Feedback & Reports

Its been a long time since I fished this beat and it was nice to return i had a very pleasant day aside for an encounter with hogweed which has left me with a blistered wrist ( I think this is behind the fallen willow about half way down the beat )
all fish caught were returned, fished nymphs upstream all day few mayfly knocking around yellow mays and few other tiny black things
river was carrying a bit of colour
all in all a good day ( apart from the hogweed )

18 Trout, 6 Grayling

Windy conditions making presentation a challange. Largest trout around 12 inches. All fish on beaded nymph. Saw the otter early doors having a swim in the lower section. Green slime on stones as reported in other stretches of the Wye.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

Most of the fish were a modest size but with a few around the 10-11” mark.
Targeted grayling in the faster water, tight line nymphing with heavy bugs which got fish in the morning. A change of tactics to a lighter team gave good fishing in the afternoon with most coming to emerger top dropper patterns rather than any flies fished deeper.
Fished barbless so a lot of escapee’s as well .All quickly to hand and released without netting.

20 Trout, 10 Grayling

2 Chub

Great clear evening, fished from around 5pm to 9:30pm. Numerous rises throughout the evening but lots of activity on the surface from around 8:30pm. Two caught on dry black Knat fly both at lower end of the beat. Two brownies caught were around 11” and 8” and both returned safely.

2 Trout

River level normal, clear. Over cast weather. Morning fished in the fast water just below trees (high bank, steep, difficult access) using link ledger and luncheon meat producing 2 chub, largest around 4lb and 1 barbel around 5lb.
Afternoon moved upstream to slower deeper swim using small feeder and pellet, 6 chub all around 4-5lb.
An enjoyable day but fairly limited number of accessible swims.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

14 Trout

4 Trout, 22 Grayling