Feedback & Reports

A good day with 10 x WBT to 14", all returned. Plenty more missed - could easily have doubled my tally. Several fish taken on red midge pattern fished deep in the morning. Others came up to small F-fly and Olive patterns later on.

Once the mist had burned off it was another warm and sunny day. This is a particularly interesting and beautiful stretch of water. Three trout to hand (best about 8") with several more pricked. All came to weighted nymphs fished upstream. I tried dries but failed to tempt any fish to the surface.

8 barbel landed between 7 and 8.5lb. All the fish were caught towards the top of the beat. All in excellent condition.

Two Chub 3lbs 14oz and 4lbs 11oz total catch from a fishery that didn't match its discription in the Passport. Only top two fields fishable the rest inexcessable. I would reccomend that before the next Passport is published a more realistic write up for the fishery is established so that more travelling anglers like ourselves have a more accurate discription of what to expect. Would not book or reccomend this fishery as it dose not offer value for money.

Fished Wyebank from 7.00 am to 10.30 pm. River dropping with very little colour. B H had 1 barbel 6lb and a couple of chub from Old Wharf. All fish taken on meat. I W had 2 barbel 5lbs and 6.5lbs, two chub and an eel from crib above Wyebank pool. Fish caught on meat and pellets. Anyone fishing on an extremely low river at Wyebank would do well to wade out and cast underneath the far bushes seems like a likely place for barbel to hold up.

Caught 7 rainbow between 2 rods - 4 on spinner and 3 on fly.
Very slow start, fished in the bay by the Water Tower then in the bay by the entrance where 1 fish was caught on spinner. Then fished by the other side of the dam opposite the ticket office but on the edge of the concrete where the bank starts where 1 fish was lost on fly.
Finally moved over to the side by the ticket shed around 11.00 and caught another 6 fish - 3 on spinner and 3 on fly. Had to leave around 12.30 otherwise we probably would have caught our limits. Lost around 3 fish each inbetween 11.00 and 12.30, good sport but fish were jumping and shaking off the hooks.
NB: If you're spinning or using fly you should move around until you find the fish unless they are visible and can be seen rising. All in all a good mornings fishing - challenging yet satisfying.

Great to be back on the Wye and another lovely beat, a day more suited to sunbathing than fishing but it beats working! 11 Barbel to 9lb 12oz and 3 Chub. The Barbel really started feeding as the sun went down, unfortunately we had to leave to check in to our B&B in time for dinner. Great day thanks W&UF!

Note to WUF: Would it be possible to add postcodes to the dayticket documents as some of these beats are very tricky to find?

No salmon caught or seen. 5 trout up to 1.5 lbs, and 2 parr. River running clear and holding height. Full sun all day.

Fished afternoon and evening. Nothing moving until dusk when a few spashy rises. Had one brief contact but apart from that absolutely nothing. Good to see a lot of fry.

Arrived to full sunshine and the Usk in fine shape, perfect height and clear water. Nothing rising all day so reverted to nymphing. 6 wbt caught and released, 8"-10". This is a really open beat with very little cover so the bright blue sky and blazing sun was not ideal. Prolific Sedge hatch at around 6.30pm which surprisingly didn't switch the fish on.
Caught and kept the big Rainbow I lost in exactly the same lie on a previous trip. It ended up on our Landlady's plate that evening (Ty Gwyn, Crickhowell, hugely recommended).
Saw a salmon leaping in the big pool below the bridge, always a cheering sight. For anglers seeking easy access, relatively simple wading and a good variety of fishing you could do worse than wet your fly at Dinas & Abercynrig.