Feedback & Reports

Purchased a evening ticket ,thinking the canoe traffic may have slowed by then , first mistake haha, canoe mored up on first swim over bridge !! picnic-ers in second swim , so while waiting for these people to move on ,fed sweet corn off bridge and watched odd small Chub take offering's tentatively ?
waded in under bridge and on 3rd trot connected with a small Chub , waded down further to no avail. The bank signage clearly says no public access !!! but two families with dogs and kids obviously did not see them and began to enter my peg and , after making them aware of my interpretation of the signs decided to leave , as it was obvious I was on a "no win " situation , receiving comments ranging from "we know the farmer"....we have been doing this for two years ...stupid place to fish ,by a foot bridge etc etc expensive evening for 20mins fishing , did look at last swim road side but this was being fished by another angler !!! water ridiculously warm so maybe I made a wise decision leaving , but the access to a paying fishing permit needs addressing ,because the current signage does not deter everyone ........

1 Chub

Hot bright sunny day, only saw a few fish rising all day. Both fish taken on PTN.

2 Trout

Fished from 20.00 to 21.30 with a small dark Sedge pattern on Tenkara rod.
Skating the fly over the faster water brought most of the responses. 5 Trout the biggest around 14 inches.

5 Trout

First time here , wonderful scenery driving through the Courtfield estate, lots of water to cover, I spent an hour just walking the beat scoping it out, The fishing was steady throughout the evening fished from 4pm to 10 great day , can't wait to come back

7 Barbel

very warm again, first barbel outing for two years and was chuffed after an hour of landing one about 7lb then nothing the remainder of the day . tried 3 swims and other than the one take not a knock.

1 Barbel

Fantastic day on my favourite grayling fishery. Early start as I knew the rain the day before would raise the river, but also knew it would drop very quickly. Most fish taken on either an olive or grey nymph fished in or around the faster water. The grayling size were varied from 6" to 18", but it was the trout that surprised me. Not know to be big on this beat from previous experiences, but the average size was between 14 and 18" with a few obligatory small ones. It was a fantastical and meet two other anglers on the beat both catching good sized grayling. Can wait for the water level gets back up again.

11 Trout, 15 Grayling

Very tricky day. Got there early, one or two trout rising but no interest in what I was offering. Too hot by 10:30 so went to enjoy the Brecon Beacons. Returned in the evening, hoping for a hatch, but no luck.

Only fished evening from 7 canoes take over during the day same all over the wye but a evening session with 18 barbel is more than enough biggest barbel 7lb average 3 lb

18 Barbel, 3 Chub

Introduced a friend of mine to the slippery slope of fly fishing. Whilst the sun and lack of water made catching hard, it was an easy introduction to wading and casting. We did winkle out 7 wbt, mostly 5"-6" on a range of nymphs. And my mate landed the fish of the day on debut, a pristine 9" brownie.
We had a long lunch on the bank, sipped some river-chilled wine, chatted and gazed at the river, marvelled at the beautiful Wye Valley countryside and soon the lack of rising trout and shoaling grayling seemed not to matter.
My fishing has become quite frenetic over the years but today reminded me that it's so much more than the catch.
Retired to our B&B and evening meal content with one more fisher added to our fraternity.

7 Trout

A first time out reccie on this beat for me and as has been said by others it is challenging wading in many places but I had no real problem just going steady and thinking and looking well before making the next move!

Beautiful stretch of water and location too and very well maintained by the owner (who I had the pleasure of meeting ) and I think it might need a hatch of some sorts in the big pools to give the best of the fishing? Looks like it could produce some lunkers!

Nothing hatching today (no surprise given current conditions and time of year) but some nice trout came out on top sipping spinners in the run just above the road bridge at last light. Looking forward to the next outing already.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling