Feedback & Reports

River in good condition with a steady hatch of LDO's and a few march browns between noon and mid afternoon which got a few fish rising.Spent the day getting used to a new long leader nymph set up and caught two lean 13" fish on tungsten headed dark PTN size 14.

2 Trout

Our first time on this beat so not a bad result. All fish caught in the afternoon after trying several swims lower down. There were several salmon jumping through the day. After a foggy start it became warm and sunny in the afternoon. Lovely beat but a bit featureless. We look forward to trying it in the summer.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

My first time on a Wild Stream so I didn't have high expectations. Nothing caught but a lovely late afternoons fishing for 3 hours. No fish seen but I did learn lots of lessons and river skills.

River fast and coloured, about 2/3 of the stones from Maddox to Corner Tree out of the water (just), this was my first time on the beat so I am assuming these form the walkway mentioned in the notes.
Fished a Flying C all day but no luck and nothing seen.
Banks very slippery, take a wading staff even for fishing from the bank.

First visit to this beat, and the upper wye. Such a fantastic setting, really is a beautiful way to spend a day. Fished the top end of the beat in the morning trotting with the centre pin. Had a 2 Grayling, both around 1lb. These were my first ever. Such hard fighting fish for their size, I can't wait to target them next season. I also had 2 small trout under 1lb. By 11am the sun came out and the trotting died off with no more fish caught by 1pm. At this point I decided to get the feeder gear out and relax in the sunshine. I headed down to the bottom of the beat in search of chub, or maybe a bonus barbel. After a look through the lower beat I realised their wouldn't be much hope of barbel, it's deep and slow so chub would be the target. I had one which weighed in at 5.8, so happy with that. I would like to fish this best again, but would want to spend a full day at the top of the beat. It really is a stunning stretch of water. I look forward to exploring more upper Wye stretches in the new season.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Chub

Fished with worm and had a thoroughly enjoyable day.

12 Trout

After yesterday we decided to remain in the same spots as we had put in plenty of feed the previous day and knew there were a few fish in the area. Today though, we saw fewer fish downstream and I saw nothing in my swim. My mate stayed put, recasting his feeder every 15-20 mins but had no bites in 8 hours. I went upstream pre-baiting likely looking spots for chub and fishing these swims on my way back down. There were some chubby looking areas but again I could not find any fish despite trying meat, pellet, cheese & corn hook baits. Settled back into my original swim and 5 mins before packing up time my rod banged a couple of times and I struck into a fish but snapped immediately on 10lb line. Upon inspection the line was frayed & must have rubbed against something sharp as I struck. Not good! So 4 days fishing - 2 Barbel caught by my mate (2 bites), 3 Chub caught by me (5 bites). Poor by any standards and the worst time I have had on he Wye.

Stayed at Clochfaen BB - very helpful angler there. More of a recce than a fish. River clear and lowish - no sign of any life, fish or fly so blanked. Seems river characteristics could be changing? Lovely stretch of river.

A good days fishing with a new PB barbel of 11lb 13oz. A tough day to begin with. The fish didn't turn on until late afternoon. Five bites then came in quick succession resulting in 2 x chub around 3lb and three barbel weighing 7lb 10oz, 8lb 12oz and 11lb 13oz. In summary a nice stretch of river. It is a long walk but that was expected. My criticism would be the lack of swims due to fallen trees etc. With the river high we were a little limited. We also struggled to accurately workout were the fishery began and ended (maybe a sign would help). My angling partner didn't fair so well only managing the one chub around 3.5lb.

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

Enjoyed the day, action early and late. Couple of 8lb plus barbel and one 7lb plus, 2 chub to 4lb 3oz. All fish in prime condition.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub