Feedback & Reports

Having been chided by my fishing colleagues for droning on relentlessly in my last feedback report, I'll try to rectify that this time....!

4 rods:

Fri 11th Sept, Backney - 1 chub & 4 barbel (best 8-4)
Sat 12th Sept, Sheephouse - Elected not to fish, massive children's canoe event in progress plus in our view this is more of a game water than coarse.
Sun 13th Sept, Whitehouse - 2 chub & 9 barbel (best 9-11)

Tough afternoons fishing,very hot day, water low and clear-not ideal. I only fished the upstream section due to lack of access to swims without a machete/strimmer, never made it to the bottom of the beat, dog spike and rope needed on a couple of swims. One hard fighting Chub 5.6 lb on pellet.
Lovely stretch of river.

Hi Alison and Wendy. I came in yesterday to buy some vouchers and wanted to thank you for recommending R16 - the Edw at Aberedw, which you said was fishing well. It was! I completed a return but thought I'd let you know it was a fabulous day - 17 fish caught between five and about 11 inches (and all returned of course) and more three teeny ones, plus about another six hooked but which came off. Both nymph and dry fly. Only managed the first part of the split beat as I was so entralled with the fishing on the first part of the water. The weather was good too. All in all, a really very enjoyable day and I saw only one other person all day - a walker. Thanks again and best wishes.

Great day. 14 Barbel all together. 3lb to 9.5lb. averaging 7.

Hello, we had a lovely day's fishing, unfortunately we did not take or see a salmon. The water was slightly coloured and the marker board showed just under 2ft. A beatiful beat to fly fish, as it was the first time on the Wye one of many more I hope.

1 x 9lb Salmon. The Rectory Rock Pool

9 chub on pellet and sweetcorn, 7 barbel on pellet.

Started at noon at the New Pool - a mistake as it seemed lifeless under a bright blue sky and boiling sun. Walked over to Butlers (twice - once as a reccie and then to fish - hard work that) which was much more fishy - shade from trees on South bank and deeper water. Immediatley started getting bites and ended up with 5 fat chub.

Wild stretch of river - I even saw an Osprey at the tail of New Pool.

Water temperature 58F, water clear with a brown tinge (water from the Elan valley reservoirs?) Little (very little) fly life, mostly Yellow may Duns and Olive Uprights, but a few sporadic rises from grayling and trout.

3 grayling from the top beat of Llangoed in the morning, all on a dry fly. One trout caught and several hooked and lost on the lower beat in the afternoon.

Highlight, views of a mother and cub otter, swimming down through Orchard, plus kingfishers and a dipper. Beautiful weather all day. River looked ravishing.

1 x trout 14 inches, 1 x grayling 6 inches. You wouldn't believe how hard I worked for that trout; I was at it all day, dry fly and nymph. I always find Monnow Valley challenging, but persevere on the grounds that it contains some (not very many) large trout.

I did shake hands with another one, slightly larger I think, which jumped itself off after taking a Czech nymph in a fast run. I also spent some time watching a pair of basking chub like zeppelins.

This time I had borrowed my son's waders and - guess what - those were leaking too. Somebody has already said leaking waders are as inevitable as death and taxes. So I squelched off to the car wondering whether I was developing trench foot and if the bank manager can be persuaded to lend me enough for a set of Simms.