Feedback & Reports

Super day out on the hottest day of July ever recorded, supported by Chris Price of casting with style. Lots of fish about but none energetic enough to bite.

Fished the last 2 pegs in the morning. No barbell,water very, very low with little flow. One angler returned in the evening and managed 2 barbel and 1 chub. Good going under the circumstances. A lovely stretch to fish with easy access but would definitely benefit from a bit of extra water.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Got to boys rock at 5am in the morning. Tackle fairy was out and lost four or five rigs mid or main flow of river. No bites so moved to step swim and had 1 small barbel and two chub. Then at 14:00 hours moved back to boys rock where the barbel and chub had decided to feed - had three barbel biggest at 8lb 13oz, then two chub and an eel. Hard work but enjoyed the sweltering day. All fish caught on elips pellets and hinders bomb mix in feeders. Thanks WUF.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Afternoon session on the lovely Grywne Fawr. Tough going in the very low water and the small sentrys in the tails of the pool alerted the bigger chaps that are sometimes here. Best fish was a 12 incher of fighting fury, they really do go some down here! Lots of salmon parr topping and snatching the dry and the river bed is littered with case building caddis.

4 Trout

A couple of hours or so session after a cooling Butty Bach at the Skirrid Inn . A couple of 10 inch fish on the dry soon after starting by the houses but then all quiet as I moved up. Wading up below the rail bridge a bitch otter decided to join in. That explains the lack of trout activity there then! Was a fabulous sight though and she has a holt just below the bridge.
By the way, I was camping at the Maes Y Beran campsite a few mile up the valley. Highly recommended if you like it simple and peaceful, right on the banks of the Honddu. No toilets etc though. No problem. The owner comes round for the dues in the mornings or evenings.
Llanthony Priory campsite further up has bit better facilities to those that want them and is a great site as well. There's a bar underneath one part of the priory!
Thanks to all at the WUF for all these and more opportunities!

2 Trout

Travelled from Essex during the morning for a 3 day trip. Fished for just a few hours in the afternoon, very hot and humid. Just 2 chub to show for my efforts.

2 Chub

Three anglers fished beat 4 from dawn until 8-30am. Methods employed were stick float and bomb rod with various baits including maggots and pellet. The barbel caught was 27" long and weighed 8lbs and was caught on the bomb with Hinders elipse pellet.

1 Barbel

Fished opposite the weir garden on a warm hot sunny day, fished from 9am and caught 1 chub between 9am and 6pm (this was with the warm hot conditions). But from 6pm until 8pm, the fishing improved as the heat dropped which meant the fish were feeding and managed to catch 4 chub with the biggest weighing 4lb and 2 barbel of which the biggest weighed 8lb. On the last catch I managed to catch a 6lb pike on a halibut pellet which I was very surprised about. Fished feeder tactics throughout the day. Lovely stretch of river. will be definitely returning in the near future.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Pike

With temperatures getting close to 30 and not a cloud in the sky and the river low and clear it was hard going.
Found fish under the weed at the top of the beat and spent a long time watching. Managed two chub to 4lb later in the day put on chest waders and fished the top swim and found some good dace to sweetcorn.

2 Chub, 10 Other

Hard conditions in the bright conditions but this is a lovely beat again. We found barbel in two swims but they were hard to tempt. We caught four on medium or large pellets. I rolled meat which got a couple of chub out.
NOTE. Most barbel we have had this week have had a few lice
on them which we have removed. They tend to be behind the dorsal fin and pectoral fins and can be washed off in the landing net whilst resting the fish in the margins.
The barbel can be seen 'flashing' as they try to remove them along the river bed and also leaping out of the water and crashing in to get them off too.
Good access to this fishery. The steps back up to the car are easier the more you catch!

4 Barbel, 4 Chub