Feedback & Reports

This is the first time we have fished the Wye and were impressed with the online booking system and detailed map of the beat.
River conditions were good, with clear water dropping from the previous days heavy rain. Saw and cast to a sizable brown trout in Bend Pool, but no luck.
Fished the entire beat with occassional knocks but no fish rising. The long gliding run below Abercymryn Pool didn't fullfil its trouty or grayling potenial, with my one and only trout of the day yielding to a weighted grey shrimp.
Upper Craig Llyn Pool produced the only other trout of the day caught on a gold head pheasant tail nymph.
Look forward to trying other beats in the future.

2 Trout

Sunny, river dropping, perfect conditions. 6 brown trout to 12", 5 grayling to 17". Also had 2 at 15", all on dry flies. Nice day.

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

Trout to 13 inches, grayling to 10 inches.

13 Trout, 2 Grayling

Bright sunshine today and the river had dropped. WAter gin clear. 1 brown trout 10", 1 grayling 14".

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Heavy rain but river clear and rising. 7 brown trout to 11". 4 grayling to 17"

7 Trout, 4 Grayling

Was around 10am on location. Did use a 5wt 9ft and caught beautiful brown trout and grayling (most of good size and healthy). Used several different dry flies during the day. Around 3pm until 7pm it rained and became more difficult to catch. In the evening it was dry again and only in the first hour they where raising once in a while. Beautiful location and easy to move along.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

This beat certainly lives up to its description: it is an absolutely stunning stretch of upper Wye. The rain that had been threatened for overnight didn't seem to have amounted to much and the river was still pretty low and clear. There was some cloud cover, but most of the day was bright and warm so we, like the fish, were looking for some shade.
It was very much an on-off day. There was a little flurry of activity at around 10.00 and another in the late afternoon. We were unable to stay for what might well have been a much better late evening. Even when they were active, the fish seemed in a very picky mood. They weren't taking flies off the surface and most of our fish came to weighted nymphs. We had six trout and three grayling between us. The best trout was just over a pound and the best fish of the day a beautiful grayling of around a pound and three quarters - worth the drive just for that fish really!

6 Trout, 3 Grayling

Bit optimistic for salmon given low water but great fishery to visit. Lovely spot and given some more water would be fantastic. Very friendly people running the caravan park where I parked. Enjoyable day with switch rods, trout and grayling to port and starboards size 12 and 14's. Will be back here later in the season if possible.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lovely Day if a bit hot (Churlish?). 4 small trout all caught on dry flies. CDC Shuttlecock and John Goddard grizzly emerger.

4 Trout

Plenty of fish under the trees and on the glides with larger fish in the fast waters. The pools not as productive as they usually are.

6 Trout