Feedback & Reports

I fished this beat regularly before the pollution incident and this was the first time since then. River running clear with moderate flow. A frosty start led me to search the bottom with a pair of nymphs but to no avail, changing to duo led immediately to the large indicator fly being taken by two grayling in quick succession. I changed to a # 16 Greenwells Glory and another followed. Fish between 9 and 11 inches. Good to see that the river has recovered. Found 3 youngsters float fishing on my return to the car.

3 Grayling

-3 when I started! I had my doubts what sort of day I was going to have! to my surprise I started catching straight away, first 4 hours or so I had 12 barbel & 2 grayling on maggot feeder. Then it went quiet until the last hour when I had another 4 fish... barbel between 4lb - 8lb..... my theory for you what it's worth for you winter fisherman out there, as the temp started rising i was catching, as temp started falling, bites dried until the standard witching hour.

2 Grayling, 15 Barbel, 1 Chub

Minus 1.5 degrees and the river running high but clear, so it took a while for things to get moving. In common with other recent reports nearly all grayling were caught in the faster moving water rather than on a deeply fished bug in the slow stretches, nevertheless they all took a tungsten headed soft hackled fly fished below a klinkhammer. Great to see a number of salmon moving through and I hope they escape the attention of the poachers who left a small mepps hanging out of reach in a tree half way up the beat. Best fish was 15 1/2 inches but most in the 10-12 inch range and very lively strong fish. Incidentally I fished the bottom beat of the Cammarch Hotel the following day and fishing was equally good until a sharp rise and colouring of the water put paid to fishing at about 2pm. Again several salmon from medium to large size were crashing around.

9 Grayling

11 chub they were up for it today,missed loads of bit's but still had a great day.

11 Chub

DC & GC found it tough today, the water was running fast with a tinge of colour. All fish taken on nymphs, with nothing larger than 8".
Many thanks to the fishery owner and W&U.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Mild with light winds. No surface activity and all fish came to nymph patterns. Shared the river with several kingfishers.

3 Grayling

A perfect day on the Wye with good flow, a little colour and a mild, cloudy, still day. I caught barbel at regular intervals throughout the session on pellet/feeder. Most were in the five to seven pound range with the largest at 7lbs-11ozs.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

Mild day , no wind, water slightly high and over the end of the croys but very fishable with heavier feeders. The down side was the water temperature at 44 degrees F. Only 1 barbel each plus several chub best 4-10 to Keith on pellets.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

I failed to find any of the shoals or indeed have any luck nymphing but was compensated towards the end of the day by two 12" grayling on a Klinkhammer, plus one OOS trout. Fantastic to see a large cock salmon repeatedly leaping in the largest pool, flushed up red and ready for his salmon-business. Owner as friendly as ever

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Good day. Was going to be a short session so decided not to move about and trust that the fish would find me. Weather was grey but comfortable and river carrying a little water and plant debris. Stuck with feeder and pellets and had a few bites spread over the session. Again a warning to visitors - access through the farm to the river requires opening and closing two gates and a clipped electric fence and the area can be muddy so be prepared with wellies and some protection for your car footwell otherwise you'll coat the pedals and mats with a heady mix of liquid mud and cow s**t.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub