Feedback & Reports

Had about 30lb of dace, trotting maggots through the fast water. Incredible fishing, could have done with a few chub or roach to mix it up ideally - I'm not complaining though! Lovely little stretch of water, wish it was mine. Thanks WUF

First visit to this stretch, managed 3 Barbel to 10.06 which is a p.b to one rod and 1 Barbel of 7.14 to the other rod. Conditions far from perfect with bright sun all day. Fish started feeding in earnest at dusk when we had to pack up.Take plenty of leads/feeders!

River lowish and weather very cold and bright. Fished the lower part of the beat and after moving about a bit managed to find a few barbel. All taken on pellet and feeder. Lovely stretch of water.

Lovely day if a little windy. Had a decent knock within 2 minutes of casting out, 2 minutes later I lost a chub, it fell off. Had 2 barbel in the next couple of hours and hoped for a good days fishing. Unfortunately the fish had other ideas. Other rod lost a fish almost as soon as he hooked it, line cutting on the rocks then he had one fall off. That was it for him. I fished in several swims looking for fish but had to wait 7 hours to get any more bites! I found some chub I suspect, just below where the Lugg enters the Wye. Quite a few rattles on the rod but nothing else hooked

S.E AND N.E. end of resevoir fished. Bag limit of six Rainbows achieved by 11.30 having started fishing at 9.00a.m. on SE shore. Six fish ranging from 1.5.lb to 2.5lb taken. Caught on Agila 3 spinner. Continued fishing with an old debarbed Agila spinner on both SE and NE shores which resulted in a further catch of 19 Rainbows ranging from 1lb to 2.5lbs, plus an 11 inch Brownie. All succesfully returned for another day! Grey skies and rain with SW breeze up until 11.00 a.m then clearing skies with bright sunny intervals. A brilliant days sport in a superb location.

We arrived on a frosty morning to find the river low and clear. Prospects looked tricky, but the fish were still willing to feed. We had 19 barbel to 8lb 10oz, with fish averaging in the 5-6lb range. We also had 4 chub to 3lb 9oz. Most fish came to hair rigged pellet in conjunction with open end feeder tactics. However, don't ignore maggot as the barbel switched on to it when the pellet approach went quiet. A stunning river and a beautiful location. Good directions, but I'd suggest travelling as light as possible to get the most from the venue.

A slick booking system from the WUF made the whole experience very pleasurable - thanks very much WUF. We will definitely be back next year.

Following on from Simon Evan's superb WUF talk the previous evening at the Cheltenham and Gloucester branch of the Fly Dresser's Guild we just had to go fishing....
Gromain was 1ft 3" on the Llanstephan gauge - up 3" from the previous day following showers - but the river was clear and looked perfect on a bright sunny day. We dropped straight on to the riffle where the clonking grayling reside but little was showing. Despite this 2 14" grayling and a skinny out of season WBT rose to our flies. But nothing showing outside the hut or up by the rocks so down to The Heirag to fish the run in riffle. 6 10-12" grayling in farly rapid succesion came from here but then went quiet so back to the rocks - but still nothing there. Then wandered upstream towards the salmon boards at the top of the beat - to be confronted by fish rising to a large dark olive hatch. Several of these were obliging culminating in a total catch of 20 grayling to 15" and 7 WBT to 13", all on the usual parachute dries.
An excellent finale to the season despite the competition - otter, kingfisher, herons, cormorant and mergansers. Is that a full house? Many thanks for the usual highly efficient booking service.

A disappointing day, only two small chub a few dace and one grayling, despite the river looking in beautiful condition. Never mind there is always the next time! Thank you Wye and Usk Foundation

River low and clear plus a frost, not great conditions for my first visit to this stunning venue. Fished smaller hooks and baits to coax 8 barbel to 7lb 4oz on feeder tactics and 5 chub to 5lb 2oz on stick float and caster. The only noise to be heard all day were pheasants and swans, can't wait to go back in better conditions. Thank you Wye and Usk.

4 rods, complete blank not even a chub.