Feedback & Reports

As novice river fishermen we decided to enlist the help of a guide and were put in touch with Frank Williams. It was an inspired move as we learnt so much about rivercraft and fishing techniques as well as enjoying his company greatly.
My son had 3 cracking wild trout about 2.5- 3lbs,(sadly two lost at the net ) and we caught 6 smaller fish of around
1lb, (all returned) on nymphs initially and later on dries and emerger patterns. Despite a cold upstream wind trout rose through most of the day. A magical day in every respect.

1 Brown Trout ½lb, released.

This was the first time I had fished this beat. It was a real delight: secluded; beautiful; and enough interesting water to keep me occupied all day. Fine day - what wind there was came later and was mostly downstream. Various flies hatching through the day with quite a few mayfly late afternoon / early evening. Not as many fish showing as I might have hoped in the circumstances, but enough to keep me interested.

17 fish in total. Mostly smallish trout (6-8 inches) with three or four fish around 3/4lb. A few grayling too, the best just over a pound. A really good day all round, helped out by pretty straightforward journeys both ways. This is one of the nearer beats for me and I shall definitely fish it again.

Much warmer than the day before. Three nice trout to 2lb caught on small goldhead nymph. River and valley looking absolutely beautiful!

Left the river a happy fisherman,

Caught 1 nice grayling of 15 " and 4 small trout. No fish rising but some olives coming off in small numbers. I did see 2 people bait fishing at the top of the beat above the weir on the opposite side of the bank by the big house. Not sure if these people had any fishing rights associated with the house or what!

4 brown trout best 12" two retained. 3 grayling returned.

Glorious day , warm and sunny

I was determined to fish dries , my friend stuck with nymphs. He pulled out 3 Grayling and 3 Trout all around 10 -12 inch.

Depite the glorious start and intermittent north east wind kept making an un welcome appearence so aprt from the odd snatch no luck for me , until I moved up above the weir and caught 3 Grayling about 8 inch on a yellow may dun in the shade of the trees.

Another fantastic three days in stunning surroundings thanks to those nice people at the Wye and Usk Foundation.

No sign of trout, but two nice grayling. One came to a ptn, the second - close on 2 lb - to a dry fly. Fish rising to black gnats exclusively.

2 wild brown trout: 1.5lbs, 2lbs, one smaller
Size 16 Beacon Beige, Tups.
Steady hatch of medium olives and later BWO
Cool, breezy. Lovely few hours.

A very enjoyable days fishing, 6 Brown trout, best fish 14" from the pool just below the Studio. All fish taken on dry flies, Adams, Klinkammer, BWO. And it only rained for 5 minutes, lovely!