Feedback & Reports

Last of 3 days on the Wye, returning to Wyastone leys after a day in between at How Caple. General conditions remained good for time of year. Fished from around 09.30 to around 14.00. No action at all. Probably not helped by chain saws, tree felling and general commotion on opposite bank as club prepared the section for Salmon anglers by destroying bankside cover. Not the most peaceful days fishing we have enjoyed on the Wye.

Started on upper beat. I stuck out for 1 chub on meat. Noisy pike anglers on opposite bank. Went back to lower beat and caught 3 barbel on maggot and feeder as yesterday. Thanks Wye & Usk.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling, 3 Barbel, 5 Chub

No salmon caught - a couple of Kelts moving. Met 2 other Guys after Salmon - seemed they had more patience than me as they stayed after I left to go and watch the Rugby ! I hope they had some luck.

No fish. Very cold day.

Water still very cold, did see my first fish of the year but none caught.

Conditions looked good and I hoped for a barbel but only managed some chub. Still nice to be out on the bank.

5 Chub

Weekend and season end fishing in the hope of last years weather. Not to be this year with water temperatures of 42.8f on the Saturday and 42.5f on the Sunday. Fishing the upper stretch I had a trout and a nice chub. We moved downstream to the slower water and late in the day I.S. caught two barbel 6lb 3oz and 8lb 10oz in quick succession.
Sunday was heading towards arctic conditions and we abandoned the trip after three hours.

1 x 14 inch trout, Waternen Bloa. Usk was very low and clear, and this was the day the cold weather arrived, an icy wind from the east resulting in steadily dropping temperatures. Still, by lunchtime I had hopes that a large Dark Olive hatch might produce some sort of result. So I sat down out of the wind to watch a likely spot, and eventually the little grey sailing boats appeared one by one on the surface. I had counted up to 20 by the time I realised that no trout had risen to them and I eventually concluded they weren't likely to on this occasion. So I moved to a pool tail upstream where it seemed the trout were interested and managed to get just one before the hatch and rises ceased for the day. And that, as they say, was that.

1 Trout

17lbs bar of silver, spinning with 3" green and yellow Minnow, a good scrap from a well rested fish, no sea lice.

1 Salmon

Aplogies for the late return. The river was low and very clear. A few LDO's appeared around lunchtime and a couple of rises were seen. No fish caught but given the conditions that was pretty much in line with my expectations.