Feedback & Reports

One small brown trout - 8oz which was returned and, amazingly, a rainbow trout. This was 2lb 8oz and we kept it as it was damaged, possibly by an otter.
I was not under the impression that stock fish were put in the river, other than Glanusk. Saw several cormorants too. Will report it on cormorant watch.
Saw no salmon at all.
WUF Note: Rainbow trout show up occasionally in both rivers, usually there as a result of stocked pond overflowing. We request that any rainbows caught are removed.

Nil return. An overcast and promising looking day but the river was rising and had some colour when we arrived. We fished thoroughly over the water. I hooked a grilse in Lower Flats for 20-30 seconds on a Goat's Toe and my friend had a fish on for 2 minutes in Upper Flats which fell to a Cascade. Neither fish brought to net.

Observations;
There was a terrific holding place between Lower Flats and Lower Pool which has now disappeared sadly. There were cows and heifers in all the fields and some not so pleased to see us. The fence in Upper Bridge Pool has been fixed; which is good for cattle control and bad for the crotch area of one's waders. Thanks to the Wye & Usk Foundation for a wonderful service that makes the river so easily accessible to fishermen.

1'4" falling, a little bit of colour. A solid take in the rocks by a very strong Salmon (silver stoat). After a couple of minutes it went on such a powerful surge that it made my reel overrun. I'd just about sorted that out when a loop went over the reel handle with inevetable result!
An hour later a small fish (grilse?) rose at TJ's fly just as he lifted off to cast-also in the rock.
The other take was very vicious with no hooking, this on a red Francis in Rectory pool.
An eventful but frustrating day. Thankyou WUF.

This was our 1st visit to this stunningly beautiful beat and we arrived early in perfect conditions,overcast and humid. We walked the beatand decided we would fish the lower end in the morning then after lunch fish the upper/mid sections. During the morning we caught 8 barbel but the evening session proved to be most productive and we both caught steadily up to 21:00 with barbel in excess of 8lbs. All the fish came to pellet feeder with pellets,sweetcorn and boilies as hookbaits.
Thanks WUF for a great day in beautiful suroundings, we will return.

One Salmon hooked and played for 3 mins from the right bank opposite the top planks. Once hooked the fish took off up stream, jumping 3 times, then unfortunately the line snagged sub surface. It was a big fish, probably >20lbs. 4 trout between .5 and 1lb.

4 barbel 3 chub

Great day. Left just as the trout started rising (typical!). A few really nice Grayling from the Rocks.

I am a relative novice and did not catch anything but I did have the pleasure of a otter swim right by me and then took himself off into the bank, gobsmacked!! beautiful river, thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thanks WUF for all your hard work and to Dai for the advice he gave me, I'll be back!!

The river condition was low and clear so decided to fish the wood section. My theory was to roam around. Well 4 feeders lost in the first hour had me thinking again. So I headed for the meadow where I opened my account with a 6lb plus barbel and an eel. I then ventured down into the woods where in the space of 90 minutes had 4 chub with two being over 4lbs and 4 barbel to 6lbs 10oz. Lost many more feeders and hooklengths. The swim went quite for an hour then another small barbel came along. With just 2 feeders left I moved back up into the meadow and caught another small barbel and lost the last two feeders by 7.30pm. We had a storm during the afternoon where most of the rain fell upstream and the river started to rise a little. Note to self wait until the tide goes out on the Wye and go and retrieve my feeders. So 7 barbel and 5 chub is not too bad considering.

4 x trout, 7-11 inches, on a small Klinkhammer. Another showery afternoon which eventually turned into continuous drizzle. The little Dore was running clear for once, although down at Monmouth the Monnow was discharging dirty yellow water into the main Wye.