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Rules at a glance
- Permit required
- Barbless
- C&R only
Water temperature for Chub
Warm — slow23°C est.ideal 14–22°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Chub
When
April–June (spring), September–November (autumn)
Where
One of Britain's great salmon rivers — straddles Wales and England with spring salmon (March–May, from the early-March opening), grilse (summer–autumn), and…
Why this works
Chub: comfort conditions look perfect. Clarity very coloured — accounted for via spook-risk.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm
Hatch predictions
Today's headline hatch shown — see all 2 active hatches hour by hour with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey
Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 2 with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Ranked for today
Chub fly box
Hook 8–10 weighted · Fly
in season · matches water height
Beats · 24 · 5 reaches
The Wye is not one fishery. Above Builth it is technical Fishing Passport fly water with named salmon pools and some of Britain's best grayling; through the middle river it splits into coarse-and-salmon beats around Hereford; below Ross it becomes prime double-bank salmon water alongside Ross-on-Wye Angling Club's mostly members-only stretches. Access is beat-by-beat — mostly the Wye & Usk Foundation's Fishing Passport, plus club water at Ross.
Upper Wye — Fishing Passport beats (Rhayader to Builth) · 6 beatsDay rods
Craig Llyn, Doldowlod, Gromain, The Rectory Fishery…
The 6 beats
Craig LlynDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
1 mile+ of technical upper-Wye fly water roughly 3 miles south of Rhayader, with named salmon pools alongside trout and grayling.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. C&R all species, fly only, no dogs. Good bank maintenance and access. Season and wading-difficulty detail not published for this beat — treat as technical upper-Wye water pending confirmation.
DoldowlodDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Two sub-beats (Ystrad and The Channels) on ~2 miles of double-bank Wye just upstream of Newbridge-on-Wye, river 20-30 yards wide. The Upper Wye's standout named grayling water. Grayling best late Aug-Nov, numerous fish over 2lb. Salmon need high water Apr/May/Jun, best prospects October.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. 1-fish limit trout/grayling, C&R salmon always, fly only, no dogs.
GromainDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
1.6km single bank ~8 miles downstream of Builth Wells, river ~70 yards wide over slate bedrock. Broadest species mix of the named upper-Wye beats, with an unusual coarse element for this reach. Grayling trotting permitted 18 Oct-2 Mar. Occasional barbel reported in recent years.
Fishing Passport, max 3 tickets/day. Dogs allowed under control (unlike most upper Wye beats).
The Rectory FisheryDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
One of the premier upper Wye beats: ~1.5 miles right bank plus 1 mile left bank, 6 miles upstream of Hay-on-Wye. 13 named salmon pools plus a genuine four-species mix. Mixed wading — easier at Gravel Catch/Bridge Flats, rockier and harder in the lower half.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Guiding available on request. Grayling trotting permitted from 18 Oct (per formal Rules section; body copy elsewhere says 1 Oct) to 2 Mar.
The RocksDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Just over half a mile of single left-bank water upstream of Builth Wells — spectacularly rocky, numerous pools and runs. Trout and grayling only; no salmon fishing here. Some pools are extremely deep — a genuine safety consideration, not just a difficulty note.
Fishing Passport, max 2 tickets/day (lowest of the upper Wye beats). C&R all species.
Ty MawrDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
The furthest upstream fishing on the Wye system — 1 mile+ of main-river Wye a couple of miles upstream of Llangurig. Gravel bed, relatively easy wading, and often the first part of the catchment fishable after a flood. Decent average fish size for such a small headwater beat.
Wild Stream pre-booking or Season Permit. A Winter Grayling ticket is also sold.
Wild Streams — small tributary becks (Fishing Passport) · 2 beatsDay rods
Clettwr, Duhonw
The 2 beats
ClettwrDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport — Wild Streams)
Wild-brown-trout-only tributary entering the Wye at Erwood, 7.5 miles south of Builth. Access is difficult — around a 30-minute trek with a climb. 2 fish/rod limit, sub-9in must be returned.
