Feedback & Reports

Tried to fish the new extended section of the beat but water levels too low, unfortunately unable to find suitable swim in wood section as well so moved on.

Enjoyable day on a reasonably quiet stretch of the river, fished one swim at the upstream end in the morning & one on the downstream ends in the afternoon caught from both with the Chub falling to various pellets & Boilies at irregular intervals throughout the day, biggest was around 4lbs.

7 Chub

Focussed on the upper stretch, from the island below the 'Rochford Road' bend to the junction with the Rea. Some good, fast/medium fly water, fished four hours until about 3pm. Small hatches coming off including some mayfly. A few rises from small trout. Access can certainly be challenging ...

The weather had drastically changed from the previous day, dropping to about 17 degrees from the mid 20s 24 hours earlier. The river was in very clear but seemed still a bit above normal summer levels. Judging by the water marks on the rocks it was dropping throughout the day.

Started at the top end of the beat but nothing was moving, which as it turned out would be a theme for the day. Despite a chat with the owners who were very helpful in pointing us towards the right places by 19:00 dad had managed our only fish, a 3 inch trout down at the bottom of the beat.

We wondered back up towards the top and were contemplating whether to call it a day but there were a few fish stating to show again, with plenty of fly life about.

Dad managed one more and four for me before the end of the day including a 22/23 inch trout in perfect condition from the tail of one of the pools from under the tree line. All released.

Finished about 20:30 when everything went quiet and the air temperature started to drop. Thanks very much!

6 Trout

Great beat. Nicely strimmed. Fish came very late... after 9pm.

7 Trout, 2 Chub

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

All taken on meat in a number of swims. All bar two came to trotting a float most were under 2lb, ones of 4.6, 4.1 and 3.8 were also taken. A lovely beat

16 Chub

2 rainbow trout caught using worm under float

2 Trout

Fished the peg above the beach. The chub were obliging despite the swimmers, paddle boarders and the 20 people that got off their kayaks and had a BBQ on the beach! Not really peaceful but that's not the fault of the Wye and Usk foundation.

12 Chub

First time on this beat. Arrived at 1pm, anticipating that any good dry fly action would not be until well into the evening. Blustery and overcast, with some sunny spells. Access to the river was a real challenge. Virtually no work has been dome to maintain any paths or access points to the river. The banks are massively overgrown with Himalayan balsam or bracken. I’m over 6’ tall and the bracken dwarfed me at time. It was impossible to see the river, let alone access it for over 70% of the beat. Given the day ticket price, I thought this was very poor. At a handful of points it was possible to get down to the water, but many of these points were down steep banks. I’m pretty fit so could manage it. If you’re not a mountain goat avoid this beat.

Once I realised the bottom of this beat was the opposite bank to the Buckland beat, I bought an after 5pm ticket for Buckland and waded across the river (caught 5 fish - see Buckland). At the end of the evening I waded back across the river and fished the last 40 minutes on the Ashford House beat - searching under overhangs etc for the odd rising fish (there was negligible fly life). I managed to catch two decent trout each about 1.5lbs on dries. I doubt I’ll re-book this beat on any future trips.

2 Trout