Feedback & Reports

This was an evening session starting 7pm finishing about 9.30pm concentrating on the Rock Pool at the top of the beat. I'd seen reports of a wide variety of flies hatching on the upper Wye in the past few days and that was the case again with various olives plus midges, sedge and mayflies making for clouds of fly life above the river - great to see.
I stuck to the dry fly as there were plenty of trout rising but they were selective and the usually reliable cdc shuttlecock emerger was refused by everything. A switch to a Ducks Dunn produced a few with some more coming later to a spinner pattern.
The river is unbelievably low and with the good clarity, the fish are very spooky. Stealth and presentation is everything in the calmer water, even for the smaller fish. No monsters this evening, biggest was around 11". A few barbel spotted too.

11 Trout, 1 Grayling

Incredible hatch this afternoon / evening of olive uprights, iron blues, mayflies, midge and a few BWOs. Likely caused by the change in weather and drop in pressure on the day. Fish rising in almost every pool. Landed a good number, but sadly nothing over 2lb.

10 Trout

Caught one rainbow trout 2lb,and 2 small perch return perch to water unharmed, we had fabulous day usk Rez bailfs verry friendly and helpfulfull thankyou

10 Trout, 2 Other

Rainy morning and sunny afternoon. Few fish active during the day but lots of rising fish in the last hour before dusk when there was a large hatch of mayfly. 3 fish caught were all around 1 lb in weight. Caught on sulphur dun mayfly.

3 Trout

Very tough day. Both the Wye and Usk are as low as we've known them and we've been coming 20 odd years. And this far up, the Wye is even lower. Still managed 15 fish, 6 on the nymph, the rest on an olive. Two fish in the 1 1/2 lb region.

15 Trout

With the river being so low and on a very bright sunny morning I didn't have any great expectations, but had been meaning to try a beat on the Irfon for some time, but so it proved - a blank, with not a fish in sight despite plenty of fly life evident. Nice stretch of river in a lovely part of the valley, but awful conditions for fish.
Stayed at Irfon Valley Pods, the campsite near Llangammarch Wells, highly recommended.

Caught one trout on a toby spinner. nothing caught on
Float, or on bottom .

1 Trout

A guiding day for me today.... Had a cracking day in the Elan Valley yesterday, fish caught from both Claerwen and Garreg Ddu .... lovely stuff!! Rounded off with a few scoops in The Lamb and Flag ....perfect !!
Today was a small streams day for Jamie Osborne...He applied himself.... fished fine, stealthy approach, bang!!!! First few brownies on a dry ....He loved it !!! As a guide out in the Amazon, catching 300 lb arapima , this was a totally different skill for him .... Addictive, and up close he called it !!
And, on a pretty tricky, low River Edw ... she is on her bones now !!! Fishing the Wye tommorrow evening, just outta town, after another day in the Elan Valley !!
But, a cracking day, seven brownies to the net, superb stuff, and a well christened six foot, two weight Wychwood rod too !!!!! Happy days ..... only fished from the bottom of the beat to the bridge....
Need rain desperately here now ....
A fab day for my client, seven stunning fish caught, proper mountain small stream stuff ... catching wild fish in ten inches of water.... just can't fault it ....happy days!! A catch up at half six in Rhayader @ The Lamb and Flag, to discuss tomorrow's itinerary and of course muse over a well earnt cold Thatchers !!!! ....... lol !!

7 Trout

River was very low and had a slight greenish tinge in the slower deeper sections.
Four trout taken mid morning on dry flies. Nothing in the afternoon. All fish released.

4 Trout

2 Trout