Wild Stream pre-booking (cutoff 6pm day before) or Wild Stream Season Permit (2026: £100 one-rod / £140 two-rod). Max 2 tickets/day. Crayfish-plague disinfection notice in force. Rod 6.5-7.5ft, 2-4wt.
DuhonwDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport — Wild Streams)
Small wild-trout stream close to Builth Wells, average fish 6-8oz with pools holding fish over 1lb. Last 500 yards above the road bridge run through a steep gorge where wading is much harder.
Wild Stream pre-booking or Season Permit. Max 2 tickets/day. Full C&R. Rod 6.5-7.5ft, 2-3wt.
Middle Wye — Builth to Hereford (Fishing Passport) · 4 beatsDay rods
Foy Bridge, Lower Carrots & Luggsmouth, White House, Whitney Court
The 4 beats
Foy BridgeDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
225 metres of double-bank Wye adjacent to Foy Bridge, near the hamlet of Hole-in-the-Wall. Coarse-focused, with salmon also present via an adjoining fly pool. Perch confirmed here specifically — not stated on the other three Middle Wye beats.
Fishing Passport, max 2 tickets/day. Half-price evening coarse tickets Jun-Sept.
Lower Carrots & LuggsmouthDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
~800 yards double-bank Wye a few miles downstream of Hereford — part of the historic "Hutton's water" middle-Wye salmon fishery. Salmon best April/May/June or late September, with a specific gauge reading of 1ft 6in-2ft on the hut gauge.
Cannot be booked online — contact the Fishing Passport Booking Office directly, subject to fishery-owner approval (~48hr response). No vehicle access to the riverbank; ~300m walk from parking. Max 2 tickets/day.
White HouseDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, ~1 mile, between Ross and Hereford. Croys and platforms ease some pools; gravel bed elsewhere. Salmon fly and spinning; grayling caught here recently despite this being primarily a coarse/salmon beat.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Guides need prior Wye & Usk Foundation / owner permission.
Whitney CourtDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Mostly double-bank Wye across ~3 miles in six sections, a few miles downstream of Hay-on-Wye. Predominantly gravel — much easier wading than the bedrock sections above Hay. Heavy canoe traffic 10am-4pm on weekends/bank holidays in season. Salmon fishing especially good in spring; trout and grayling are fly-only.
Fishing Passport, max 6 tickets/day (the highest cap of any Wye Passport beat).
Lower Wye — Herefordshire & the Wye Valley (Fishing Passport) · 7 beatsDay rods
Courtfield, Goodrich Court, Goodrich Court — Coarse Fishery, Lower Symonds Yat…
The 7 beats
CourtfieldDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, just under 3/4 mile, between Ross and Monmouth. Coarse-focused despite historic "salmon cribs" terrain — no salmon ticket is sold here. Reportedly produced the biggest Wye pike in recent years, plus huge barbel shoals (double-figure fish each autumn) and chub.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Shares the stretch (opposite bank) with the separately-bookable Home Fishery.
Goodrich CourtDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Just over 1 mile double-bank Wye a few miles downstream of Ross-on-Wye, reserved exclusively for salmon anglers. Historic water — Robert Pashley (10,000+ career salmon) fished here. Named pools: The V, Dog Hole, Maddox, Vanstone.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Fly only before noon, spinning permitted after. Resident ghillie Tue-Sun.
Goodrich Court — Coarse FisheryDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
The same physical water as Goodrich Court above, but bookable only outside the salmon season, coarse only. 1 mile double bank. Good head of barbel and healthy numbers of dace.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Pike explicitly not permitted here.
Lower Symonds YatDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
~2.5 miles double-bank Wye through a gorge, a couple of miles upstream of Monmouth. Dual salmon-and-coarse fishery with vehicle access along the entire left bank via an old railway line.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Pike fishing not permitted.
