Salmon Catches

1:33 pm

Boatside - Hay on Wye: A 24lb cock salmon on a 1" blue/orange/yellow tube fished on a ST line. River still a little cloudy but good level. Alex Golesworthy yesterday.

12:19 pm

Glanusk Estate (Usk): 7lbs fish for Harry Legge-Bourke last night. His first for over 10 years!

10:09 am

Lower Carrots & Luggsmouth: 12lb fish for Glynn Cawte yesterday on a single hook FC. A late report also from 7th May, 13lb fish for Eddie Jefferson on a single hook mepps. Both stunning fresh fish.

9:56 am

Spreadeagle: The Norman family are having a good day so far - a 15lb fish to Richard (below left) and 10lb to his brother Chris, both on fly.

9:48 am

Golden Mile: 12lb for Brian Joseph yesterday on a red Flying C.

7:31 pm

Spreadeagle: 13lb to Tim Jessop today on fly.

2:13 pm

Glanwye: 12lb fish from tail of Church pool for David Harvey. Fish appear to be moving into the upper river now. 

6:40 pm

Spreadeagle: 2 today - a 12lb fish for George Thompson (photo below) and 10lbs for Ed Brown, both on fly.

2:38 pm

Newbridge (Usk) : Late report in from last Monday 3rd May, John Harris braved the weather and had a 10lb fish. Rev. mole fly.

7:49 am

The spate is subsiding. Yesterday morning there was 3ft of extra water on the upper Wye and 8-10ft on the Usk. The Usk above Abergavenny and high water catches on the Upper Wye will fish later today. Rest of week should be good on both Usk and Upper Wye.  It will be a few days befor the lower Wye is back in condition. 

4:56 pm

Ross Angling Water: 2nd salmon of the day for Jon Daniels on the Weirend beat, a 14lb hen caught on a flying C.

3:42 pm

Wyebank: 12lb fresh run fish for Don Macer-Wright yesterday.

1:58 pm

Garnons: 23lb very fresh cock fish for Ricky Reno yesterday afternoon on a yellow single hook f/C. 

1:55 pm

Hereford AA Water: 15lb very fresh salmon from Luggsmouth to Andrew Smith yesterday on a Cascade.

1:52 pm

Ross Angling Water: 8lb cock salmon from the Weirend Beat today to Jon Daniels. Fish in superb condition and caught spinning with a flying. Another salmon lost.

7:25 am

Chainbridge (Usk): 14lb cock fish for Stuart Macoustra yesterday. Took a fly at the top of the Rock pool. 

2:49 pm

Trostrey (Usk): 10lbs fresh hen fish on 1" Red Francis tube to Peter Dent yesterday. River was slightly high and very coloured.

8:53 am

Cabalva : Another fish yesterday afternoon for Dave Roberts. Colour not great, but with bright spells, a Flying C with a copper blade was visible enough. Not weighed but estimated around 13lb.

9:34 am

Wyesham : Last minute rod available for today, 4th May 2021. Call 01874 712074.

7:46 pm

Bigsweir: Report 6 in April and 1 on the 1st May. 

5:57 pm

A welcome and unexpectedly heavy dump of rain in the mountains today. Both rivers are rising and the wetland behind my house now has a flow coming from it...unexpected given how dry it had become. This spate is likely to be short lived and pretty dirty, but should get the smolts out and move some fish up both rivers.  More rain is forecast for later in the week. Water temperatures are still on the low side, so it remains to be seen how hard and fast the fish will run. 

6:50 pm

Wyesham: another 12lber today and and 8-9lb fin perfect rainbow......where did that come from!

7:51 am

Wyesham: A brace of 12lbers on fly at Wyesham yesterday. One in the morning, one in the afternoon. 

8:32 am

Wyesham: 10lb Hen fish caught at 18:30 on Sunday on Cascade. 

2:44 pm

The prolonged low levels and cold water this spring are ideal conditions for salmon and trout fungal infections to proliferate in rivers. The Environment Agency have issued advice on what to do if you come across a diseased fish. See here for more details.