Feedback & Reports

All small trout caught mainly on goldhead PTN and returned safely. Prolific hatch and a number of fish rising in the evening.

7 Trout

Poor evening. The main problem is access to the river because of the bank side vegetation. This makes getting into the river and more importantly getting out of the river very tricky. Perhaps some access points could be made next winter?

Quite a difficult day, but we were rewarded for our patience later in the day. Started well with a barbel & chub first cast in both of our swims. Second fish followed shortly afterwards and then both our swims went quiet. Followed the same pattern throughout the day and only seemed to be able to induce bites when we changed baits - even from large to small pellets. Started to catch more consistently in the early evening. Barbel from 4lb to 9.5lb and chub up to 4.5lb. Not a touch on meat, with all fish caught on pellets either glued to the hair or bait banded. Pellets from 8ml to 15ml and a combination of micro-pellets or groundbait in the feeders. 1.5lb test curve Shimano Beastmaster rod, with 12lb mainline, 18lb braid hooklink and a size 10 hook. The river was VERY low (the lowest I have ever seen here) but there was a reasonable flow even above the pylon pool. Canoeists were fine but the peace and quiet was disturbed by the 6 who turned up with their tents on the adjacent HDAA stretch and started fishing in the mouth of the Lugg. Although they were no real problem they were more interested in the swimming, beer and barbeque and I would suggest keeping an eye on where they are fishing. This is probably for me the most pretty beat on the Wye & Usk and I will definitely be back soon.

15 Barbel, 10 Chub

Weather very hot and river very low. Not a bite all day but had 3 Chub and 1 Barbel late evening by the bridge.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Arrived at around 7am and fished the wooded section. Caught a chub and a barbel (5 lb ish) by 9:30am and then it went dead. Brother in law caught a chub mid afternoon and the father in law was a victim of eels.
It was a bit too hot to fish and to be honest the canoes are getting worse. Whilst I understand the business reasoning around making hay when the sun shines the owners of the canoe rental firms should have concerns for other river users. I lost tackle due to people going straight through the lines, endless noise and general messing around. Don't get me wrong I'm not a kill joy but when someone wants to get in the river to swim downstream in a swim we you are fishing it's not really on.
Really need to get this under control, it's a shame because it's a great place to fish, I just don't need the hastle when I take the day off to fish, to put up with this.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

A good catch considering the sweltering conditions. We stayed at The Pound in Whitney on Wye - very comfortable and an excellent breakfast.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 Trout

Arriving to see the thermometer registering 28 degrees meant we knew it was going to be a tough day with the river so painfully low!
After a very short walk down a pleasantly shaded footpath you're on the river, and despite fishing the Wye regularly for over 15 years we both commented on the beauty of this beat. Spent the first hour or so looking for any barbel daft enough to be out in the sun before settling down to fish at around half 2pm.
4 painful, sweat soaked, sundrenched hours later without a tap I went for another look around with the sun getting low and settled on a spot that earlier that day I hadn't liked the look of.
Got settled in at about half 7 and just as the renewed sweating outburst was ending and dehydration was starting to verge on serious and I was considering wringing a mouthful of sweat from my T shirt (all drinks having long been drunk) a big barbel belly-flopped not 15 feet in front of me. Dropping a bait on its head resulted in a bite in 5 minutes saving me from straining a drink from my shirt but unfortunately streamer weed intervened and the hook pulled.
The next 80 minutes went mad with a 7lb 3oz and an 8lb smack on landed, 3 lost and at least half a dozen missed before simply seeming to switch off again.
One of the easier beats on the Wye to fish regarding existing swims and places to make swims for Wye regulars, visiting anglers may not agree but there's nothing stopping you from fishing anywhere really except a few trees at the top end. Didn't get snagged once and we did the short hop up the hill to the car in the dark with no torches and no problems - I was expecting the north face of the Eiger based on previous reports but it's less than 50 yards with just the odd root and step. Lovely beat, many thanks to WUF.
Oh, and to the 'angler' who visited before me. It's ok, I picked up your used teabags and took them home to bin them.

2 Barbel

Feeder fished with Richworth Xtracta ground bait, pellet and boilies. Ledger fished over Hinders Elipse pellets. River conditions low. Largest Barbel 9lb 3oz.

10 Barbel

An excellent days fishing in spite of the conditions! Very hot and little cloud cover. The fish were concentrated in the shallow oxygenated water and fell throughout the day to small bugs fished in the French nymph style. TP ended with 11 trout and approximately 20 parr whilst RG stole the show by consistantly finding grayling and ending with 5 trout, 25 grayling and approximately 30 parr.

16 Trout, 25 Grayling