Feedback & Reports

Blustery downstream wind and a lack of available time meant that I didn't get to enjoy this lovely stretch of river. But will make sure I do next year!

Started day off at top of the beat with little success. As it was bright and sunny I was not very confident. I also found it very snaggy. All I had to show for my efforts was one chub. I decided to settle into a swim near the dead tree and wait for the sun to go behind the tree line.
No sooner had this happened the whole situation changed and I ended up with eight barbel to over 10lb.

We booked the whole weekend and following the heavy floods we were praying all week the river would drop in time for our annual Whiskers in the Wye trip. Tom and I were very lucky to find the river in perfect condition, good colour and dropping.
A slow start was had that first morning and a couple of chub were our reward for our long journey and early start. We stuck it out all morning in the first swim with no more results. A move was in call for and by mid afternoon the fish started feeding and didn't stop feeding. By the end of the weekend we had 38 fish between the 2 of us, mainly barbel and a good number of chub. We also tried for some pike but none were encountered. The barbel ranged from 5lb to 10.5lb with 3 doubles banked in total, we even managed to double hook up twice! All in all our best days fishing ever, a wonderful beat, wonderful wildlife set in wonderful countryside. Thanks WUF for enabling this opportunity. Looking forward next year!

Beautiful day but very few fish. One lost and only one of 8'' landed all day. Little evidence of insect life.

Great location, water clear and falling following heavy rain earlier in the week, weather sunny but cool, steady gentle rises mid morning to mid afternoon.
Landed four brown trout from 1/2 lb to a beautiful 1lb+ fish, all in good condition small emergers / dry flies.
Two fish taken.

1 x Barbel 7lb, 1 x Chub 5.5lb

One trout caught.

We managed to get the car down to the lower car park which saved a walk! We started fishing the first two swims by the pillars but struggled to get any bites. We also fished opposite the islands were the flow is not so much of a boil but again no bites. We tried the pellet, meat and sweetcorn in the end we went back to the pillars when the land owner came along and told us the swims were right down the other end of the venue!!!! This was about 4.30 so we decided to fish the last hour down the bottom and ended up with a barbel of around 8lb, next time we will know!!! But yet again a stunning location we have had an excellent couple of days we were blessed with the weather and cant wait till next time. Many thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation.
One thing I would like to say is for anglers to be extremely careful with the banks, I did slip! I just got to the top of the bank and my feet went away from me a slid all the way to the bottom luckily there was a ledge where I stopped just before the waters edge !!!! Wouldn't have wanted to go in, very scary.

Good river condition and good weather but no trout caught. One salmon jumped, one cormorant seen. Despite that, a good day out. Thanks.

Didn't touch or see a thing unfortunately.