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O. B. from Gloucestershire, Wednesday 1 September, 2010
Beat: Pwll-y-Faedda (Booking Office), Rod Type: Trout, No. Rods: 1
24 x grayling 8 - 15 inches, 13 x trout 6 - 15 inches, 6 x small chub and dace. Now we are into the grayling weather at last, the river is just about right and the gravel flats are populated with fish. A few pale wateries hatching, but not much else; a small Tan Klinkhammer for fishing dry and Dark Moorgame spider for fishing sub-surface seemed to be the most acceptable pattterns.
D. W. from Tewkesbury, Tuesday 31 August, 2010
Beat: R24 Titley, Rod Type: Trout, No. Rods: 1
What a cracking beat! after the resent rain river is back to crystal clear making the fish very spooky, caught 2 brownies 8" 10" lost a few should have caught a lot, the story of my day, fish were rising readily but difficult to see what they were feeding on, success with olive clink and ducks down, fish returned safely.
J. B. from West Midlands, Tuesday 31 August, 2010
Beat: Lower Ballingham (Booking Office), Rod Type: Coarse, No. Rods: 1
1st time fishing any of the WUF beats. Got there early doors and in my excitement walked three meadows only to find I'd left my bait in the car. Made the trip again, but still forgot my hali crush for blocking feeder, gutted! Had PVA, so using this method fished several swims in the morning slowly making my way back to the car for lunch. Caught 2 Barbel to 6lbs and 2 small chub on 2 8mm Halibut pellets superglued to hair with PVA stocking full of pellets. In the afternoon and once reunited with hali crush took 18 Barbel to 8lb 11oz again on 2 superglued 8mm pellets; however, this time with an open ended feeder full of pellets and blocked with hali crush. Warning! - lost several fish early in afternoon on rocks, you really do need to hall these fish up hard and to keep their heads up.
Morning vs. afternoon - was it time of day, swim, or tatctics? Guess I'll never no. Beautiful location and excellent fishing. Will definitely return. Thanks WUF!!
N. B. from Middlesex, Tuesday 31 August, 2010
Beat: Upper Holme Lacy & Lower Carrots (Booking Office), Rod Type: Coarse, No. Rods: 2
It was one of those days when everything went right: four immaculate barbel in the first four casts. A happy angler, as I roamed swims to pick off another five - but deliberately stopped at nine!
G. W. from Bromsgrove, Monday 30 August, 2010
Beat: Glanusk Tymawr (Booking Office), Rod Type: Trout, No. Rods: 2
No luck fishing, but a lovely day out with beautiful countryside around the beat.
M. B. from Penallta, Monday 30 August, 2010
Beat: Caradoc (Booking Office), Rod Type: Coarse, No. Rods: 1
This was a last-minute booking having received an e-mail from the Foundation regarding late availability on this beat - much appreciated, as it helped me to decide which beat to fish! The river was still carrying some colour, but had obviously dropped significantly over the weekend. Fished from about 11am to 6.30pm, mostly in bright sunshine, so a catch of 4 barbel, with a brace at 8lb 14oz and 9lb 8oz and a single chub of 3lb 8oz seemed a fair return given the conditions. The usual pellet and meat were the successful baits.
D. M. from South Wales, Monday 30 August, 2010
Beat: Lyepole (Booking Office), Rod Type: Trout, No. Rods: 1
Awesome fishing, river low, and sparse hatches of flies during the afternoon. Couple of dozen grayling nothing much bigger than a pound. and a dozen or so trout best 2lb on a Klinkhammer. Fish came to a range of pheasant tail type nymphs, Klinkhammer and Olive emerger CDC patterns. Wonderful experience of an otter fishing the same pool at the same time, seemed to be totally oblivious to me and came within a 10ft or so. still caught fish in the pool after he went through!!! Lots of other predators on beat, you may have an issue with Cormorants (*2) and goosanders. Large flock (12+) birds in the upper area of the beat.
P. S. from Upton upon Severn, Monday 30 August, 2010
Beat: Skenfrith (Booking Office), Rod Type: Trout, No. Rods: 1
3 x trout around 11 inches, 3 x grayling around 12 inches plus 7 other smaller grayling. All taken on goldhead PT and spider patterns. No trout seen rising all day, only small grayling.
N. S. from Dorset, Monday 30 August, 2010
Beat: Backney (Booking Office), Rod Type: Coarse, No. Rods: 2
First visit to Backney. We fished the lower end of the stretch - the Monument pools and just above the viaduct. I caught 3 barbel and 6 chub from the last two swims before the viaduct, and a couple around sunset from Monument. J M caught 3 barbel and 6 chub from Monument and lost another on last cast, maintaining an unfortunate trend started last week. The very bottom swim, although holding a stack of fish, has what I guess is a recently arrived submerged snag in the shape of a willow tree, about 25 yards out. I lost two barbel in this snag and then moved because leaving a hook in every other fish is unacceptable. Please think twice before fishing this swim while the snag remains there. It was a scorching and bright day - great to be out in the Wye valley, but probably slowed the fishing a bit.
T. F. from Herefordshire, Monday 30 August, 2010
Beat: Middle Hill Court (Booking Office), Rod Type: Coarse, No. Rods: 2
River about 1ft up and fining down after the weekend flood water. Fished from 3pm - 8pm. Only saw half a dozen canoes. Had a barbel on the third cast using hemp and groundbait feeder with pellet hookbait. No free offerings. Caught steadily up to 12 fish, biggest went 8lb exactly. Great to catch fish in bright sunlight. They all fought and went back really well with the fresh water in the river. Many thanks WUF!
