Feedback & Reports

Intermittent sunshine and showers, clear water. First time fishing this beat - first time fishing a 'real' river and fishing in waders! Some rising fish, a good variety of insect life, caught on gold & silver headed nymphs, Klinkhammer and May-flies. Met some of Wye & Usk Foundation workers and other friendly people. Many thanks to all involved!

4 Trout

First time fishing Gromain for two of us - all three of us mixed fishing ability, one old hand and one new-comer to fly fishing (me). Studded chest waders are a must!!! Would also recommend a stick.
Mixed weather, sunshine and showers with some rising fish scattered about. River running clear but apparently a little lower than normal but rising.
Plenty of insect life about. Fished and caught with mainly weighted nymphs (on droppers and New Zealand style) and Klinkhammer. Smaller fish also taking mayfly. Nothing bigger than eight inches consequently nothing kept.
A beautiful day, very friendly and helpful locals and members of the Wye & Usk Foundation. Thank you!

7 Trout

I caught 4 trout, fly fishing, using largely diawl bach and a white dry fly. Fish were returned except one, which swam under a rock and got tangled up. By the time I got it undone, it was barely breathing. I tried to do that thing where you revive it by pushing it back and forth through the water, but after a few minutes it didn't come back.
My first fish caught in 50 hours of fishing in wales (mostly in winter though), it was one of the most fun days I've ever fished! I was starting to think there weren't any fish...
Thank you Wye Usk foundation

4 Trout

No salmon caught or seen but caught a shad and a trout on the fly. Shoals of shad showing, some around the 3 to 4lb mark and trying to take the fly from the bottom of the Heirag and the Ferry pool

1 Trout, 1 Other

It was wonderful to have a chance to fish Gromain again after a gap of several years! The water had dropped a little quicker than hoped from a recent small spate but was ok at 1ft 2". Started 5.30am with size 10 red Ally's at the head of the Spring pool, spent too much time messing about in the gutters and eddies behind rocks at the top with currents and fly going in all directions! - the tail end fished nicely but annoyingly the sun was on the water by the time I got to the tail 50 yards or so, perhaps better to focus here first next time in these conditions. Fished on through the Cottage and waded out successfully to fish the big rock and all fished really well. Drove to Boughrood and bought a pastie and choc fudge cake in the shop - becoming an annual treat when fishing upper Wye! Went to Bachawy pool and fished through in very hot and bright conditions. Had a snooze for 2 hrs and did some casting practice, still with a size 10 Ally's towards the opposite boards and had the first shad. Went off to Builth and found the excellent Cosy Corner tea rooms - do go!! Returned for an evening session from 6pm. Fished Heirag and caught another Shad, moved up to Spring pool and another shad. Cottage and the big rock again for nothing and feeling the pressure of a blank had a final cast through the Heirag and two more shad and a decent trout took a size 8 Usk Grub. No luck with the Salmon caught or seen but wonderful day out. Many thanks WUF.

2 Trout, 5 Other

An excellent stretch of wonderful river. Would really
want to fish it again.

2 Trout

After 3 days of heavy rain, the water was coloured and pushing through, so difficult conditions. Nothing rising. 2 trout, both caught on the nymph.

2 Trout

River up a bit, beat a good hight and not too much colour after yesterdays rain. Fished down with the fly expecting a pull with every cast but no salmon seen or touched. One Shad from Bridge Pool, nice to know there in the river again.

1 Other

We were fishing with weighted nymph/wetflies. The trout we caught were small (largest 8ozs), we also a caught a couple of very small fish (still with parr markings) not included in total. Biggest grayling about 1lb. River condition was very good.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

10 wbt to 1lb all caught on nymphs also one grayling at around 1lb. This was a very windy day I was nearly blown into the water off the rocks into a deep pool (scary!!).despite the strong downstream winds there were plenty of good fish to be had . The wading is tricky at times and we would recommend if your fishing this beat then leave your hip flask at home! We would all fish this stretch again it was fab!

10 Trout, 1 Grayling