Feedback & Reports

We caught many very small fish which I haven't included as I would call them large fry at best but the strong downhill wind was more than a match for our 5 weight rods. When it relaxed to a breeze at times we could manage to present a fly and I really enjoyed walking all the beats. Some more salmon beats than trout, our chosen fish. But even though the river here is wide at times, there are a few lovely runs which look perfect grayling territory. And so it proved with a lovely fish of 3/4lb on a duster pattern on the top, which was wonderful after watching it for about 30 mins first feeding. I would imagine there are some serious trout here, but we left before dusk so would have missed the best fishing. And finally, a word of advice. If you would like lunch, the Boat Inn, serves a good pint and good food. However, if you plan on walking the bank in the afternoon, don't order the rump steak for God's Sake. Perfectly cooked to order, home butchered and beautiful but why anyone would want 20 oz plus of meat on a plate is beyond me. Salad next time...and there will be a next time. Good day for the purist.

1 Grayling

Fabulous conditions all day, river at its best height, superb fly water, struggled through the day with no fish seen but perseverance paid off to a syndicate rod who reported a 15lb fish from lower beat 3 Saturday evening.

1 Salmon

Started fishing early Saturday morning on beat 6, second cast hooked in to a nice trout (possibly sea trout? around 2lb but nothing else happened for the rest of the day. Conditions where perfect for the fly so it was a nice day out. Thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation and Terry for the information provided.

1 Trout

Good water, clearing well. No salmon but two good pike both in early 20lbs reported to a syndicate member spinning from beat 2. River now receiving another good spate so we will see what it brings in a couple of days.

2 Pike

Nil caught on fly or spinner for salmon, hooked 3 really good size trout I would guess at 1.5lb to the biggest at 3lb to be lost at the net! Nothing showing on fly in morning hatch. But afternoon hatch the fish were rising readily but out of reach for my small rod. Good day would fish there again.

Again the Wye looked promising. Fished fly only on beats 5 and 6 [6 better of the two]. One salmon seen on beat 6 but only managed to catch 2 trout on a stoats tail.

2 Trout

River quiet - nothing moving. Thanks to Terry for his help.
Stayed overnight at the Red Lion at Bredwardine - very comfortable and good value.

Spent a great morning on this historic/picturesque beat. Some fantastic pools for the fly and spinning angler to target with every beat feeling like it was going to produce a fish but sadly not. An overnight drop in water with increasingly good clarity made for tough fishing. Will certainly be back once we get another bump of water.

1 Trout

River had risen overnight and was relatively coloured - visibility of about 1-2ft, improved over course of the day. 3 rods fished fly and spinning. No salmon but some good fly water on this stretch, beat 2 being the pick of it for me. Would benefit from more detailed notes given the large amount of water but the beat manager was very helpful once found. Will return when it warms up.

2 Trout

Syndicate member reported 2 salmon from beat 4, caught spinning 12lb and 6 lb. Superb spring fishing conditions.

2 Salmon