Feedback & Reports

Booked the day prior through the Booking Office which was helpful as always. Arrived on the day and was introduced to the water by Mr. Picton, who's information proved invaluable due to the length of the beat. River was high. Hardly any fly life was observable and consequently almost nothing was rising. That said, I have no doubt over the abundance of resident fish. Managed to take two brown trout to 16 inches and a chub of just over a foot all on a klinkhammer. I rose a few more, but failed to hook them. A perfectly enjoyable day on a lovely stretch of river that one could easily spend a week. I look forward to returning.

River low and clear fed a few places with hemp and corn unpreductive before lunch moved downstream into deeper water the boy caught a 7lb barbel second cast, both had eight barbel and three big chub between us. I lost what looked like a double figure barbel at the net - gutted. Never mind, back to catch the bugger very soon.

Really easy to find this beat, directions and map were spot on! Started in the favourite swim 'Boys Rocks' - first cast and a barbel was hooked and landed about 7 or 8 lbs, followed by 4 more in the next hour or so, all around the same size. Should have moved really as things went very quiet, but it was such a nice peaceful spot, except for the traffic on the nearby road! Eventually after another 4 or 5 hours that flew by, moved further down the wilds and found a nice spot in the trees, caught another barbel about 7lbs before leaving for home. Thank you WUF

River, and fishing, suffered from tree felling on the Malthouse beat resulting in leaves and branches on and in the river. No rises until late afternoon when Pale Watery and olives appeared. Magnificent 12" trout and small grayling caught on Diawl Bach.

River was 2 foot up but managed several barbel, best of 9 pounds and a few chub. My wife had a dozen chub and 1 barbel. A special day for my 60th birthday. Superb fishery, terrific ghillie - Colin. Will be back soon

2 trout 6-8 inches taken on mayfly and 3 very small grayling. Very pleasant day, if a little cold, but with very few takes.

There was a hard frost last night with the air temperature still showing 1C when I arrived. The river looked in good condition though. Dispite a few sunny spells, there was little evidence of insect activity through the day and just the occasional fish rising - to what I never worked out. I fished the top end of the fishery for the first time today. Five grayling and one trout were caught; all around the 10" mark, except for one grayling about 14". Two of the grayling came to dry fly, everything else to a ptn.

9 wild brown trout between 1/2lb to 1lb and 3/4. Caught on mixture of nymphs and dries.

Access a little challenging and not easy wading. River on the high side and coloured but falling. A fresh silver salmon of around 7lbs, on a shrimp pattern off the croy just upstream of the fishing hut. Safely released. Dealing with the Foundation was a pleasure. Helpful people with helpful advice. Good website; easy to book, check weather and river levels. Fished Wyebank & Courtfield on two subsequent days. Very nice stretch of river which produced two lovely brown trout. Not easy to work out the beginning and end of the beat without help but assisted by very helpful ghillie on the day and by owner when planning the trip. Thanks to all and especially the WUF.

It was a frosty start at first light and we flushed a hare walking downstream towards the island. With the river running fast and coloured we initially tried an early start at the hotspot below the island. General ineptitude with such fast water meant we soon moved upstream. Eventually we settled on the first two swims near the hut. Using the ubiquitous pellet and maggot we accounted for 10 Barbel, 3 Chub and several fine, specimen Dace. More were potentially available but the lunchtime cider took it's toll on our reactions. Despite the wonderful scenery and wildlife, J.H. once again couldn't keep his head out of yet another dreary 'potboiler'. Another very enjoyable day on the Wye. Thanks to the lady who takes the phone bookings.