Feedback & Reports

Angry weather with gale force wind and very heavy rain. Wading treacherous in these conditions. The river a gem, but a real challenge. Fish taking the dry fly despite the storm - extraordinary sport.

WUF Notes : 4 Brown trout up to 1lb. Caught on : Grey duster and GRHE

I suppose that releasing a 12lb salmon on Monday and 5 salmon on Wednesday between 9 and 13lb may qualify for a sweat shirt! Wednesday was an exceptional day at Bigsweir with 14 fish from 9lb to 20lb plus. I was fortunate enough to have 4 in the morning (2 on fly and 2 spinning) and another fish on the fly in the afternoon. All of my fish went back in a good condition and all were fresh and some with sea lice. Robin Coleman had 6 for the day.

Keep up the good work on the reports.

I was a guest at Wyesham on Tues and was told me to go Colemans first thing in the morning and warned about algal bloom and it was suggested big flies or spinning would be the order of the day.

After 3 (all returned) fish to 16lbs on Cascade 1? tube before 7.15 a.m. all went quiet until 9.15 when 2 other tenants arrived announcing that I was on the wrong beat, I was only doing what I was told! So on up to the Pipes (rather public) below the bridge at Monmouth, canoes a plenty but after just 10 mins into another fish. Barbel fisherman on my bank cheered me on + several people on a footpath on other bank

Good lunch at Ostrich, shad and chubb to the same Cascade double all afternoon then another 9 pounder on a 2? tube at 19.30 ? returned.

Fantastic day with 4 other good pulls and 2 more on briefly when the ghillie had suggested spinning was the only way of catching a fish! 12 for the beat for the day, 8 on fly. Great stuff but needed long casting which was hard work with big tubes, although I?ve caught many more in a day elsewhere (23 on day in Scotland last year) but the quality of fish was exceptional and as a complete day Wyesham had it!

Stunning days fishing, Barbel seen rolling on arrival. 14 banked up to 11 lb . Two doubles witnessed by other coarse angler. Sadly smashed 5 times. Stronger tackle required!

Just to thank you for the assistance in booking middle hill court and wye bank and Courtfield 18th and 20th, I attempted to ring in a catch report but found it hard from Monmouth (poor signal)

18TH I had 8 barbel from 5 lbs to a PB of 11,4 all fell to corn, best days fishing on a river ever.

20th 2 barbel and a chub best of 7 lbs.

Will be back every year I am able absolutely fantastic beats and service

River wye, sheephouse, sunny and hot, river low and clear
5 chub from 3 to 6lb on meat

This is a brilliant set up had lots of info, cracking scenery, fishing could of been better, though conditions were tough,we were after barbel but they were more interested in cleaning themselves after spawning so i will be back!canoes took some getting used to too. But once again its brilliant and cant wait to fish in such beautiful surroundings again! thanks very much to all :-)

FYI. Fished it yesterday afternoon, 13 trout to 8? with twice as many lost. Mayflies, olives & lots of others hatching, although all but 1 taken on gold head.

First part of the beat clear but closes in after about 1km and roll casts only after that. Could do with some napalm!

Had a great day on Dan-y-Parc today, steady rise most of teh afternoon/evening and fish of a very high average size, but nothing over 1lb 12oz brought to hand. Each one hooked shot to the other side of the river with the reel screaming.....must be what hooking a bonefish is like!

Hergest Court
weather: Fine but quite cool for the time of year - strengthening breeze through the day
conditions: clear, normal summer level
fly-hatches: mayfly - around 11.00 and again later
10 Brown trout to 12oz on weighted nymphs / mayfly

Lovely day all in all - the lastest newsletter arrived on Friday and much of what it said was borne out, especially the bit about the fishing becoming more challenging as the vegetation has grown up - parts of the beat were bearly recognisable from when I fished it a few weeks ago, and I don't think I have ever seen nettles quite so tall! Part of the reason for my visit was to try out a new 6' cane rod which I have built myself - great fun to use in the confines of this lovely little river, or at least it was until the ferrule broke. Poor workmanship, I'm afraid...

10/6/08 Upper Winforton - I can't sing the praises of this beat more highly if I tried. I wascompletely taken with the whole place. Although I blanked, I saw 9 good fish moving by Cowpond and Walls & Steps. My companion, with whom I have fished for over 50 years, commented it is the best he has seen the Wye since the seventies, having fished it on and off over the years.

11/6/08 Middle Hill - Sadly once again a nil return, although 1 fish seen. Elliot Penn who was also fishing the beat reported seeing several fish earlier (about 5am!)

I'm happy to admit that my lack of results is due entirely to lack of skill and not the lack of fish!