Feedback & Reports

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.

1 Chub, 9 Other

Beautiful sunny day, but I fished swims with tree cover providing shadow. Water had some colour and a little bit of weed coming down, but pretty easy to fish. Used a caged feeder with groundbait, hemp and pellets, with either pellet or meat on the hook. 7 chub to 4lb 4oz and 6 barbel from 5lb 7oz up to 9lb. Barbel came from 3 different swims and throughout the day. There were quite a few swims at water level which were very easy to get down to, with plenty of room to fish and cast from. Brilliant day so will be back soon.

6 Barbel, 7 Chub

A new beat for us - there were two anglers. Very impressed with the management of the angling facilities - in fact with the entire farm. Though the banks were largely covered in brambles, balsam and nettles, which seems to be obligatory these days, fencing was a single stand of electrified fence which was easily scalable. Weather was good though water was low. Wading was relatively easy but with occasional deep holes so caution was necessary. As ever, my buddy proved his superior ability and landed 3 grayling (one a very nice fish) and an OOS trout. I wasn't completely outclassed though as I managed to land one 10 inch or so grayling late in the day.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling