Feedback & Reports

An encounter with a concealed stone the evening before had destroyed 2 tyres, and most of this day was lost. However, the hour I had produced one trout of about 10 inches to very heavy nymphing in the channel at the bottom end. Very pleasant beat, will be back next year.

1 Trout

Fish caught on small olive dry fly at lunchtime. 12 till 2 saw fish rising to small olives with occasional march browns.

1 Trout

Thanks for the opportunity to fish such a beautiful river.
At approx. 9:30am my son caught a lovely Brown trout {weight - approx. 1.2kg] in good condition. (returned safely). This fish was taken at the top of a small rapid. Later in the afternoon (3:00pm) a second take but lost it. The river water was clear and clean, and no litter on the banks. Access & parking is good.
As for me I took a close inspection of the river bed, no harm done - fortunately.
The only suggestion (not criticism) is that, more sturdy fence styles should be provided. When you're an "old goat" like me (in waders) it is difficult. It will prevent damage to the farmers fences.
What a lovely day out, I would recommend it to anybody and we will certainly be back. Thanks again.

1 Trout

One really nice grayling caught of 16". I estimated it at around the 2lb mark. Beautiful fish. Caught on a heavy pheasant tail nymph tied on a jig hook. Couldn't seem to tempt anything else. Lower beat seems to hold more grayling than the upper.

1 Grayling

Perfect conditions and a lovely bit of river. No fish caught. Couple of salmon seen and one large dead hen fish.

The river was up a touch and carrying a little colour.
However all looked good for an Autumn fishing trip.
We had a couple of Grayling around 12-14" one on a nymph one on the dry which is always a bonus.
Then the rains came, and it really did rain, which put and end to it. A nice stretch and well worth a fish.

2 Grayling

Estimated approx 17lbs hen Argoed Pool on the last day of the season sunny approx 15 degrees. Caught on a small yellow and orange tube.

1 Salmon

Our activity was restricted to the lower section of the beat, more specifically to the pool lying below the fence separating the second and third fields below the access point.
Despite some colour, both anglers were blessed with an end of season fish. Both cock fish dressed in tartan, the first at around 6lbs and the second around 12lbs. A wonderful end to the season.
Wye! Oh, Wye!

2 Salmon

Spent a couple of hours fishing deeper water downstream of the sawmill before locating grayling in shallower streamy water. Caught four between 12 and 16 inches in an hour. Unable to locate any more after that. Caught on beaded PTN and GRHE.

4 Grayling

The second time I have fished this lovely stretch of the Wye. River very low and crystal clear. I mainly fished the gutter on the bottom half of the beat so as to keep out of sight of the fish. Only saw two fish rise so I fished klink and dink all day and ended up with 7 graying 12-14 inch and 1 trout 14 inch. Very small pink shrimps seemed to work well.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling