Feedback & Reports

The river looked in a bit better nick after the little rain and snow further up earlier in the week. Had three more kelts all long fish. Fished on Sunday as well and had another kelt. Watched CP lose a big fish after it was almost at the net, had to be 20lb plus. Many thanks to him for his help and advice.

Nice days fishing. Pretty cool day, with intermittent light showers and very brief sunny intervals. The river was up slightly and there was some evidence of snow on the very tops still from earlier in the week. Fish were rising throughout the day with the odd rise here and there until the afternoon with a great hatch of olives. A few granom were still in evidence didn’t really see any hatching but there were a few coming back to egg lay through the day. Had a dozen trout between us to about 1.5lb.

Sadly the inclement weather meant that I did not actually make it there.... So nothing to report.

No salmon caught.

Sadly a blank day. Overcast, chilly and rain at about 13.00. No fish showing although a small hatch at 14.00. However this is an absolutely wonderful beat and I shall be back as soon as possible. First time I have booked on-line and everything - directions etc - worked perfectly.

Fished the morning. Saw no fish. Blanked.

A trophy day on the wye! 2 @ 16 inches,1 @ 19 inches & the biggest @ 21 inches! 2 small grayling @ 16 inches @ 2 @ 18 inches & 1 @ 20inches all returned safely. I have never had such a fantastic days fishing on the Wye with only big fish. All fish on the dry grannom. Hatches good between wind & showers. Thank you.

4 trout caught and released with another few releasing themselves. All between 5" and 9". Saw bigger fish lurking but they werent playing. Water very low in places, need more rain please. Fish caught on dries and nymphs.

1 x BT 3/4lb (returned). Conditions cold and overcast. No rises and no hatches, save a couple of March Browns. Tried the dry fly but switched to Hare's Ear nymph and caught one at once, but nothing else. Enjoyable day though.

Snow cover on the hills and around -4 degrees overnight made for a beautiful cold morning. I did not expect much on the fishing front given the chill in the air and I simply lapped up the birdsong and the peace and quiet on the on the river - that was until around 11am when my size 18 tungsten nymph was seized by a voracious trout! Two casts later and I hooked a 2lb+ brown that after more than five minutes managed to carve my 7X line off on a gutter ledge... I fished on without any action at all until around 2.45pm at which point I decided to stop for a cup of tea and something to eat. I was starting to think the cold downstream wind might have finished off the expected LDO hatch, but just as hope was ebbing away I saw an LDO, then another and another and suddenly a real flurry of activity. Out came the wagtails and soon after up came some trout. I ended up landing four beauties and losing five other fish several of which were large. The problem I find is you need to use light line to entice the fish to take and yet once you hook a 2lb+ trout on 7X it is only 70/30 in your favour. I moved up to 6X because of that which makes it much easier to steer the fish away from hazards. I must say I also really don't like leaving flies in fishes mouths although I am sure they are able to rub them off the same way they run caddis flies off rocks. Anyway, I ended up having landed four lovely trout up to around the 2lb mark and lost five other beauties. A great way to start the season on what must be one of the finest wild trout rivers in the UK. Long live the Wye and Usk Foundation and thank you for safeguarding the Wye and Usk catchments! As Arnie said, "I will be back".