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My son and I spent the Monday float fishing and whilst I enjoyed sport catching dace after dace (not so common nowadays) to a lb in weight Philip could not stop catching chub and he certainly would have filled a keepnet.Around 5pm Philip went on the ledger and promptly lost 2 barbel but third time lucky he caught a personal best of 10lb 2oz which was in pristine condition and made his and my day.
Tuesday was an all out assault on the barbel but we continuously caught chub to 4lb then Colin the ghillie came along and suggested fishing the end of the stretch which we duly did.
The place was stuffed with fish and I managed to wade and catch my first Wye barbel which was especially satisfying as I actually watched the fish take the freelined bait (there is none better).
Unfortunately novice canoeists then decided to stop in the shallows and curtailed the sport.
We both reached our goals and caught a Wye barbel and left having thoroughly enjoyed ourselves both of us vowing to come back.

12 grayling mostly caught in late afternoon. All on floating red sedge. Best a good 2lbs from channels beat bottom pool. Very few fish rising, not much fly life, though eating my sandwich on bridge at Doldowlod I saw a huge grayling just above bridge chase a sedge fly, its dorsal fin cutting the water like a mini shark.

I write to thank you for arranging the fishing at Dan-y-parc last Monday 7th,also for the introduction to Rich White. Despite the heat and the somewhat low water level I had a most wonderful couple of hours...... This was my first time for over 55 years on a river but it will not be my last.. Rich was a very good guide and managed to improve my somewhat heavy handed reservoir style.

I intend to try and get over to your area every three or four weeks and look forward to calling at your offices on my next visit,I don?t think I shall bother too much with
reservoirs in this area in the future - quite boring compared to your rivers. Once again, many thanks for all your help

Having received your newsletters for quite a while I finally could no longer resist the temptation to try one of the locations for the first time - yesterday I went to Beat 13 on the Edw and had a wonderful day. I winkled out seven wild brownies, the biggest about 8 inches, which is not bad for August, and I lost others. The scenery and wildlife is fantastic and I shall certainly return and try some of the other beats. It is a great scheme. Incidentally, another angler turned up on the same beat later in the day and he too was singing its praises.

A total of fouteen trout were caught, the best just under a pound. All were safely returned. The day was very bright with the best fishing between 8-10pm. I lost a good fish just before dark and from its antics I think it was undoubtedly a sea trout. It is a lovely stretch of river with a good variety of water. I will certainly recommend it to friends and will certainly book it again myself.

Fished beat 12 on the Edw on the 15 July weather bright and hot.
I am a novice flyfisher, only started last July on Midlands resevoirs, so I was a bit daunted by the prospect of travelling 150 miles to try my hand at wild brownies. However I managed to catch two 9 - 10" fish on nymphs returned both.
Great day although tiring by the time I had waded up the stream and and back to the car.
Keep up the great work, hope to come back soon...

This was my first time on the Irfon and I must say this stretch of the river is utterly delightful – definitely in my top three! The river, with its rapids, islands, pools, and gutters, has plenty of visual appeal. But beware the river bed, which in parts is quite treacherous, indeed throughout the day I used my wading staff (almost) as often as I did my rod!
Due to the characteristics of this beat, I had to change my technique quite frequently. In places, a small beadhead was the perfect choice but less than a cast away a team of two was required in order to stand half a chance. It was all very challenging – but extremely rewarding. Despite the air being thick with fly life I saw only two rises all day.
Fished from 10:00 till 19:00. The river was up about two or three inches and falling. I managed nine trout: smallest eight inches, largest about fourteen inches.

9 Trout

I had a fantastic day with Kim who's a great instructor - among other skills, he's got all the necessary patience and sense of humor to bear with the slowest learners. My fishing skills and my confidence (in my abilities, but also in the river holding loads of nice fish) received a huge boost on Sunday and this guiding day was a great investment! I'm looking forward to my next guided trip with Kim now... My catch rate increased 10-fold in one day! So my expectation now is that i'll keep this rate of 25-30 fish a day, and next time i go with Kim i'll top 300 fish, right? I've seen lots of recommendations for Kim on your website and I can add my voice to this
chorus: he's just extremely good at his job of making people understand and practice fly fishing better!

Thanks for all the advice!

Just a quick, belated, note to thankyou for all of your help. We all had a great weekend fishing the various beats and I am happy to say that everyone caught fish. Most had not fished the Wye before. Personally I caught my biggest ever grayling.

The beats were simply stunning and the campsite was great as well. I think that it would be fair to say that I would have really struggled without your help. The trip for next year is already being talked about....perhaps the Usk.

Thanks again,

I had a gorgeous days fishing [on the Usk] last Thursday 21st June......We had 10 fish between us, all on dry fly, and most of them in the evening. All were small - about 1/2 pound, with a few larger fish lost. All were returned. There was a reasonable hatch of little sulphur coloured mayflies which they were taking well throughout the day. Also had masses of takes on a gold head nymph during the day but couldn't hook anything with this approach. It's a gorgeous beat with loads of wildlife, and I hope to return to it soon.