Feedback & Reports

The River was low and clear, I fished the tailend of the Boys rock stretch, actually sitting on the last rock.
I fed maggots & pellets taking 5 Barbel to 8 3/4 lb all on pellets.

5 Barbel

Supposed to be 2 mile stretch of river. I walked all of it and found 1 swim in the last mile & half, the rest is immposible to access. Water very low top end, struggled all day - 2 barbel between all 4 of us.

2 Barbel

Another tough day on a very low river. Very little action throughout the day except for an Eel. Managed to land a Barbel that weighed just over 6lb on a Halibut pellet just before pack up. Very nice venue with easy access and lots of swims.

1 Barbel, 1 Other

Very challenging fishing. Very low water levels. Hardly any rising fish with a strong up stream wind. The only fish I could cast to were at the back of the deeper pools. Wind dropped off in the afternoon and managed two very nice wbt around two pound mark. Two otters on this beat. I will be back next year, a truly stunning stretch of river. All the fish came to nymphs!

5 Trout

A dull, overcast day. Fished from 11am until 5pm.
Fished opposite the meadow by the sawmill working upstream to the shallow rapids. Used olive Klinkhammers and took two Grayling about 10" (Returned).
When the rain started I fished back downstream with tiny nymphs without success.
Came out of the river at the point where I had first entered and walked well downstream to dry fly fresh water upstream but could not catch anything, however crafty I thought I was being with different small olive flies and a small Daddy.
A great day to have the beat to myself nonetheless.
The water was low (wading in 12" to 24" under the trees) so casting beneath the trees to the deep run was fairly easy but I guess it could be a challenging beat when the water is up. One day is not enough time to explore the whole beat so I will be back next year!
Can thoroughly recommend accomodation at www.thehaltatdoldowlod.co.uk
We stayed there in our caravan in May and in their Vulcan Lodge cottage this time. Excellent facilities, very agreeable hosts and only a 150 yard walk the the Craig Lynn beat and a couple miles to the Doldowlod beat. Perfect!

2 Grayling

No Salmon caught. Lots of activity from resident fish in Vanstone. River very low.

Although river very low and hardly any flow in Llanobery pool I bought a Salmon ticket, so gave it a go for a few hours. No Salmon caught or seen. As there seemed to be lots of trout rising I swapped my Salmon gear for my trout rod and landed a lovely 12" Usk Trout on second cast, followed by at least another 9, all from Llanobery pool, all about 12". Great fighters. All returned. As always a great service from Wye & Usk.

10 Trout

River very low, only one proper rise seen all day, no fish to note.

Top and bottom ends of this stretch need some work to them to open up access. Despite a low clear river bites came right from the off. Moved swims a bit but all the barbel came from one particular spot, although I did get chub on float fished corn and bread from other swims.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Fish taken on gold head nymphs, river level was low. Nice days fishing.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling