Feedback & Reports

Arrived after a large fry up in the café in the garage up the road about 2.30pm. Fished the deep gutters, around any deep fast water. No salmon seen but picked up four trout, one grayling and a good pike of easily 13 pounds, caught by Mick Pritch. Very few rises and what was seen seemed to be smutting on gnats. Saw a lot of coch-y-bonddu beatles late on so worth having a few patterns handy in the next week. Tight lines.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Pike

My first time on the Wye. A lovely beat. A little low. Quite tricky wading, easier once I'd fashioned a Hazel staff. I was determined to catch today. No fishing showing on the surface at all so I fished various nymphs in every likely looking piece of water. My persistence was rewarded with three Brown Trout, the largest about 45 cm / 750g A personal best. Went home very happy. Thanks.

3 Trout

River low and clear ,weather dry & mostly overcast, pleasantly warm. Few fish rising but couldn't tempt them, had the smallest grayling I've ever seen on a black GH nymph.
Plusses: saw dippers, small pearl bordered fritillaries and red kites.
Minusses: saw a mink, a goosander and a very thin lamb which appeared to have a very bad or broken back leg.

1 Grayling

river was swollen and coloured from overnight rain ..beautiful scenery!

5 wbt and a stockie to 1lb. Hard going with low, clear water but well worth the effort in beautiful surroundings

6 Trout

Great fishing on dries rise early pm.

River at a perfect height for a salmon ;dropping and clearing saw one fish in the tail of Island stream and one fish in the fast water below ashtree pool no luck on the salmon but caught nine trout mainly on the swing with salmon flies

9 Trout

Both c.1lb. Low water, few rises. Caught on nymph.

2 Trout

fished from 2/5.30 river very low and clear, fished with 3 weight brook rod from bank only stalking only rising fish, preferred fly size 16 elk hair caddis, size 14 f fly on same cast,takes very splashy fish mainly in Ashtree fast water and lower Craigllyn falls spotted several large chub cruising in the flats, missed several takes but had a cracking few hours on the dries

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

All fish kept in water and all released. Garry: 5 wbt from 4oz to 1lbs; Mark: 1 wbt 1/2lbs and one grayling 1lbs; Jim: 3 wbt from 4oz to 1 1/4lbs and grayling 1 1/2lbs - 2lbs.
Water levels had risen overnight Tuesday but still running clear and dropped back Thursday. All 3 anglers felt this beautiful stretch of the river was not promoted by local hostelries and the key points of contact in Rhayader. This stretch of the river has so many features from rapids to deep pools with magnificent surrounding countryside. Lovely just to be on the river although very pleasurable to hook into a wild brown trout or grayling.

9 Trout, 2 Grayling