Feedback & Reports

As we'd had 4 mild nights in a row I decided to give the Wye a go. I as greeted with a positively balmy (barmy?) 6 degrees on arrival (rising to 9), dry and with no wind, making the banks of the Wye a very pleasant to be. The Ross gauge level was 1.4 and the water coloured but not dirty, looking good. The problem was always going to be water temperature not knowing how long it would take for the snow water to run through. My fears were realised when I was looking back at a 5.8 degree reading. 2 small chub from the top swim prevented the blank but one hook pull was the only return from 2 swims at the bottom end. I tried groundbait and maggot feeders and a range of hookbaits. Still a day on the Wye.....

2 Chub

.54 on the Byron gauge and 2 feet of clarity after heavy overnight rain, great fishing on a beautiful winters day, all fish caught on trotted red maggots

4 Trout, 14 Grayling

Terrible access, and with the river up a little, much of the river was inaccessible/ dangerous even with chest waders. Only a few fishable swims. Won’t be returning.

Even in lower water conditions I don’t see this to be an inspiring beat. I love my small streams, not this one.

3 Chub

Both trout and grayling both came on maggot although mr pike done his best to stop the trout getting to the bank. Both chub over 5lb came on large cubes of luncheon meat. River conditions low after the recent cold spell

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 2 Chub

2 Chub

The weather was warming up, but still bitterly cold. Managed a couple of Grayling from each end of the beat.
It was my first time here and was impressed how well looked after the beat was.

2 Grayling

Did not fish.

Very cold (-7 on arrival!) but sunny and surprisingly warm in places. Ice in the rod rings was an issue at times as was the scarcity of fish. Not a touch all day so a disappointing blank. I wonder if the cormorant I saw had more success?

Arrived to blue sky, snow on the ground and sub zero temperature. Two of us trotted maggots through the deeper pools, difficult to trot at first due to line freezing in the rod rings. Around midday temperature just got above freezing making fishing easier. Only connected with 2 small grayling and a minnow. Both cormorants and goosanders seen on the beat.

2 Grayling, 1 Other