Feedback & Reports

Arrived at Ty-Newydd around 2pm and the river was still running high at around 2'9" on the Llanstephen gauge and with only a couple of inches visability. Fished for a few hours with the fly but no touches. Saw one grilse move in Bathing Pool and the third rod saw a bigger fish jump in Green Bank but that was it. Looked like it would fish in another 24-48 hours.

Lovely beat but unfortunately the rain in the morning had coloured the water downstream of the brook near the top of the beat. Managed to catch one WBT of about 9inches which was safely returned upstream of said brook.

In a few hours fishing 7 fish caught in total. All wild brown and small. Caught on nymphs, green olive size 16 was praticularly productive. Some bigger fish seen jumping around but proved difficult to catch.

Fished Ty Newydd from 10am until 5pm. 3 brown trout to three quarters of a pound and 4 grayling to a pound and and a quater. All returned. Conditions looked quite good, but there was very little fly-life and therefore hardly any sign of surface activity. I flung all my favourite flies into my favourite spots with little success. Most of the fish fell for a size 16 black spider in the streamier runs. I also saw salmon showing in two of the pools.

Water was in a great condition, weather was near perfect and there was lots of fly life (BWOs and sedges). That said, rises were not as common as one might expect in such circumstances - particularly in the evening. However, a great day was had.
Our catch reports:
- JM caught two brown tout, approx just under 1lb on a grannon caddis and 6ins on a klinkhammer. Two chubb were also caught: a 3-4lb (which was quite a surprise!) and a fingerling, both on a klinkhammer.
- ST caught two greyling approx 1lb+ and a fingerling brown trout, all on a klinkhammer.
- DH caught four brown trout on BH PTNs and GRHEs and one salmon parr on GRHE.
All fish returned safely.
Keep up the good work Wye and Usk Foundation - we'll be back for more next year!

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.

1 Cock Salmon (coloured) around 11lb off the top planks on the Bachawy pool. Returned safely.
3 Brown Trout c. 1 -1.5lb on nymphs again in Bachawy pool.
River was about a foot up, slightly coloured. Fished really well throughout. Was hopeful of a few more, but had a great time anyway!

Water clear and at 11". A few oncers rising most of the day when the wind dropped but no consistent rise at all (some small olives, yellow mays and latterly sedges and gnats but, by and large, fish showing little interest at the surface). Most risers suspected as being small trout and parr. Had about 25 fish between with a few more trout than grayling, plus lots of parr. Fish taken on nymphs, spiders and on surface patterns. The majority of fish were caught by GM whose Elk Hair Caddis proved excellent on the day and completely out-performed small emergers. Got cold later and no evening rise. As usual a lovely place to spend a day.

6 (small) BT caught & returned. French nymphing gold bead nymphs of various size (12-16). River clear and flowing well. Fished morning only.

River slightly high and murky. No salmon but did catch several salmon parr and brown trout between 4 and 6 inches.