Feedback & Reports

July 2014: This beat has had 8 new swims opened up along the top half of the beat totaling more than 15 in all. This section is worth the walk as it offers some excellent faster water where good barbel can be found, not to mention some excellent salmon prospects with much of it wadable over gravel as well as croys to fish from. Please visit the beats gallery for more information.

Heavy rain but river clear and rising. 7 brown trout to 11". 4 grayling to 17"

7 Trout, 4 Grayling

16 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. An early morning visit on a cooler day than lately. Given that we are at the end of a hot and dry month, this one is holding up reasonably well, better than I expected in fact. All the Forest streams still have a reasonable flow. Several aggressive 10 inchers in the bag and a strangely coloured, almost black fish, otherwise healthy enough, from the top end.

16 Trout

Good ripple on the water and overcast. Trout feeding well, first time trout fishing for a 15 year old visitor and after a little instruction on the gravel of beat 4 he took 5 small trout and 1 chub all on traditional nymph. Well done!

5 Trout, 1 Chub

Gave up all hope of a salmon as the river was so low. Switched to trout fishing and caught 5 to half a pound ish. Size 14 gold heed orange tag nymph and black pennel fished down and across.

5 Trout

Very good day, a total of 38 fish caught - Salmon Parr, Trout, Chub & Grayling. Style:- Dry fly/Nymph/Czech nymph/high sticking method of fly fishing with nymphs. Great guide with Kim Tribe.

10 Trout, 10 Grayling, 1 Chub, 8 Other

First time on the stretch and a really nice looking fishery. Good access to the river. Fished the quicker water at the bottom and top of the beat to no avail. Trotting corn and ledgering pellet. Packed up about 4.00 pm. From looking at other feedback this may have been when bites would start but we had given it 9 hours and enough is enough. One bite to ledgered meat which turned out to be an eel.

1 Other

Didn't set the world on fire with a huge bag of fish but a really enjoyable day as always on this delightful stretch. Had chub taking bread off the top which was fun. The 1lb eel on pellet was less entertaining!! First time I've seen coarse anglers on the far bank of this water which was a bit of a disappointment as it restricted access to some swims.
Managed to leave my chair in the middle car parking area in the field so if anyone finds it I'd appreciate an e mail via Wye and Usk.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

1 perch caught. Poor fishing up here, not value for money.

1 Other

Water low and warm, a few fish about in the deeper water.

2 Chub