Feedback & Reports

Fished the peg almost opposite the fishermans hut on the crib. It looked fantastic but was very clear and the level appeared to be below normal as the bay on the opposite bank ( point of the small island ) was only a few inches deep. Sat for probably 4 hours without a bite using every method and bait I had with me includung Halibut, elips, pellets, boilies, luncheon meat in all sizes..feeding hemp and barbel bomb (hinders) through a feeder. Was really disappointed so decided to move downstream to a peg on a concrete and stone ledge under a big tree having sat there for another 2 hours I eventually had 2 barbel about 5lb on 8mm pellets.. all in all a disappointing days fishing but loved the location and views. My two mates managed to catch 4 chub and 2 barbel between them. One of the barbel was over 8lb but again not a very impressive day considering all 3 of us are experienced Barbel anglers. We put it down to the condition of the river level. But will be back to give it another go.

Once again river still very low and clear, another hot, bright day, again making fishing difficult. We fished the upper swims, eventually finding some fish in the 'tree' swim. We lost a couple and landed 1 barbel, about 6lbs and 1 chubb, lots of streamer weed making it very snaggy.

This was our last day on the fabulous river Wye before the journey south to Jersey. Again we were met by another bright and sunny day with clear water which made it a very pleasent day. A total of 4 barbel and a couple of chub landed from a late start and early finish.
Thank you for allowing us access to these wonderful stretches of this great river.

Three of us fishing using one fly rod each for two days on a quest to catch grayling at Cefnllysgwynne.
Lovely river with a mixture of gravel runs, deep pools, and rapids but the fishing was not easy which made it all the more pleasureable when we caught. Between the three of us we managed four grayling and three small brown trout on a mixture of flies and these seemed to come mostly in the deeper areas on the lower stretches on the beat which was two or three miles long. We all caught at least one grayling each so got what we came for and enjoyed the challenge.

A cooler and overcast day with hopes high for a better result than on Monday. Although the fish weren't jumping on the hook, we did find the fish in the deeper water again. 8 Barbel caught between us and 3 chub - best barbel at 7.5lb all on either meat or pellet.

Great day, one 5lb fresh run grilse caught and safely returned

Had a great day on wyebank today, started at 10am fishing from the groin next to bottom pool and had 2 barbel around 6-7 lb between 11am and midday after a wasted 1st hour trying to fish the far bank tree line in an impossibly fast flow before I realised the barbel were only 1 3rd of the way out in the walking paced water towards the bottom pool to my left. Then had a 2 hour lunch break (my fault for taking the wife!!) before moving to the last swim on the bottom pool after a quick chat to Don the bailiff who put me on the fish straight away and caught 2 chub ,one of which was over 20 inches long and in winter could have easily gone 6-7 lb on my first two casts using luncheon meat. Then a swap to pellets on the hair saw me catch 3 barbel between 6 and 7.5lbs before a I got snapped on the rocks and whilst re-tackling up about 50 kids in 20 kayaks went noisily past and even stopped in my swim (bless them) but this clearly didn't disturb the fish as on my very next cast I had another barbel and then another to round the day off. Used groundbait feeder with hemp and pellets sandwiched in middle and a 3 foot hooklength. Cheers WUF for another fantastic day on the wye and I will definitely be back.

Access was fine, directions easy to follow. Very short walk to first swim by the power lines. Having read the reports here, I was very pleased to find it free, then again I was the only rod booked on! Again, based on reports here I started by fishing the middle of the river to avoid the nearbank tackle graveyard. One hour in, no bites (started at 1pm btw). After an hour, I messed up a cast and it only went about a third of the way out. Best mistake I've ever made, as my hair-rigged sweetcorn fished beneath a feeder full of pellets and ground bait was snaffled, a barbel of 6.12 turned out to be the culprit. Nine of his mates followed at regular intervals throughout the afternoon. I didn't lose any tackle to snags, though a couple of fish got away by snapping my 10lb mono hook length. All in all, the best days fishing I've ever had. Thanks v. much WUF, superb fishing in superb surroundings with superb service. Fish took sweetcorn, Sonu s-pellets - never tried meat, didn't feel the need. So ten barbel between 5 pounds and 8 pounds. Wonderful.

What a day! Got off to a bad start by parking in the wrong place (obviously brain-dead since the parking instructions are quite clear!) and confirming that the gale that was forecast was in fact going to be blowing downstream, which it duly did all day. However, once warmly welcomed to the beat by the owner and given a few steers on the lie of the land, it was off to pastures new. I do love exploring new beats and this one appears to be a gem. Access is very well maintained and it offers a great variety of water, only a little of which there was time to sample. On a day which was so incredibly windy, and certainly not one on which one would choose, of all things, to go fly-fishing, it was amazing that there were so many clearly suicidal olives hatching for so long! However, they didn't elicit much response from the fish until mid-afternoon when a few grayling decided to head for the surface for a while. Prior to this, having found some gravels with a bit of depth and pace to the water, I caught four grayling and two trout (fishing duo), three to the dropper (E H Caddis) and three to nymphs. Once the fish took to the surface, I had a further five grayling, four coming to a Mmall Dark Olive Duck's Dun pattern and the other to a Grayling Steel Blue. Most of the grayling were 12-13" fish and one a 14" 1.25 pounder. Given the conditions, for me, all of this was "a result", and I look forward to returning, and hoping to sample the bigger fish that are reputed to live here - I hope, under kinder conditions than 12-13 degrees plus some serious wind chill - at least it didn't rain (much!).

No salmon caught, had 2 trout and 1 nice grayling. Another 2 fisherman on Spring Pool seem to be having some action.