Feedback & Reports

Lovely to be back on this most scenic and accessible beat - lots of small fish rising with which I consistently failed to connect. Had a good out of season trout later on a hares ear nymph. River fairly low today.

1 Trout

Was greeted on arrival by an otter fishing in the first pool by the car. Fished the lower half of the stretch and found the fish by Czech nymping in the fast water (they seem to be in the faster water this year, given the same flow). They were beatuies over a pound and were in fine condition. Later on I caught an out of season trout around 2 pounds in the gutter on the same method.

2 Grayling

A lovely autumn day but a strong breeze made casting difficult at times. Started out fishing duo style with dry and nymph on the dropper, but getting no takes at all on the nymph, so switched to dries only. Although few fish were rising, the did come up to the dry fished over likely lies, and finished the day with 11 grayling, mostly in the 12-15 inch size range. A satisfying days fishing in beautuful surroundings.

2 Trout, 11 Grayling

Grayling of about 14 inches on weighted pink bug. Lost/ missed a couple on the dry. Trout all took the dry. Fished red tag, grey "bumble"(can't remember proper name for it!) Fishing was hard work, very little showing but a great day all the same. Oliver Burch was great guide for the day.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Difficult day with the river low and clear. Tried a number of swims but only managed a pike of 11lbs to Eric. Very heavy canoe traffic throughout the day - much of it very inexperienced and noisy.

1 Pike

Stunningly beautiful venue. River low. Long, hard day's fishing with only one chub between us both.

1 Chub

5 Barbel

I fished all day without a nibble then at 4 o,clock I had a 2 foot twitch and landed a 9lb barbel. In the next 2 hours I had a 7lb barbel, three 6lb barbel and a 4.5lb chub.All caught on boilie wrapped in paste with scolded pellet in a feeder. Great stretch of river. I had a great day

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Harder going than expected as I had a very good day here last year. Fished Masses Creek without a touch so moved down bekow the island and found grayling in the pool there. Could only touch them on wets, March Brown being the most successful though I missed one on a dry. None of the fish exceeded 10", they seem to be a bit smaller this year.

3 Grayling

The river was low and there were lots of leaves on the surface making fishing difficult at times, but otherwise the conditions seemed reasonable. We fished hard all day using every technique in our repertoire, including deep nymphs, duo style with dry and nymph, and dry fly on its own, but the return at the end of the day was one modest grayling each, caught on dries, plus one out of season trout. Another angler on the same beat with a guide was also struggling, so for whatever reason it seems that the Wye Grayling were not playing ball that day.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling