Feedback & Reports

First time on this beat and a great addition to the Wye & usk portfolio, a lovely peaceful spot to spend a day with very few canoes. Most of the fish came to our Barbel novice, he's not being invited again.

8 Barbel, 5 Chub

The river was low and clear and the fishing was difficult. One of us had a Barbel and I had three Chub, sadly the other angler blanked. Still, I can't think of a better location to have a blank so it wasn't all bad!

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Barbel 6lbs Chub 3.5lbs, 3.13lbs and 12ozs (approx) method as per form submitted for 15th July.
Quality fish in good condition. Please see comments on 15th July re bank and access. We had problems with a group of French school children canoeing who were unable to control their canoes and were rude to us (we had not spoken to them). I then spoke to an English male who agreed he was in charge, explaining we had paid and did not expect to have children 'hollering and shouting at us'. He said they were only saying 'hello'. At this I gave it up as a waste of time. I do not consider "ello Meester feesherman, can I hav a feesh?" an accecptable method of introduction as you ram your canoe in to my bank. Perhaps I am getting old.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River nice colour and up 1 foot, looked great. Flogged it all day, every swim and all across the river on pellet feeder. Very disappointing result.

2 Chub

Beautiful day, no fish seen or caught.

No fish, only crayfish.

Great days fishing, biggest fish was 2lb and caught NZ style with deep nymph in the slower pools. French nymphing accounted for a greater number in the streamier sections. Fishing slowed in the afternoon when the sun came out but managed a further 1.5lb brownie just before leaving. Can't recommend this beat enough, great variety of fishing and Barry the beat owner was very helpful.

9 Trout

A pretty lean day. Caught one barbel 5-7lbs in the morning, second cast, then nothing. By 5pm a glass of wine on the patio was beckoning.

1 Barbel

Despite being one of the best looking barbel swims in the country and, crucially, closest to the parking, Boy's Rocks has never quite lived up to its promise for me in the past, so after an hour of inactivity I was glad to head downstream to pastures new. The shallows looked good but were occupied from the far bank and the pool between the two far bank Croys in the field section was too hard to fish from our bank, so by 4pm I was back at the Rocks after all. OB in The Wires swim had taken chub to 5 pounds but no barbel and that, it transpires, was because they were queuing up for my return. By 8 o'clock I'd had 4 barbel and broken my meagre pb 3 times, with fish of 7lbs, 7.08lbs and a stunner of 10.11lbs, the best looking fish I've ever seen! OB eventually got a little one of 7 pounds or so after scrounging some of my irresistible spicy sausage pellets, so we could finally leave and get home in time to 'boo' the Argies in the world cup final. I couldn't have been happier if I'd just lifted the trophy myself! What an awesome day, we can't wait to be back.

5 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Conditions difficult, very little water and strong down stream winds, but managed a few small fish to 6 inches on deep fished nymphs.

10 Trout, 6 Grayling