Feedback & Reports

Fished from approx 10:00 to 20:00 and a very enjoyable experience. All fish taken were small browns, the biggest being about 1/2 lb and all taken on small nymphs primarily bead head hares ears. Water still a little low so access easy. Plenty of salmon movement in the top pool, nothing else lower down.

13 Trout

All very quiet - a handful of small trout caught to nymphs at the end of the day.

This is certainly a wild stream! I fished it for a couple of hours with a six-foot cane rod - anything else would have been hugely over-gunned. Great fun though and four feisty little trout to show for it.

4 Trout

Fished the late afternoon and evening. Few fish showing and only a couple of small fish to show for my efforts.

2 Trout

Started at bottom of beat and slowly fished upstream using both upstream nymph (PTN) and dry fly (small red tag). Water level good and very slightly coloured. Managed 4 btr, best being 13in! Marvellous day overall, fine weather and tricky fishing. Slightly surprised to meet another angler (not Wye and Usk) fishing downstream.

4 Trout

Fantastic day on Irfon for JD from Porthcawl and JE from Surrey. JD stubbornly persevered on dry to get 1xWBT 16" plus 2x10" and 2 grayling 14". JE mixed wet and dry to net a couple each of WBT and grayling. This beat has all types of water and is extensive although everything switched off mid-afternoon. JD waded up a blind alley which took a long time to reverse out of. Wading is quite difficult in places.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Started fishing around 1pm, caught 4 fish drifting ptn nymphs down stream. One nice fish around 14inches, the rest a respectable 10 inches.
Had a couple of pints of HPA in the bell hoping for an evening rise but no luck. Lovely beat.

4 Trout

River very low. Caught the fish in the fast flow on heavy feeder, groundbait/small pellets, with pellet on hair rig. Lots of effort but worth the hard work.

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

River had risen about 2 foot on Thursday, now fined down and looked good. K had 3 barbel, best 7lb and 1 Chub 4lb-8oz. G had 1 Barbel 8lb-12oz and 1 Chub 4lb-5oz. T had 1 Barbel 7lb and 1 Chub 4lb-3oz. All fish caught on halibut pellets.
Nice stretch. Don't know if us 3 old pensioners can afford £45 for a days coarse fishing next year!

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

I used feeder tactics in a swim near the upstream boundary. Difficult conditions again due to floating weed though the river had fined down considerably from Thursday. Only caught 2 small chub but also lost a fish which dived into a near bank snag. Also saw a large fish leaping in mid-river which due to it's size I can only assume was a salmon.
Thank you to the Wye and Usk Foundation for a very pleasant couple of days. I would heartily recommend you to any friends wanting to fish the Wye.

2 Chub