Feedback & Reports

1 small BT on a dry fly , only one other rise and one small take on a GH nymph all day.

1 Trout

River was in good condition and saw a couple of fish moving at the bottom of the Rocks. A fellow rod I spoke to had lost a fish late morning. Its good to see that plenty of rods are out on this part of the river at the moment. Dry flies don't catch fish! And the fish are certainly there despite what some might tell you on various internet blogs (or whatever you call them).

First time on this beat, lovely stretch. Fished the bottom end and didn't get a twitch until late evening when a small chub and 4lb barbel obliged. Conditions were not too bad, bit of push in the water and a bit of colour. An enjoyable day except for the fish who were taking the day off ...! I need to get to know this stretch a bit better so will be back.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

I was teaching my son to fish - none caught but a few fish moving and wonderful setting with a light wind. One other fisherman, who encouraged him to keep going and build his experience. So a really worthwhile day as part of a couple of days' camping. My first time back at the reservoir since my own fishing there in the late 1970s, hope to come back sooner!

9lb 8oz Barbel, 2 Chub on crust/breadflake, freelined and trotted. 2 Firsts for me, more than happy, could have caught more if I'd put mor effort into catching numbers. Will be back, loads of river not yet fished. Thanks to Terry for his input.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

River still high (about 1 ft above summer levels), cold and slightly coloured. Only surface activity coming from presumed salmon parr on far bank under the trees. Plenty of caddis activity above the water, and a sporadic hatch of small olives during the early afternoon. All fish were caught on a heavy tungsten beaded point fly: 5 trout from just below the boards at Llanstephan, 3 trout from infront of the hut, and the sole grayling from the deep water near Cottage. All the trout and grayling were in the 6-8" size range.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

The river was still high 1'7",so again tricky wading.
Grayling were caught at the bottom of the beat, but another dry day. Celebrated my birthday the night before so felt a bit grey and really only added moral support to the others.
The girls in the foundation office were great,putting up with all my alterations to our fishing.thanks again.

6 Grayling

A good well maintained beat had 2 trout up to 10" on weighted ptn and 2 grayling on Adams 1 over 12" good enjoyable day

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

This was my first visit to the Wye, the barbel having all but disappeared from my local Wiltshire river. It took some getting used to the size of the river, which was coming down at a fair pace, even at normal summer level. I had nothing in the first swim I tried, though there were a few very sharp pulls from what I thought were probably small chub. A move to another swim as the light began to fade brought first an eel, then at last a decent barbel bite and a fish just over the five pound mark on halibut pellet and feeder. Despite relative lack of success I greatly enjoyed my visit, learned a lot and will surely return.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Only fished for just over an hour due to urgent work requirements. From what I saw of the beat it had plenty of good looking swims etc. and would love to return. The fishing that I did do was tough due to the fast flow, meaning that 4oz feeders barely held.