Feedback & Reports

Fished with the excellent guide/instructor Chris Price and caught the vast majority of 12 trout on the trusted New Zealand style, although thankfully did manage to convince a couple to take small emerger dries. Rising trout few and far between though. Finished the day with a fine trout of about two and a half pounds on a PT gold head in the pool below the bridge.

12 Trout

River coloured even in bright sun, visibility less than one foot. Spun with bright yellow and orange lures for 4 hours, the max time my back can take. Maybe next visit will be fly in lower clearer water which I can do all day. Any fish had their heads down.

Tough day, sunny and water was a bit high but clear. Fished 10am - 8pm. No hatch to speak of and no action in the white water either. Left a bit disappointed. Well worth another visit though as the beat is very inviting, with varied and interesting features. No doubt holds many (elusive) trout.

The rougher runs were fished with nymphs and produced most of the trout. Two good fish were caught on a small olive dry, they measured 28cm and 35cm.
The evening rise was eagerly awaited and started around 9.35pm. Unfortunately it lasted for only about five minutes. This was the same throughout the stretch!

12 Trout

A lovely looking piece of water and odd fish in it, but the evening rise was really disappointing. Most of the fish that the lads caught were on nymphs in the fast riffles.

6 Trout

Fished with grey wulf mayfly. Rose plenty of fish and missed all but one which then transferred the fly to some tree roots.

Very warm day, with zero cloud cover so the fish were easily spooked. Limited fly activity until late in the day when the fish started to respond to sporadic hatches. Hard work, but we were rewarded with some beautiful trout to 14 inches - all returned safely.

5 Trout

My first time on this beat and just as I thought, being close to town there was many dog walkers, kids swimming in the river and people everywhere.

1 Trout

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fished the morning on the lower beat to no avail, with extra from SMS at Gromain, thank you. Then finished as planned on the upper beat of Llanstephan. Just as I had started to think maybe next time, my line tightened into a fresh 14lb cock fish, which was released safely. I set about finishing Orchard Pool off to the tail and within 2 casts a 12lb hen took me up and down the pool stripping 30 yards of backing off the reel & burning my fingers to boot! That was landed & released safely too. I finished the pool with a fumbled pluck from another at the tail. All fish on 11ft 7-8 wt switch rod, full floating line and own tied cascade.
These days are few & far between on any river in the UK, but having one on the Wye is very rewarding, well done WUF!

2 Salmon