Upper BigsweirDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, approximately 3/4 mile, a mile downstream of Redbrook and about 3 miles above Bigsweir. Salmon-only, 9 named pools including the famous Cadora Pool/Cadora Tail down to Digby's. In lower water (below 750mm on the Redbrook gauge) the top half of the beat is wadeable with care.
Fishing Passport, max 2 tickets/day. Fly only from 1 June; spinning must be single-hook only. Resident ghillie subject to availability.
WyebankDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, 300 yards, in the village of Lydbrook between Ross and Monmouth. The broadest species list of the lower Wye beats — salmon, wild unstocked trout, occasional autumn grayling, barbel, dace and chub to 5-6lb. Named lies: Wyebank crib, lower crib, and "boat rock" (a lie feature, not a boat-hire service). Dace particularly good here.
Fishing Passport, max 3 tickets/day. Pairs with the adjoining Courtfield beat for group bookings (booked separately).
WyeshamDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
2.5 miles double-bank Wye — the first beat downstream of Monmouth, on the England/Wales border close to the tidal limit. Prime double-bank salmon-only fishing; the Monmouth-to-Estuary section is where the majority of Wye salmon are caught.
Fishing Passport, max 1 ticket/day — the most exclusive beat on the river, priced at £110/day. Rotating sub-beats. The catchment-wide Wash-Off Policy explicitly does not apply here.
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club water · 5 beatsMixed
Lower Benhall, Sellack, Town Water, Upper Benhall…
The 5 beats
Lower BenhallMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Club-controlled Wye stretch at Lower Benhall — the only Ross AC stretch explicitly listing sea trout.
Members only.
SellackMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
~1.5 miles club-controlled Wye at Sellack (HR9 6QP). Only accessible outside the 3 March-17 October salmon season.
Members only. Closed during the salmon season (3 Mar-17 Oct).
Town WaterDay tickets
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Left-bank Wye from Riverside Park to below Wilton Bridge — the club's only day-ticket water (the rest is members-only). Full species range: barbel, bream, brown trout, carp, chub, dace, eel, grayling, perch, pike, roach, salmon.
Day ticket £10, available via Badger's Bait, Fishers, or club bailiffs. Coarse season 16 Jun-14 Mar.
Upper BenhallMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Club-controlled Wye stretch at Upper Benhall.
Members only.
Weir EndMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Right-bank-only Wye, ~2 miles — the club's recognised salmon fishery, historically the Guy's Hospital / Robert Pashley water.
Members only, separate paid salmon permit / waiting list.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 7
Wye Valley, Buxton, UK 
River Wye near Erwood 
River Wye north of Erwood 
River Wye at Hay-on-Wye 
River Wye, Boughrood 
The River Wye at Hay-on-Wye Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
The full read · show the working · for Chub · confidence 65%
Perfect · warmwater comfort — temperature and clarity led
Water temperatureWater temp 22.5°C — comfortable.
FlowStable flow — predictable holding lies.
SeasonPrime month for this species.
Water clarityClarity very coloured — accounted for via spook-risk.
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Directions
Seasons & zones
- Salmon 3 March → 17 October
- Trout 3 March → 30 September
- Grayling 16 June → 14 March
Wye & Usk Foundation Fishing Passport lists grayling 16 June – 14 March inclusive. Methods vary: fly only during the trout season on Foundation water; some beats allow trotting with maggot from October to March. Check the specific beat and Foundation rules before choosing tackle.
Method rules vary by beat — check before fishing.
Prime sport 1 September → 31 December
Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — NRW At Risk classification applies to the Welsh sections. Sea trout are present and taken through the Wye system but the river is primarily salmon-focused; sea trout are a secondary quarry. Condition-sensitive across both Welsh and English beats.
Salmon: Negligible (2026) — NRW / EA 2024 Salmon Stocks Assessment classifies this Welsh principal salmon river 'at risk' — egg deposition below Conservation Limit. All Wales byelaws (in force 2020-2030) make catch & release mandatory. Conservation priority; not a salmon fishing destination. The Wye salmon collapse is among the most severe in Europe; conservation-critical.
