Feedback & Reports

Torrential rain the night before rendered the river up and chocolate but absolutely bursting with life and perfect for Barbel. Used standard feeder tactics with pellets and boilies. Day started slowly on the tail of the Vanstone pool but came alive late afternoon after changing swims. Barbel from 6½lb to 8½lb and a ½lb and fought like tigers. More salmon jumping all over the beat than we have ever seen before. All the wildlife both in and by the river treated us to breathtaking entertainment all day and at dusk. 7 Cormorants seen, all flying downstream. Thank you Wye and Usk for an exceptional day.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

First visit to this beat and we had a really good day.
The barbel seemed to start feeding from mid afternoon onwards. Most fish falling to swimfeeder and pellet but also a few on meat. Best Barbel of the day weighed 8lbs 7oz with most being around the 6lbs mark. Other fish were eels caught on meat. Hope to return here on next trip.

13 Barbel, 10 Chub, 2 Other

Having read the advanced information we planned to fish the meadow but arrived to find two anglers already on there. We happened to bump into Don on the bank who helped us find two decent swims in the woods.
It was our last day of the trip so we only managed to fish 10-3 before having to make the trip back north. I managed two good barbel, both 8lb+ and a chub of around 4.5lb. My fishing partner managed just one smallish chub.
Much like the day before on another stretch upstream it felt like we hadn't got the tactics quite right. It also felt that it would have switched on more had we been able to stay on until dusk.
We liked the stretch and would definitely fish it again.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Parked at the farm behind the gate as look to steep and muddy for our little van (short walk). Lovely looking place, there is a noisy pump in the middle of the beat though didn't run all day. Good conditions we caught 5 eels in this area on meat, did a lot of walking and covered whole beat. Plenty of places to fish if you clear swims in the downstream area.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 5 Other

The beat was tricky to find, but we got there in the end. The access to the river was excellent. Unfortunately my fishing companion fears anything that moo's, so we were limited to one field, which I suspect was not the best part of the river. Undeterred, we found a nice looking swim and I proceeded to catch a chevin first cast. A tough day followed, with a further three chub and the smallest barbel I have ever caught. My beef fearing friend struggled, blanking, which was no more than he deserved!
Nice beat, but unlikely to return until the cattle go to slaughter....
HFG

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

very nice day testing terrain,jungle warfare, all fish caught on heavy nymphs (sadly)

8 Trout

Caught two trout with dry flies despite the water being quite coloured. Access was not too easy and wading was not always possible due to the high level of the water.

2 Trout

River in great condition. Met Terry who was very helpful. Only had time for an afternoon session. Had Barbel jumping clean out of the water, saw Salmon jumping too. Caught two cracking Chub in the 5+lb bracket and saw Dippers, Kingfishers, Kites and Buzzards. Had a great time and will return. Thanks for your work.

2 Chub

Did not fish, the river was up and colored from the heavy rain. So fished the lakes up in the Elan Valley. It probably was fishable so did not ask for a wash of.

River rising, lots of weed coming down. Caught on pellets and meat.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub