Feedback & Reports

Booked an evening ticket, but then found a new definition of torture as I sat in nose to tail traffic between Bristol and Cardiff - absolute agony, almost gave up and only arrived after 7! However at least the temperature was a lot cooler up in the Brecons as hoped from the forecast - only 19-20C while it was 26C below. On arriving at the river my luck changed as there was a smattering of BWOs hatching for the rest of the evening, some spinners later too. Lots of fish rising to them, in a short session fishing dries I caught three smallish ones (9, 10 and 11"), then connected with a hog that gave a proper scrap and nearly lost me under some roots. Photo attached, doesn't do him justice really as it was a bit dark under the trees and had to use flash with my mobile. Measured 19.75" to the tail fork, so obviously being a fisherman I'll round up to the magic 20 (he was 20 to the tip of the tail! :D). I didn't want to mess him around too much so didn't weigh, but sure he would have been 3lb, maybe a few ounces more as these Usk trout always go heavy on the size conversion charts. He went well back well along with the others. Thanks for another lovely session - short but sweet!

4 Trout

Warm day, but cloud cover for most of it. Water temp felt high. Last week has seen some rain and so water levels were ok. We arrived at 6am, and were immediately into fish on trotting tactics. Between 10 and 4pm, the river seemed to go completely dead, but the bites started again in the early evening. My second time here and another great day's fishing. I had taken a friend down for his first ever fishing trip - a Wye barbel on float/centrepin was a pretty good way to catch a first fish!

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Only fished for 2 hours

1 Chub

Good spit for barbel!

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Trout

A very well maintained beat, strimmed and stepped.
Barbel between 4 and 8lbs. Chub 2 to 5.5lbs. All on feeder tactics.
TH 4 barbel 33 chub
RL 14 barbel 63 chub

18 Barbel, 96 Chub

Tough but enjoyable day, fished various nymphs through all the deep runs off fast water, all the little nooks and crannies along the bank, but no joy, not a single rise seen all day, access to some of the pools difficult as banks are high, but wading relatively easy as no real flow.

3 Barbel, 9 Chub

We fished all 4 fields and caught all fish on meat only. River was low , other were eels. Thanks to the land owner for clearing so many swims.

11 Chub, 7 Other