Related guides
Casting instructors near here
Booking & contacts
Wye
Water temperature for Chub
Warm — slow23°C est.ideal 14–22°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Chub
When
April–June (spring), September–November (autumn)
Where
One of Britain's great salmon rivers — straddles Wales and England with spring salmon (March–May, from the early-March opening), grilse (summer–autumn), and…
Why this works
Chub: comfort conditions look perfect. Clarity very coloured — accounted for via spook-risk.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm
Hatch predictions
Today's headline hatch shown — see all 2 active hatches hour by hour with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey
Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 2 with Pro.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Grayling seasonSeason
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Ranked for today
Chub fly box
Hook 8–10 weighted · Fly
in season · matches water height
Beats · 24 · 5 reaches
The Wye is not one fishery. Above Builth it is technical Fishing Passport fly water with named salmon pools and some of Britain's best grayling; through the middle river it splits into coarse-and-salmon beats around Hereford; below Ross it becomes prime double-bank salmon water alongside Ross-on-Wye Angling Club's mostly members-only stretches. Access is beat-by-beat — mostly the Wye & Usk Foundation's Fishing Passport, plus club water at Ross.
Upper Wye — Fishing Passport beats (Rhayader to Builth) · 6 beatsDay rods
Craig Llyn, Doldowlod, Gromain, The Rectory Fishery…
The 6 beats
Craig LlynDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
1 mile+ of technical upper-Wye fly water roughly 3 miles south of Rhayader, with named salmon pools alongside trout and grayling.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. C&R all species, fly only, no dogs. Good bank maintenance and access. Season and wading-difficulty detail not published for this beat — treat as technical upper-Wye water pending confirmation.
DoldowlodDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Two sub-beats (Ystrad and The Channels) on ~2 miles of double-bank Wye just upstream of Newbridge-on-Wye, river 20-30 yards wide. The Upper Wye's standout named grayling water. Grayling best late Aug-Nov, numerous fish over 2lb. Salmon need high water Apr/May/Jun, best prospects October.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. 1-fish limit trout/grayling, C&R salmon always, fly only, no dogs.
GromainDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
1.6km single bank ~8 miles downstream of Builth Wells, river ~70 yards wide over slate bedrock. Broadest species mix of the named upper-Wye beats, with an unusual coarse element for this reach. Grayling trotting permitted 18 Oct-2 Mar. Occasional barbel reported in recent years.
Fishing Passport, max 3 tickets/day. Dogs allowed under control (unlike most upper Wye beats).
The Rectory FisheryDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
One of the premier upper Wye beats: ~1.5 miles right bank plus 1 mile left bank, 6 miles upstream of Hay-on-Wye. 13 named salmon pools plus a genuine four-species mix. Mixed wading — easier at Gravel Catch/Bridge Flats, rockier and harder in the lower half.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Guiding available on request. Grayling trotting permitted from 18 Oct (per formal Rules section; body copy elsewhere says 1 Oct) to 2 Mar.
The RocksDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Just over half a mile of single left-bank water upstream of Builth Wells — spectacularly rocky, numerous pools and runs. Trout and grayling only; no salmon fishing here. Some pools are extremely deep — a genuine safety consideration, not just a difficulty note.
Fishing Passport, max 2 tickets/day (lowest of the upper Wye beats). C&R all species.
Ty MawrDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
The furthest upstream fishing on the Wye system — 1 mile+ of main-river Wye a couple of miles upstream of Llangurig. Gravel bed, relatively easy wading, and often the first part of the catchment fishable after a flood. Decent average fish size for such a small headwater beat.
Wild Stream pre-booking or Season Permit. A Winter Grayling ticket is also sold.
