Feedback & Reports

Another fantastic day on Wyebank conditions were better than a couple of weeks ago with the levels having dropped a little. Fish caught on the bottom and middle pools all fell to pellet paste and cage feeder. As usual the access to this beat is excellent and I managed to fish the whole day without falling in!! Will definitely be back next month.

12 Barbel, 2 Chub

Started at the top. JD went right from the access, AW went left. JD found the fish and caught 4 in just over an hour on PTN. AW had a blank- one take to a dry by the bridge. Nothing for either of us after that- hard work at the bottom of the beat - there are handy steps down from the top path but at the end of it, you would need a hook to get back to the bank.

Lovely sunny afternoon, water clear to 2ft. Shared a lunchtime wood fired pizza at the Griffin. before the of. Excellent pub- V. freindly.

4 Trout

Fly fishing, New Zealand style

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Quite tough today, downstream breeze, pretty cold and not much hatching, although some caddis did get going in the afternoon. A few fish reacted to those which saved the day - two trout on caddis pattern nymphs 12 and 8", and also a salmon parr of 7" on a CDC and Elk . Beautiful stretch of river - lots of kingfisher, grey wagtail and dipper activity, and had one of the latter wading up a riffle underwater ahead of me at one point! Access to a few of the sections is pretty tricky at the moment down a steep and very overgrown bank. A ladder in one or two spots would really help especially for older/less mobile anglers, but then I did really love the wild character of this beat - thanks again for a lovely day!

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

No salmon seen.

Beautiful day out in such a wild place with several splashy bites to sedge hogs and one lovely 10inch brownie taken on a orange nymph with slow figure of eight retrieval. Difficult getting around the edge due to boggy conditions but a wonderful day out and the weather was pleasant mild overcast with some sunny spells and light wind. But more ripple might have helped as once wind dropped a bit the surface action ceased. I only managed to fish the bank with the Christmas tree. My first trip here so I will be back to have another crack and hopefully give the other bank a try

1 Trout

2 part session again morning/ early afternoon… very quiet nothing then fished from 5 pm - dusk caught 2 with one being just over 9 lb. All 4 fish over the two days came from the faster water mid section .

2 Barbel

Decided on another favourite beat of mine ..... not ideal dry fly weather at half nine when I started, but at least it was dry weather !!! First few pools not a sniff , then they perked up from tenish !!@ lovely splashy takes to my dry ... i fished a size twenty f fly and an eighteen greenwells , great sport further up the beat !!! Maybe an otter on the lower half, very quiet , oh well, cest la vie I guess !!!
Some sedge and olives on the go, when the sun made an appearance at half ten, although it was only for an hour or so .... at least the fish were looking up !! Seven to the net, usual stamp of fish, eight to eleven inches, with a cracker of maybe 13 inches, stunning fish !!! Just great fun and a steady fight on my six foot, two weight rod, lovely job .....
Did my usual stone lifting..... funny really I was doing this at the ripe old age of seven, and I'm still doing it ... nice to see lots of invertebrates ohhh and two stone loach also, that's very promising with regards to water quality... doubt there's any in the middle Wye !!!
Anyway, another cracking few hours on a secretive beat, called it a day opposite the plush house that's been built tight to the river .... always wonder if they sweat when we have days and days of rain ..... seems an odd place to plonk a house, still, there we go.....lol !!!! May try one literally minutes from my home in the next few days, other than that, it's been a real blast on the wild streams the last four days .... May as well carry on the motion, weather permitting.... Right, time for a large Baileys coffee ... cheers !!!!!!

7 Trout

Very nice day out. Caught most of the fish near church falls.

10 Trout

3 Trout