Feedback & Reports

My first time on this lovely, varied stretch of the upper Wye and it won't be my last. I've read a few complaints about access in the past if using the upper parking spot but if you follow the instructions and walk down the track rather than the river, it's pretty straightforward.
However, it was a frustrating day. Fishing from midday to about 6:30pm, there was no shortage of fly life (steady hatches of 3 different types of olive) nor rising fish but I struggled to get them to take my offerings. I heard today that some Usk trout were on the aphids over the weekend - perhaps these were too?
The fish were mostly in the slower water mid way down the pools and in the tails. I rose a couple of good ones to small cdc emergers but missed them both before landing three smaller trout up to 9" in faster water that saved the blank!

3 Trout

Good day, lovely stretch of the river

2 Trout

I fished for a few hours before lunch and then again in the afternoon/ evening. There were no obvious hatches but the fish were rising to the top every now and then. I managed to loose a couple of hooked fish on the dry before I landed the a brown trout. A great days fishing in a very nice location.

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1 Salmon

3 Trout

Lovely day Water quite low

Pesky Shad didn’t give my would be salmon a chance.

10 Other

Another superb session on the Kington beat , fished from eleven till just gone three , not as sunny today , a tad cooler , at about thirteen degrees and stacks of insect life about when I turned up , it was pure perfection , and in the first pool head , a splashy rise , ahhhhhhhhhh bliss !!!!!!!

Fished from the bridge , and initially fished a rusty Para Adams , great fun , and missed the first two takes , but soon honed in , and brought the first eight inch fish to hand , spot on , it went like that right up to the weir , when I had a chill out , and by then had brought ten to hand , lovely fish , all off the top on dries , ranging from seven to twelve inches , lovely colouration as always with these Arrow fish . . . . . .

I did venture on the beat above the weir , and in areas it's pretty blocked with wood , and tree debris , but Danica had put in an appearance and takes were very aggressive on the Para Adams , and at the head of a lovely pool , had two clinkers from the same pool , spot on , both about thirteen inches , and put a serious bend in my little six foot two weight rod . . . . Brilliant , and great to see mayflies dancing around , an absolutely fabulous four hours sport , with fourteen brownies caught , and several mistimed strikes , sport couldn't be better , a memorable day , spot on !!!!!!!!!!!

14 Trout