Wild Streams — small tributary becks (Fishing Passport) · 2 beatsDay rods
Clettwr, Duhonw
The 2 beats
ClettwrDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport — Wild Streams)
Wild-brown-trout-only tributary entering the Wye at Erwood, 7.5 miles south of Builth. Access is difficult — around a 30-minute trek with a climb. 2 fish/rod limit, sub-9in must be returned.
Wild Stream pre-booking (cutoff 6pm day before) or Wild Stream Season Permit (2026: £100 one-rod / £140 two-rod). Max 2 tickets/day. Crayfish-plague disinfection notice in force. Rod 6.5-7.5ft, 2-4wt.
DuhonwDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport — Wild Streams)
Small wild-trout stream close to Builth Wells, average fish 6-8oz with pools holding fish over 1lb. Last 500 yards above the road bridge run through a steep gorge where wading is much harder.
Wild Stream pre-booking or Season Permit. Max 2 tickets/day. Full C&R. Rod 6.5-7.5ft, 2-3wt.
Middle Wye — Builth to Hereford (Fishing Passport) · 4 beatsDay rods
Foy Bridge, Lower Carrots & Luggsmouth, White House, Whitney Court
The 4 beats
Foy BridgeDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
225 metres of double-bank Wye adjacent to Foy Bridge, near the hamlet of Hole-in-the-Wall. Coarse-focused, with salmon also present via an adjoining fly pool. Perch confirmed here specifically — not stated on the other three Middle Wye beats.
Fishing Passport, max 2 tickets/day. Half-price evening coarse tickets Jun-Sept.
Lower Carrots & LuggsmouthDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
~800 yards double-bank Wye a few miles downstream of Hereford — part of the historic "Hutton's water" middle-Wye salmon fishery. Salmon best April/May/June or late September, with a specific gauge reading of 1ft 6in-2ft on the hut gauge.
Cannot be booked online — contact the Fishing Passport Booking Office directly, subject to fishery-owner approval (~48hr response). No vehicle access to the riverbank; ~300m walk from parking. Max 2 tickets/day.
White HouseDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, ~1 mile, between Ross and Hereford. Croys and platforms ease some pools; gravel bed elsewhere. Salmon fly and spinning; grayling caught here recently despite this being primarily a coarse/salmon beat.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Guides need prior Wye & Usk Foundation / owner permission.
Whitney CourtDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Mostly double-bank Wye across ~3 miles in six sections, a few miles downstream of Hay-on-Wye. Predominantly gravel — much easier wading than the bedrock sections above Hay. Heavy canoe traffic 10am-4pm on weekends/bank holidays in season. Salmon fishing especially good in spring; trout and grayling are fly-only.
Fishing Passport, max 6 tickets/day (the highest cap of any Wye Passport beat).
Lower Wye — Herefordshire & the Wye Valley (Fishing Passport) · 7 beatsDay rods
Courtfield, Goodrich Court, Goodrich Court — Coarse Fishery, Lower Symonds Yat…
The 7 beats
CourtfieldDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, just under 3/4 mile, between Ross and Monmouth. Coarse-focused despite historic "salmon cribs" terrain — no salmon ticket is sold here. Reportedly produced the biggest Wye pike in recent years, plus huge barbel shoals (double-figure fish each autumn) and chub.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Shares the stretch (opposite bank) with the separately-bookable Home Fishery.
Goodrich CourtDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Just over 1 mile double-bank Wye a few miles downstream of Ross-on-Wye, reserved exclusively for salmon anglers. Historic water — Robert Pashley (10,000+ career salmon) fished here. Named pools: The V, Dog Hole, Maddox, Vanstone.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Fly only before noon, spinning permitted after. Resident ghillie Tue-Sun.
Goodrich Court — Coarse FisheryDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
The same physical water as Goodrich Court above, but bookable only outside the salmon season, coarse only. 1 mile double bank. Good head of barbel and healthy numbers of dace.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Pike explicitly not permitted here.
Lower Symonds YatDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
~2.5 miles double-bank Wye through a gorge, a couple of miles upstream of Monmouth. Dual salmon-and-coarse fishery with vehicle access along the entire left bank via an old railway line.
