Feedback & Reports

River was in excellent order, perhaps it was just me or my quarry picking up the vibrations from my shivering legs. Not normally a beat I blank on but there you go eh? One of those weekends, even booked a beat for Sunday that I can't make it! An inauspicious end to the year, back in the spring!

The river was high but very clear. We caught one chub on spam using a ground bait feeder and halibut pellets. We didn't get any other bites.

1 Chub

Very clear, very bright, very cold but beautiful - We didn't catch!

All looked good for a session on the Irfon. Recent catch reports had been good, the Cilmery guage read 0.56 and the weather, if cold, was dry.
Off I went at 6am for the 98 mile drive to Llangammarch Wells.
Started fishing at 9am with that youthful enthusiasm that I hope will never leave me, even though I'm in my late 50's!
To cut what could be a long story short, I blanked! The only excitement being a fish on briefly and lost, and lots of "leaf fish"
To add insult to injury I broke the top section of my rod and put two, barbed wire inflicted holes, in my waders, resulting in a wet leg and a very cold foot!
I gave up at 2.30pm wondering why I bothered! It was cold with the rod rings freezing until late morning.
Some degree of order was restored when I stopped in at Sportfish and ordered a new rod tip and Danny ( thank you Danny) offered to repair my waders.
Some days I wonder why I bother! But I always go back!

Only one small pike to show for my efforts, nice to be back on the Wye though.

1 Pike

Fishing for pike & perch on dead-baits and lures. A number of swims tried, 1 pike to a lure around 9lbs. River level ok, condition good, could do with a touch of colour. Thanks to WUF for venues such as this one and for the booking system.

Late getting there and only fished for four hours. The grayling went to bed when the sun went down. Still,I had 16 grayling in the first three hours (and some small, out of season trout) trotting with a centrepin, first time this autumn. All returned. Grayling were of three different sizes with half-a-dozen between 35 and 40cms, i.e. over a pound. Average size seems to have improved since I last fished here. Autumn in the Wye valley - glorious. Should have remembered to wear thicker socks, the water was cold on the toes!

16 Grayling, 8 Other

2 x grayling, 13 inches, 2 x chub around 3.5 pounds, 2 x out of season trout 12 inches and 15 inches, long trotting. The river was rather more boisterous and rather more coloured than I had hoped, but a few bites came as it fined down after lunch. Every winter I get this idea that it would be nice to take a bag of grayling close to home. Living where I do, this means trying to locate them among other species on lower Wye beats, or on the Monnow. But on the Monnow, where they clearly have lived happily ever since Canon Eagles introduced them (there were some 6 inch grayling parr today), in recent years they have only turned up for me in ones and twos. Other species seem to dominate, even during the winter. Still, it was a good day out in a most beautiful valley.

2 Grayling, 2 Chub

Absolutely stunning surroundings, lovely stretch of water, but the fish didn't cooperate. We shall return. Note for the beat details - parking at the caravan site is not 'on a raised grass area' , but in a designated area next to the wooden building by the entrance gate leading to the river.

I can't get enough of the view downstream at Abernant, the fishing isn't bad either, although no chub were caught on this occasion. We long trotted maggots at varying depths, the river was carrying a little bit of extra water but running clear. The grayling were all in perfect condition, feeding well until the sun got off the water, when it was as if they just vanished. We saw this as our opportunity to call it a day and get on the road for a pint in the Seven Stars.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling