Feedback & Reports

Cool, cloudy, breezy. River in good order. Half day Both fish small, on klinkhammer. Quite a few fallen trees in the river - legacy of winter gales?
A possible stand of Japanese knotweed on right bank inside first bend above Titley Bridge. I am no expert, and hope I am wrong, but I thought it best to report, just in case.
WUF Note: Many thanks for the report of possible JK - we will investigate.

2 Trout

Unforgiving and b'tard head wind (at least Force 7!) hampered what would have been an epic visit. Midge in the morning gave way to clouds of upwings from lunch, mainly olive uprights. Low water kept the clunkers down but there were no end of wild fish to 12 inches rising sporadically. Given difficult casting and spooky fish, perhaps 'cos of wretched otter that plagued my steps (but at least did give good photo opportunities) the score was lower than it might have been, but who's counting in such a magical place.

8 Trout

I know that the salmon itself determines what fly at what depth and of which size it will take and that almost all salmon (most of the time) behave differently to each other. But it is high time and the right time for them to begin taking small flies on a floating line!! Clearly the salmon in the Wye have not read their salmon fishing books and need to bone up on AHE Wood, Jock Scott and others before leaving the estuary. One slow draw and a thump on the dangle is not sufficient to call these salmon in Goodrich well read...lovely beat and glad to be fishing it regularly after an absence of twenty years.

Aberedw has disappeared off the booking office site so maybe this was my last fish of that beat. 20 WBT all to dry a most fish were the typical 10" Edw trout. Water fairly low and very clear. I knew I was in for a good day when my first three casts rose two fish (that were too fast for me until I had my eye in). I do hope that the missing beat is a temporary glitch. If not the passport has lost a good one! This was day 1 of a four day trip to the WUF.

20 Trout

Easy beat to find, park and access. River nice fishable height and welcomed with several decent fish rising to LDO's in the first pool. Stayed on dries all day (CDC Olive and Adams) and rewarded with 19 wbt from 5" to 13" and every inch denomination in between. Lovely beat, probably 5 to 6 hours worth fished at a leisurely pace.

19 Trout

I do love this beat. Even though it is now half the length it was, the best bits are still there. There were decent hatches of mayfly and strong rising throughout the day, peaking mid to late afternoon. I have also realised there are a lot of grayling here too. Couldn't entice any of them! Caught several trout, but one was most exciting.... I hooked what a thought was a parr and was just reeling in to let it off and there was a 3lb trout on the end! We were both shocked to see each other, but then I realised, it had my parr in it's mouth, not the fly!! Suffice to say, I didn't get to land it....

10 Trout

Good day all round, river had slight tinge of colour but still good for the fly. Banks and paths to the pools well manicured , Mick has certainly been working hard. Saw two fish moving in the Vanstone Pool late afternoon and soon hooked one about 10lb on 3/4" tube only to lose it after 5 mins . rested the pool for 1/2 hour and tried again to no avail then had last few casts with FC and made contact half way down the pool & after a strong fight landed a silver cock 18 - 20lb

1 Salmon

Started late due to long trip and traffic. Sunshine and showers afternoon - water clear at present. Stuck to fly, no fish but lovely bit of water. Good access and Nathan very friendly and helpful. Will be back to explore further - many thanks.

Salmon of about 10lbs ish caught on a spinner beat 4

1 Salmon

Fished the double bank section from 15.15 to 18.30hrs.Good water conditions, and despite the forecast a fine early evening, following light and patchy showers; a troublesome north east wind, however.
Plentiful fly for the first hour (surprisingly large dark olives, and the occasional may), but they petered out as the afternoon progressed. The water was still cold for late May, noticeable through my thigh waders. This could explain the absence of surface feeding fish; I did not see a single rise.
So I persevered with a size 16 ptn, working to improve my stealth wading skills, while watching and waiting. My 8 foot 4 weight rod was probably 6 inches too long, but I would not go below 7ft here. A net is unnecessary in my view, since beaching a more substantial fish than usual would be easy in most places. The wading was fine even for this unsteady septuagenarian.
It is an attractive, well maintained and accessible beat, to which I shall be pleased to return sometime. I thoroughly enjoyed not falling in, not tearing my waders on barbed wire, not breaking my rod, not mislaying my car keys; and not catching any trout!