Feedback & Reports

Species - ice
Numbers - several kg
The lake was totally frozen over. Walked all the way round it and couldn't find a single unfrozen bit. Stayed for a few hrs but headed home when it became apparent it wasn't going to thaw.

After a very slow and icey, scary drive along the old hospital road (do take care on this winding lane) we arrived at the Gofynne beat which is a beautiful part of the river Irfon. It was a cold start at 3 degrees. We fished nymphs and bugs in the clear water and had to fish a lot of the beat to find the elusive Grayling. C found a few rising fish swapped the nymphs over to a small tan F fly and was straight into a hard fighting Grayling which he nicely played into the net a lovely conditioned fish about 1.5lb. He took another good fighting Grayling. I
was not so lucky. We saw a big salmon as we crossed the river. Saw one Cormarant fly over.

River still on the drop after recent floods. Arrived on a bitterly cold morning and struggled all day to get a bait presented well with the amount of debris flowing through - no fish on either rods all day. Disappointed after making the long walk there and back for no return.

Fished downstream end of beat. Caught 4 grayling to 1.5lb and 6 brown trout to 12ozs from Pemlanole Pool. All fish caught on Snipe and Purple tied with holo purple tinsel body appart from a big grayling on Flashback ptn and 1 trout on pink Czech Nymph. This was the first time that I had ever fished for grayling on the fly so I was very pleased with my day. It was a very beautiful stretch of river, packed with fish and very secluded - I didn't see a soul all day!
This is the first days fishing that I have booked via WUF and it certainly won't be the last. The online booking process was very smooth and straight forwards and the fishing was fantastic.

River still very high and murky, lots of trees down, no fish caught but will go back when conditions are better.

Conditions were tough, the river only 3 days out of flood and the temperature had dropped dramatically. We worked hard for a few small grayling and trout all on trotted maggots, still very enjoyable. Just being on the river and the stunning scenery almost worth the ticket price alone! Already discussed next trip, probably for pike and or barbel late December. The Wye and Usk staff were very helpful in planning the trip and advising on river conditions.

Nil catch today. Had to admit defeat at lunch time when the river came over the bank and we were stranded in the top field. Had a long walk around flood water and back down the road to the bottom car park.

River rose over a metre in 4 hours and was almost over the banks when I packed up. Water temp dropped from 7.5 to 7.2 which I think explained why I blanked !

River rising very fast after major rain last night, roads flooded everywhere. Didn't arrive until 12.30pm. Fished for 3 hours with 6 oz leads, under the rod tops, having to wind in and clear the line every 5-10 mins. River 4ft up on arrival, 6 ft on departure. Fished 30m below bridge and 250m down. 4 barbel, biggest 6.5lbs. No fish for the other rod, so just the 4 barbel for me.

The river was about 4' up and rising, chocolatey and turbulent with a lot of debris tanking through when we arrived in the rain. Faced with these perfect conditions we went in search of some slacker water near the bank where we could use our expensive kit to haul out tons of leaves, twigs and weed and, in this, we were successful. The fish didn't respond to meat, maggots or pellets except for a 10 minute spell when we had two bites and two cracking green barbel of approx 4lb and 7lb.
We packed up at 5.00pm with our characters built and a sense of real achievement, squelched through the mud and laughed in the face of adversity.
Can't wait to go again. Thanks WUF.