Feedback & Reports

The Upper Wye is cooling down: now 13 degrees around Llanwrthwl / Doldowlod thanks to the Elan outflow, 16 degrees at Builth and 17 degrees on the WUF live webcam page at Llanstephan, so water now much more fish-friendly for all of WUF's Upper Wye beats and GPAIAC waters at Builth. As has been the case for over a month, very little fly at present. Rarely have I seen the upper river so insect-poor, even at this typically sparser time of year. Deliberatly picked a relatively calm day but only a few sedges, one or two pale wateries and some midge appeared, but not in numbers to elicit any sustained rise even into dusk. Understandably very few rising fish, though some oncers kindly revealed their locations. However, trout and the ladies are looking up and down and, fishing the water mainly in necks, tails, creases and foam lanes, fish were taken on jigs, Red Tag spider and surface patterns like pale HF and pale watery emergers, Goran's Sedge and grizzle EH Caddis…mainly but not exclusively, non-rising trout and grayling to 15” / 1.5lb. Praying that a more typical entomological menu will be on offer as autumn approaches, or will it just be flying pigs?

8 Trout, 12 Grayling

No fish this time but what an amazing place to spend a summer evening.
Beat was easy to access and offered mixed waters to keep the fishing interesting.
I will definitely recommend and be back.

All returned safely. Many more fish missed!

12 Trout

A poor return by the angler considering there were numerous takes in the faster water upstream of Trerickett Bridge. Teams of red and olive nymphs attracted the trout and a few small grayling, seen briefly on the surface before they unhooked themselves! Not much depth to the water yet but it was noticeably cooler - which probably triggered the feeding after many weeks of hot and dry weather-affected fishing.

2 Trout

No fish :(

Caught on fly. None taken. Seven returned.

7 Trout

My son I was fishing with caught an eel. Not big about 18 inches. On chorizo cube. On hook. (Branded fishing bait not food shop) was unhooked successfully
And released quickly.

1 Other

River low and clear, caught on pellet and meat ledgering

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

River extremely low but caught steadily all day. Lost 3 or 4 as well. Barbel were all between 4-6 pound and chub 3-4 pound. Other was a nice sized eel. Made up for the blank, the previous day, at How Caple Court.

9 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other