Feedback & Reports

First time on the Wye, river was high and fast so wading was difficult at best. Fished from the banks where I could and waded in as far as I dared but this meant fishing was touch limited.
Landed one small trout around 5/6” on the right edge (looking down stream) of Bathing pool, caught on a Gold Bead PTN....didn’t see/encounter any other fish.
I will return in the summer months when the river should be a little easier to navigate, still enjoyed the day though despite conditions and the weather held off enough for me to stay dry which is always a bonus

I'm afraid I didn't fish. Weather too extreme to be standing out in the middle of the Wye as far as I am concerned!

8 x grayling 9-11inches, Pink Shrimp and various leaded wet flies. I tried this for about three hours. Some shots were to be had by standing waist-deep in the middle of the Wye, which is a good fishing height now. But I'm afraid the wind chill factor just became too much - hardly a pleasure. Upstream wind very strong and the rod rings laden with ice.

8 Grayling

Arriving late, we concentrated on the lower Bachawy Pool, and with the water so clear and low I started swinging some spiders with a tungsten Hare’s Ear on the point. After a few knocks, I took one large but very skinny out of season trout before switching to a couple of nymphs suspended below an indicator. My mate had taken one small grayling at the head of the pool on a Peeping Caddis Jig. After searching the whole pool, we eventually stumbled across the fish and managed to take 27 grayling between us in a couple of hours. Most were small shots but nevertheless, it was great fun watching the indicator twitch, often just under the rod tip. A bitterly cold day amongst a very exposed section of river, but a much-needed fix to help cope with another week in the office!

1 Trout, 27 Grayling

River was running very high and very strong. No catches to reports, nor bites on the day. Also the access down to the river from the new parking gate/entrance, was severely obstructed by fallen (very large) trees completely blocking the path down - descending to the river involved climbing over in some cases (as there was no way around up the steep slope) - v. dangerous!

WUF Note: Thank you for the feedback, this has since been dealt with.

Washed off