Feedback & Reports

A blank day. Fished various dries, terrestrials, over the mid day period. Never mind, wonderful weather for the time of year!

My annual pilgrimage to the upper Wye on a beautiful, golden autumn day found the river low and quite clear. This is a beat I have not fished before and was surprised at the easy access. In saying that, however, great care is needed when wading over the rounded, slimy stones before reaching gravel bars from whence casting is easier. I had an impromptu bath and bruised my arm so beware! I found fish in the white water fishing across and down with black spiders. I did not have any luck elsewhere using klink and dink or dry fly. Nonetheless it would be difficult not to enjoy this majestic river and its environs and I'll be back next year for more of the same.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

A beautiful day to be on the river, and 6 brownies to hand all between 10 and 12". The water level was low and clear but fish were showing now and again for most of the day. Took the first fish on an Olive Klink in the faster water but the rest were with a Waterhen Bloa fished high in the surface film to trout sipping in the small surface flies trickling down the beat.

6 Trout

A gorgeous day on the river, slow till the afternoon. Barbel on meat and pellet from top and bottom meadow, Chub from wooded area on meat. Best Barbel 1 x 9lb. 1 x 9.4lb.
1 x 10.6lb (2 fish for 20lb.well done Wilf)!! Best Chub 1 x 3.12lb. 1 x 4.6lb. 1 x 4.8lb, which he thought was a Barbel(So did I)!!
Disappointing to see metal food containers & drink cans in the wooded area, come on guys, you will be the first to moan if it's closed to coarse fishing. An Otter and a couple of Cormorants in the bottom of wooded area.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub

Started well with an early 8lb barbel, but hot, bright conditions and a dropping river soon slowed things down. We fished into dusk with no further action. A nice beat with good access; will almost certainly be back when there's some fresh water and a bit less sunshine!

1 Barbel

Fished the morning until 12.30 on the bottom half of the beat. Six trout of 8 to 14" all on emergers. Some risers, some not. Water pretty low at 0.12m on the Llanddewi guage.

6 Trout

Lovely piece of water this, bank opposite the island has lots of good looking barbel areas and upstream and downstream of this is deeper and slower so better for higher water.
Colour dropped out of the river overnight and day was brilliant sunshine, so not condusive to fishing and an early departure too meant not being able to stay the last few hours. So no fish caught.... However access was good, easy walk across the fields (no Caravans!) and would certainly visit this beat again.

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

5 Barbel, 5 Chub

River clear but low. Few rises towards the end of the afternoon. Wet fly/nymph for trout - unsuccessful but lovely day by the river.