Feedback & Reports

Weather as before: blazing sunshine for most of the day. Also as before had to leave before the evening rise. Still managed one trout, not huge, on an emerger in a slow pool. Did not make it to the top of the beat because disinclined to wade round too many field gates fortified with barbed wire.

1 Trout

Spinning & Bottom round

8 Trout

Fished Chainbridge for the afternoon. Only a handful of fish were rising given the bright sun. Managed three, on mayfly duns.

3 Trout

Good evening fishing. Nothing happened until about 7pm and then there were a good number of fish rising, mainly to egg-laying mayfly and yellow mays.

4 Trout

River very low and a really hot day but I managed to catch a few nice trout and a grayling. Traditional nymphing methods using a very long leader and a hot spot PTN were successful. No interest on any of my dropper offerings, spiders, or on various dry flies. An enjoyable day on this well maintained and attractive beat.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Arrived at river having seen off a field full of young bullocks… there was plenty of insect life with a lot of yellow may duns and sedges in the air, fish were rising sporadically. We had a few but 7 o’clock came and decision time … stay or go? Cloud cover had increased throughout the afternoon so we gambled and stayed …. To witness one of the most wonderful spinner falls seen on the Wye with mayflies, olives and yellow May duns dancing …. Sedges and stoneflies too. The fish were impressed too … we ended up with 24, a good mix of year classes for the trout , best one a stunning 17 incher. JB briefly contacted a shad … can’t wait till the grayling re-appear in numbers too. Saw a mink and otter… what a wonderful day, thank you Wye and Usk !

21 Trout, 3 Grayling

difficult but fun

5 Trout

all on duo

6 Trout

We both fished with Dry Fly and Emergers only. There were lots of very tricky rising fish but we got a lot more rises and fish on than the 8 we brought to hand. We had an excellent evening rise. Best fish 16''. Best flies- H/E Klink and Mayfly Klink.

8 Trout

1 nice size rainbow trout in morning .
very hot day so left midday as was being bitten by midges and too hot

1 Trout