Feedback & Reports

Water levels were fine but gin clear. Tried a number of methods with the only fish being a 5lb Chub from Boys Rock Pool. Canoe traffic was very heavy.

1 Chub

Difficult day weather wise. 1 brown trout about 3/4 lb on a spoon near where the river enters, returned in excellent condition.

1 Trout

First visit of the season. Long drive but arrived at 6am fishing by 6:45am just as it started raining! And it rained until 4pm. First time I'd fished Foy Bridge. Small beat with only a few swims. Once it stopped raining and with the benefit of polaroid sunglasses, it was clear that probably only 3 swims that were really fishable. Barbel didn't want to play but if you fished for chub I'm sure you could really bag up. Lost three decent Barbel to the snags (and some of the swims are really snaggy). Access and parking are easy and most of the few swims have steps down to the waters edge.
Not a great day and the weather was miserable even when it stopped raining, but as per normal can't wait to get back.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Heavy rain for the entire morning made conditions difficult with plenty of weed being washed down river. I managed a couple of barbel to 8lb 10oz mid-afternoon once the rain stopped. Both fish came to pellet and from the upper end of the beat in deeper water.

2 Barbel

Nothing at all, not even a slight tap on the rod tip all day. Very disappointed.

Arrived on a very wet Friday morning, had a good walk before settling into a swim, I had intended to rotate between 3 or 4 spots but with the slippery banks decided to stay in one. Finished with 6 barbel on a mixture of pellet and 3 chub also on pellet. All barbel between 5-7lb. will return for another crack at this venue hopefully on a dry day.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

Saw plenty of trout taking from the surface but didn't get a sniff of a salmon. A great day out all the same.

Fished 2 swims, from about lunchtime to early evening. 1 chub and 2 barbel caught, all from pellet and feeder cast to overhanging bushes on the far side. Nice stretch of water in great surroundings. Thanks WUF.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Visiting angler John Green Fished beat 5 in the PM in the run into Loxters Pool. Slow start but finished up with good sport on bread flake. Best barbel about 10lb.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

What a day! Weather was overcast, river was fairly coloured but with a good flow on it. We couldn't stop catching Chub at first and as the day drew closer to 4pm the Barbel moved in! Between us we managed 18 Barbel, average weights of 5-7pb with a 10pb corker that my Dad caught at the end! (Jammy...) Really well kept stretch with very accessible banks, you can fish the whole stretch no problem. There are some runs with a lot more streamer weed than others but overall okay. With a total fish count of 27 we really can't complain! One of the best days fishing we've had. Thanks Wye&Usk - we'll be back.

18 Barbel, 9 Chub