Feedback & Reports

The river was in perfect condition at 8" on the Ddol Farm guage. Warm, little wind, some sun and some cloud. Some small olives around until mid-morning and fish rising. Had trout and grayling on a small HE emerger - best trout about 14" and grayling 13". Then tried nymphs, duo and emergers until early afternoon but could tempt nothing more. Found some more rising fish sporadically from about 3pm until 7pm with two main pulses of rises. The HE emerger tempted further grayling to 15" (1.25lb) and trout, including a lovely fish of 16"(1.5lb). With no evening rise, the vision of a cool beer dictated I return home! A hard but rewarding day with ten trout and three grayling, all off the top. Lovely stuff!

10 Trout, 3 Grayling

Enjoyable day on a lovely stretch. Fished it last week in higher water with a little colour, which produced more fish. Harder this week in lower gin clear water. Had 5 trout to 1lb all on nymphs. Yet to see a repeat rise from a fish, even with a steady hatch of Sedges and various uprights. The wading is a nightmare but I'll be back for more.

5 Trout

Two very good grayling over 2lb on dry. Most fish on nymph, very little rising all day. Excellent day thank you.

9 Trout, 4 Grayling

Found the river carrying a little bit of water and colour. Very little rising but managed to tempt a few out on deep fished Nymphs. Lovely spot, as the upper Wye always is. All fish release.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fishing with floating lines and mix of dry and wet fly. River quite coloured after the previous days rain, so not much surface/visible activity. Brown trout caught and returned in good health. Seen approx 20lb salmon clearly spent but still alive, just holding ground against the flow. Several good hatches during the day usually between the showers.

1 Trout

An encounter with a concealed stone the evening before had destroyed 2 tyres, and most of this day was lost. However, the hour I had produced one trout of about 10 inches to very heavy nymphing in the channel at the bottom end. Very pleasant beat, will be back next year.

1 Trout

Fish caught on small olive dry fly at lunchtime. 12 till 2 saw fish rising to small olives with occasional march browns.

1 Trout

Thanks for the opportunity to fish such a beautiful river.
At approx. 9:30am my son caught a lovely Brown trout {weight - approx. 1.2kg] in good condition. (returned safely). This fish was taken at the top of a small rapid. Later in the afternoon (3:00pm) a second take but lost it. The river water was clear and clean, and no litter on the banks. Access & parking is good.
As for me I took a close inspection of the river bed, no harm done - fortunately.
The only suggestion (not criticism) is that, more sturdy fence styles should be provided. When you're an "old goat" like me (in waders) it is difficult. It will prevent damage to the farmers fences.
What a lovely day out, I would recommend it to anybody and we will certainly be back. Thanks again.

1 Trout

One really nice grayling caught of 16". I estimated it at around the 2lb mark. Beautiful fish. Caught on a heavy pheasant tail nymph tied on a jig hook. Couldn't seem to tempt anything else. Lower beat seems to hold more grayling than the upper.

1 Grayling

Perfect conditions and a lovely bit of river. No fish caught. Couple of salmon seen and one large dead hen fish.