Feedback & Reports

Excellent day, went for Chub but once into Dace sat on them!
Beautiful conditioned fish, never seen so many since my younger days. No keep net used. No Grayling. No Salmon seen.
Thank You.

WUF note: Catch return....150+ dace, 6 of which were over 12oz, 4 chub to 2lb to 2 rods.

Fishing was tricky and very slow to start, with bright sun and downstream wind making presentation difficult. As soon as the sun went in the dace started feeding avidly! Fish a chuck for two hours until the sun came out again and spoilt it. Fish came on again in the evening. The Trees are in spectacular autumn livery at the moment, making it a truly memorable trip.

Met a really nice fishery owner and made us very welcome.

Brilliant top fishing!

WUF note: Catch return....100+ dace, 2oz-6oz. 20 grayling, 20cm to 30cm 2lb to 2 rods.

Overnight ground frost and clear conditions obviously not too favourable however, 1 bite and 1 beautiful 10lb 7oz fish barbel put a huge grin on my face. First double in a number of seasons. Met the baliff down there who mentioned the stretch does get quite alot of pressure from the
club as can be seen from the banks so not quite your usual WUF beat but has produced alot of fish this season.

It our was first day using the trust and we had an excellent day. I have wanted to catch grayling for years and we succeeded very quickly due to our excellent guide Kim Tribe.

WUF note: Catch return...2 trout and 9 grayling to 16" to 2 rods.

Many thanks for the booking. We enjoyed marvelous day on a very pretty stretch of river with all the richness of autumn colours. Had one beautiful hen fish of just under 7lb, slightly coloured but otherwise in very good condition - safely returned.

Small Ally's fished close to surface did the trick. Sadly my friend, for whom the day was supposed to deliver his first salmon, had to make do with two out-of-season brownies and a grayling (all safely returned). It's amazing what will take an Ally's!

Never mind we'll just have to bring him back next season!

Weather: Fair
conditions: clear, approx 1 ft on guage
1 Male Salmon. Approx 6lb (returned)
Caught-on: Fly - cascade

Lovely, secluded spot. Excellent booking service

Thanks for looking after me during my short stay in Builth and enabling the opportunity to fish for Salmon on the Usk. The beautiful river and easy pace of life in your part of the world was a tonic, even if I picked up a ducking (baptism) and did not catch. Still, I have learnt a lot which will be useful when I return.

Best regards to you all, and please keep me abreast of Foundation developements, as I would like the opportunity of giving something back.

Further to our conversation last week I said I would drop you a line to let you know how Llangoed fished on Friday - no luck there despite good water...BUT as mentioned we were on Glanwye Sat, Sun and Monday.

4 rods - 25 fish from 6lbs to 24lbs (2 over 20lbs). Truly amazing fishing!! You said we should have 10 on the bank but never thought that we might actually achieve that!

All fish returned!

Tuesday 7th Oct 2008 at Preston Court
1 chub of 5lb 4oz and 4 barbel of 8lb 4oz, 9lb 8oz, 10lb 4oz and 11lb 8oz.

Thursday 9th Oct 2008 at Backney
3 barbel of 7lb 12oz, 8lb 8oz and 10lb 4oz (although this fish looked, for all the world, well over 12lb!!)

Fished on 9th Oct 2008, Weather, fair, windy at times.

Conditions: Low and crystal clear

The scenery is superb, and the area very quite. I stayed at a nearby campsite called Glangwy which is about 1 mile west out of Llangurig. I stayed for 1 night which I would recommend for the more "hardy" of us. It is very basic but well kept with a toilet and showers and only costs ?4.00 a night for a large tent.Overall I fished the beat very hard 3 times during the day and tryed a variety of methods / flies but to no avail. Maybe the strech near to Newbridge above Builth Wells may be a better prospect on my next visit. Any advice on the best grayling fishing beats and methods would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes to all.