Feedback & Reports

Afternoon session very hard going today colour in river completely gone running clear and very cold,2 chub late on on luncheon meat.

2 Chub

Frost overnight meant a brisk morning but very little wind. Pretty quiet day, apart from constant bombardment of falling acorns. Tough going finding fish but managed to winkle a few out using ptn, partridge and purple spiders. Beautiful beat all to myself and one otter mid afternoon.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

This report is for 2 anglers CT and AW.

After a heavy frost at 3c last night, and having to clear the windscreen of ice before we set off I thought it was going to be a "tough day" but it turned out to be a good one!

CT - 11 Barbel and 4 Chub ( biggest Barbel weighed in at 5lb 1oz)

AW - 2 Chub

11 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished all of the beat today with guest SP.
A few accidental trout but no salmon caught or seen.
The river level has dropped off quickly but the clarity was good today.

3 Trout

It looked to be a perfect day; overcast, not too cold and the river height was about right for an end of season fish. The water was a little coloured and I noticed an off white foam accumulating along the banks. Having read the alarming reports on the state of the river I imagined the was something released into the river by the local water treatment works.

During the day I saw one human in a canoe, and three salmon showing along the beat; one in Dog Hole, one in Stones and one in Corner Tree.

As a point of interest, the entry and egress points have become difficult to discern due to vegetation growth and I would suggest that Mick the ghillie be paid (by we fishers) to clear the entry and exit points and put up new signs at the beginning of the season.

Thank you Wye & Usk Foundation for all your efforts to encourage the return of the rivers to health.

A very enjoyable day, despite being chased out of the woods by a very aggressive pheasant. All barbel were in excess of 6 lb with the largest checking in at 9 lb 9 oz . Conditions were perfect once the cold start warmed up, the river level was good, and the cloud cover appeared.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

Weather has been fine and bright and river level dropping. Method used - Ground bait , pellet and maggots.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Trout

A bright afternoon and sunny evening with the river quite low and at a steady height. Fishing with feeder and pellet or meat. Hooked and lost a barbel around 16.30 (hook pull) with a second bite an hour later resulting in a barbel of around 6lbs. The chub was small.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Difficult access to quite a lot of the water. Mostly contending with overhanging trees and finding a suitable point to get in the water because of steep banks. . Some lovely fly water but deep wading and slippery rocky bottom in places makes it a bit scary at times. The section below Biblins Bridge is easy to access and great fly water. I think it would be a difficult beat to fish properly given a bit more water.