Feedback & Reports

This was my first time fishing the Dee. I really enjoyed it and will definitely return.

Fished from Vale of Llangollen Golf Course up to Lingo Pool starting at 9:30 and finished around 16:30,
Spiders produced no takes for an hour, so switched to duo mid-morning and took good fish on both nymph and dry.
As I moved upstream, I alternated between nymphs in the deeper runs and a small olive on the flat glides. Both productive.
The wind picked up mid-afternoon and that seemed to kill the fishing.

Best grayling 42cm.

Wading staff and studded boots recommended.

5 Trout, 20 Grayling

I saw the water was up, so thought I'd have a go. No surface activity at all, but caught four on nymphs as the clouds gathered, including one of 2¾lbs.

4 Trout

Only one angler fished. All the fish were taken in the morning from the field section of the beat.

It was disappointing that no work has been done to clear swims in this stretch; it would have been challenging had there been two of us.

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Tough day on a low river, the recent rain will help. We did manage a few Chub and a Barbel, another Barbel lost to a hook pull, very frustrating when bites are this few and far between

1 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fished the top of the beat in the faster water. Despite being able to see the bottom all the way across I found some chub in the pool below the shallow rapids and a couple of bonus barbel later on the feeder. Then got drenched in the thunder storm walking back to the car! Chub to 4.8. Both barbel about 8lb.

2 Barbel, 22 Chub

Didn’t stay.
Had a good look upstream and downstream to find a couple of suitable swims, I hadn’t realised I needed to bring my strimmer!!
I was hoping that having seen the previous comments about lack of swims that some effort may have been made to create some, there’s a beach area that’s fishable but not very deep. I would imagine this would be a hive of activity in the summer months and not what fishing the Wye is about.
Surely some agreement with free fishing in exchange for some swim preparation could be made with a local gardener/forest worker?

If not let it go and spend the money on some of the other beats.

Fished at the end of the beat in fast shallow water. There was a lot of weed/algae in the water which interfered with the bait when using a feeder. One of us changed to trotting a stick float on meat and caught over 30 chub of various weights up to around 3lb. Barbel were caught on marine halibut pellet and various broillies with the best over 9lb. Great days fishing even with the river still very low. Great Beat

12 Barbel, 30 Chub

Fabulous location. Very windy and wind changed direction constantly. Best fish caught at top of reservoir.
Fish caught up and down cast. Size 14 black spider and well ginked bumble. Great fun will definitely be back for another go at this location.

12 Trout

5 Barbel, 17 Chub

My son had a great day I’m so happy well done p. Love dad xx

14 Barbel, 16 Chub