Feedback & Reports

Cool day with downstream wind but persevered with various dry flies and the occasional wet resulting in 10 trout to 12" and 8 out of season grayling also to 12". Most were closer to 6" though! Thanks to the previous days excellent guiding from Oliver Burch - we feel much more confident about this type of fishing.

Great day. Caught a salmon of 15 1/2lb from Lady Alexander's Catch on an Ally's Cascade, 9.00am this morning. No other pulls. Lovely river. Although I'm an experienced salmon angler, I'm thrilled to bits with the catch as it is my first Wye fish on my first visit.
I feel very lucky and very privileged as I thought this would take many visits getting to know the river and various beats.

Managed to grab an evening post work and encouraged to see a heavy fish slosh in the stream as I arrived with river level and clarity excellent. Thus inevitably -apart from an occasional suicidal trout - no action at all until dark when another big fish lunged at the surface and gave me a final derisory sendoff, no doubt mocking my efforts!
Still -worth the effort and anticipation

Nice day out but no salmon caught.

The river looked a perfect height - to me at least - so persisted with continuous optimism. Having said that, no fish seen or caught.

Perfect day: sun and showers, about a couple of feet of clear water in the falling river..... what could possibly go wrong.....? Not a fish seen all day! 'Twas ever thus !!

Thanks Simon for your help and advice, he suggested a wash off and he was right.

Water pretty high and coloured but not as cold as expected 7C. Dropping and clearing slowly. One good take mid afternoon on the fly and contact for just long enough for me to be going "definitely salmo.." before it wasn't. Typical Welsh April day, blustery, hail, cold, sunny and beautiful. As ever thanks to WUF for great opportunity to fish and such a flexible service.

No fish caught. Nevertheless river looked good. Thank you.

Fished from 1.45 to 5pm and managed 10 trout and 2 grayling. Mostly in the 9 to 12 inch range but one trout and one grayling went 16 inches. There was a good rise to a hatch of olives as I arrived but it went quiet at about 4pm. A pleasant few hours dry fly fishing.