Feedback & Reports

There was little surface activity at midday in the mid-section so we started with weighted nymphs with sporadic success but we didn't find the big numbers. However despite the lack of rises, dries proved increasingly more effective and there was then a limited hatch of olives. This really is a fantastic and delightfully remote beat. Noticing from the beat notes that the owner would appreciate helpful suggestions, we concluded that cutting a path through the vegitation and brambles adjacent to the Granstand pool would make a vast improvement as it's currently tricky to ensure the longevity of waders when walking between the Coed Cowyn pool and the Hendre.

1 Trout, 12 Grayling

5 Trout, 7 Grayling

Water very clear and cold for August, so thought at an ideal level there was very little fly life hatching and not much movement to a French leader with bugs on the bottom. All fish brought to the net took a dry fly with others also risen to Parachute Adams and Griffifths Gnat. Best fish a stunning 16" Brown which rose from deep and then leapt several times across the pool in surprise at being hooked. Similar tactics worked much better next day on the Cammarch Hotel water, where French leader and deep bugs accounted for several browns and grayling and a best grayling of 15 1/2" came to a Griffifths Sparkle Gnat.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

2 hrs evening fly fishing. Very little surface action. Minimal visible fish activity. All fish caught within stretch 0.2miles u/s chapel. River coloured after rain 48-36hrs before. Water very low. Sky grey. Air cool. Slight cold breeze. Occasional very light drizzle. Grayling all caught rising to a small Parachute Adams Brownie caught nymphing with a gold headed stonefly nymph. All fish around a pound & in g ood condition. All released from barbless hooks & recovered quickly.
This was very much a ‘last minute’ opportunity for a quick flick of the fly at the end of a cycling holiday & despite the conditions & late time, it was a lovely couple of hours on a lovely little beat. I would have loved to have explored more of the beat & can’t wait to make a return, specifically to fish, when I can dedicate a whole day to the Irfon.
The online system worked simply & brilliantly, really good instructions sent once booked & am very grateful to Mr Charlie Nutting for getting me fishing quickly when I turned up in-announced at his door.
Many thanks Wye & Usk Foundation Fishing Passport & to the landowner for this brief but enjoyable opportunity to fish this lovely spot.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Good to have a bit of rain to put some fresh water back in the rivers. Good flow, but a bit coloured for the grayling. All fish bar one solitary brown, dry fly, taken on heavy nymphs in the faster water. Best fish was a grayling of about 16". Good day. Probably fish better on Saturday as it will be clearer.

5 Trout, 8 Grayling

River extremely low and clear. All fish taken using french nymphing technique.

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

River levels well down. no fish taken.

river levels very low, concentrated efforts in areas of the river where flows and depths were greatest but to no avail. No fish taken

River very low with weak flow. Blustery wind and hot, bright sun added to the sense of a tough day ahead. There was very little insect action, but in the morning there were quite a few random splashy rises with 2 or 3 fish properly in the air. Between 9am and lunch I kept to the top half of the beat and fished only on the runs into pools where the flow was strongest. I kept to an Adams Para 16 or 14 on a 4WT, and searched the lines on the run. I was rising a lot of fish but most were fingerlings - one of which I kept on and is included in the count ;-)
The other three trout fish were more respectable 8"x2 and 12"x1. The Grayling came to the smaller fly and was a beautiful, feisty fish at 10". All fish were caught before lunch on barbless and returned quickly in good condition. After lunch I tried the lower half of the beat from below the church to the gauging station with absolutely nothing moving or seen.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling