Feedback & Reports

River very low and clear and weather very hot. We fished from 9.00am until 7.00pm patchy throughout the day, fed for an hour or so then went dead for a period, then came back on again for an hour or two. Altogether a good day at a lovely venue, but a very long walk. Thanks to WUF.

8 Barbel, 20 Chub

A tricky day given the high pressure and hot conditions. I fished from 08:30 - 18:00 and adopted a roaming approach fishing about half a dozen swims towards the upper end of the fishery but only 2 produced any activity whatsoever. The beach and other swims nearby looked ideal for barbel but I couldn't tempt a bite and there weren't even any chub rattles to suggest that any fish were present. The 2 swims that did show plenty of chub activity were those either side of the boathouse and eventually the downstream one produced 2 barbel of 6-7lb and another lost fish as things started to cool off later in the day. I'm sure I could have caught more had I stayed on. As usual this stretch of the Wye looked stunning and there was plenty of wildlife to keep us interested, including leaping salmon and an inquisitive mink. The farmer also kindly gave us a lift to and from the water's edge, which makes life much easier!

2 Barbel

I did much better than expected on a very hot sunny day (24 degrees) with a nasty upstream wind in the afternoon hampering decent presentation. Water temperature was 17 degrees - the main stem of the Wye (Ddoll Farm) had been dropping rapidly over the previous 48 hours but compensation water from the Elan had topped this part of the river up from Saturday evening onwards. Fresh compensation water can be bad news but maybe 36 hours or more had been just long enough to let fish settle down again. There was little fly until a few sedges and olives appeared in the afternoon. In the morning, only a few trout rose but in the afternoon the grayling were looking up as well. Almost all fish were caught on a small HE emerger, with a heavy flashback PTN also nailing a couple whilst bugging in the morning. Most of the trout were caught in the morning and most of the grayling in the afternoon with about half being non-rising ladies moving to the emerger. Trout ranged from 9-12" and grayling from 9-14" (quite a few 12, 13 and 14", ~ 1.25lb, fish on this day). Hard!!

12 Trout, 22 Grayling

River even lower. No sign of barbel. Chub to 5lb. Spotted an otter.

3 Chub

I was fishing with one other and we elected to fish the bottom of the fishery with a sort of gravel beach. ideal spot. whereas the main river was low slow and sluggish, this stretch has a bit of depth and pace . I managed one small chublet, my colleague fishing a mere 30 feet away managed 6 barbel in tough, hot sunny conditions which included swimmers showing zero consideration coming right through our swims, canoes, bbq's, dogs and, for 5 minutes, somebody flying a drone right above us. but having said all that it is a beautiful spot and will return but probably not in july/aug in a hot sunny spell.

1 Chub

Have had a great day but haven't cought any fish. Cheers.

River very low,no rain for two weeks, bright sunshine all day, fish caught in the last hour of light.

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

My son and I fished the beat in what I thought were good water conditions but unfortunately did not connect with a fish and only one fish showed, below the Rocks
This is the second time to fish The Rectory so hope it will become a regular beat for me.
Tony Evans

Fished until 3 p.m. on the corner just downstream from the weir but could not get a serious take. I moved up to the boat house swim and the river livened up after about 7 p.m. Hooked but lost a decent fish early evening and finally netted a 5.5 lbs chub caught on pellet around 8.30 p.m. Packed up at 8.45 p.m. Not satisfying to only catch one fish but at least not a blank. I will give Lower Canon another go next time I am down as it is a beautiful place and want to give it another go asap

1 Chub

River low. Had to work hard to catch these fish

2 Barbel, 3 Chub