Feedback & Reports

River very high on arrival and very coloured. Spent the morning walking the beat and praying for some clear water later in the day. The colour was all from the Wye, the Elan was running clear. Soon after lunch (pie and chips at New Inn Newbridge, v. good - better than the building would lead expectations) the river was down about 5-6" and clearer. The trout were in full swing but did not touch or move a salmon. By 4 it was colouring and rising again. Shame as the runs and pools were just coming in to their own.
A lovely piece of fly water - 13' rod more than enough in post places in fact even too big on some bits - wading not too bad. Very many thanks to Dai in the booking office for all help.

Fishing from 6.30am until 11 am, one swim produced 5 fish. 3 x chub and 2 x barbel. A further 2 fish were hooked but lost on snags.
A very enjoyable first trip to the Wye under the Passport system and will definatley be booking again. Stayed local at Pilgrim house, although breakfast is too late and last servings of dinner is tight for twilight fishing.

Nil catch. One salmon seen move in Bathing Pool after I had fished through, it was hard on the left bank in the slow water past the hot spot. Fished through the pool again working the fly and hooked a fish, unfortunately parted company after a short fight.

2 fish.

9 TROUT, ALL GOOD FISH

We enjoyed our day here. One of our party hooked two fish on the fly, the first at the tail of the Windmill and second on the Island Pool. This beat has great potential but much of the upper part was difficult to access and at times hazardous to wade.
It would be helpful if the house at the top of the beat was added to the beat map for reference so that one can pinpoint The V and The Dog Hole in relation to the house. It would require a lot of extra work but proper entry and exit points to the holding pools would be helpful and improve safety. At one point I couldn't wade back up river or any further down and couldn't get out. It took fifteen minutes to figure out a safe exit.
It might also be useful to have a gauge on the beat with relative wading options in the notes. All work requires funding I know but it would transform this beat into a top salmon fishing venue.

Brillaint day. River in fantastic condition with a good flow. 1 brown trout caught, approx 1lb on Black Montana fly. Several others striked but none landed.

Trout x 4, Grayling x 3. No fish taken - all returned.

1 rod blanked the other rod caught 2 barbel, biggest 7lbs & 2 chub. All fish caught on robin red pellet. It was hard to locate fish despite trying 10 swims between us on a day which looked ideal conditions but thats fishing I guess. Will be back soon.

Had one good take in the morning on a very small Cascade. nothing else. River a wee bit too high still. Enjoyable day though.