with the hight tide coming in at about 1pm.. both fish were caught on Wyeseal. Lots of fish were showing that looked to me as if they were moving fast up river. Both fish were returned.

Thank you very much for helping me to fish at Sheephouse on Saturday and Luggsmouth on Sunday.
My catch report: Saturday 2nd July 2008: 1 barbel 6lbs, 2 chub largest 4.25lbs, 1 dace. 2 Barbel fell off. Huge amounts of Himalayan Balsam bankside. Water rising and quite vinegary to brown later.

Sunday 3rd July 2008: 11 barbel largest 8.5lbs, 3 chublets biggest 1lb and a dace. Water dropping quickly and clearing.

All in all very good fishing.

Weather, overcast. Conditions, clearish. Fly-hatches, BWOs with 1 mayfly seen

Had a brief hook up with 1 trout that rose to a Black Kilnk and a couple of tugs on gold head hare's ear, but other than that nothing. I did at one point spend about half an hour in nettles way above my head as I tried to get out of the river. All good fun.

There were fish rising very sporadically, but no fish rising regularly in one place.

Great service as ever from the foundation.

2 x 7?lb barbel. 2 x 4?lb chub, 1 x 3lb chub. 1st visit to Wye & Usk Foundation waters. Very impressed.... will return.

Just to let you know how we got on last Thursday. Between the four of us we had 5 barbel up to about 8 lb and 5 chub up to about 4 lb. The conditions weren't very helpful and most of the fish were caught late into the evening by which time it was raining heavily. We all enjoyed the beat despite the relatively poor catches and I will certainly try it again in the autumn. Thanks