Fishing Passport, max 4 tickets/day. Pike fishing not permitted.
Upper BigsweirDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, approximately 3/4 mile, a mile downstream of Redbrook and about 3 miles above Bigsweir. Salmon-only, 9 named pools including the famous Cadora Pool/Cadora Tail down to Digby's. In lower water (below 750mm on the Redbrook gauge) the top half of the beat is wadeable with care.
Fishing Passport, max 2 tickets/day. Fly only from 1 June; spinning must be single-hook only. Resident ghillie subject to availability.
WyebankDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
Single left-bank Wye, 300 yards, in the village of Lydbrook between Ross and Monmouth. The broadest species list of the lower Wye beats — salmon, wild unstocked trout, occasional autumn grayling, barbel, dace and chub to 5-6lb. Named lies: Wyebank crib, lower crib, and "boat rock" (a lie feature, not a boat-hire service). Dace particularly good here.
Fishing Passport, max 3 tickets/day. Pairs with the adjoining Courtfield beat for group bookings (booked separately).
WyeshamDay tickets
Wye & Usk Foundation (Fishing Passport)
2.5 miles double-bank Wye — the first beat downstream of Monmouth, on the England/Wales border close to the tidal limit. Prime double-bank salmon-only fishing; the Monmouth-to-Estuary section is where the majority of Wye salmon are caught.
Fishing Passport, max 1 ticket/day — the most exclusive beat on the river, priced at £110/day. Rotating sub-beats. The catchment-wide Wash-Off Policy explicitly does not apply here.
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club water · 5 beatsMixed
Lower Benhall, Sellack, Town Water, Upper Benhall…
The 5 beats
Lower BenhallMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Club-controlled Wye stretch at Lower Benhall — the only Ross AC stretch explicitly listing sea trout.
Members only.
SellackMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
~1.5 miles club-controlled Wye at Sellack (HR9 6QP). Only accessible outside the 3 March-17 October salmon season.
Members only. Closed during the salmon season (3 Mar-17 Oct).
Town WaterDay tickets
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Left-bank Wye from Riverside Park to below Wilton Bridge — the club's only day-ticket water (the rest is members-only). Full species range: barbel, bream, brown trout, carp, chub, dace, eel, grayling, perch, pike, roach, salmon.
Day ticket £10, available via Badger's Bait, Fishers, or club bailiffs. Coarse season 16 Jun-14 Mar.
Upper BenhallMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Club-controlled Wye stretch at Upper Benhall.
Members only.
Weir EndMembers
Ross-on-Wye Angling Club
Right-bank-only Wye, ~2 miles — the club's recognised salmon fishery, historically the Guy's Hospital / Robert Pashley water.
Members only, separate paid salmon permit / waiting list.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 7
Wye Valley, Buxton, UK River Wye near Erwood River Wye north of Erwood River Wye at Hay-on-Wye River Wye, Boughrood The River Wye at Hay-on-Wye Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
- Ecology: Moderate
- Chemical: Unknown
EA (England) · UKGB109055036950
The full read · show the working · for Chub · confidence 65%
Perfect · warmwater comfort — temperature and clarity led
Water temperatureWater temp 22.5°C — comfortable.
FlowStable flow — predictable holding lies.
SeasonPrime month for this species.
Water clarityClarity very coloured — accounted for via spook-risk.
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Directions
Seasons & zones
- Salmon 3 March → 17 October
- Trout 3 March → 30 September
- Grayling 16 June → 14 March
Wye & Usk Foundation Fishing Passport lists grayling 16 June – 14 March inclusive. Methods vary: fly only during the trout season on Foundation water; some beats allow trotting with maggot from October to March. Check the specific beat and Foundation rules before choosing tackle.
Method rules vary by beat — check before fishing.
Prime sport 1 September → 31 December
Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — NRW At Risk classification applies to the Welsh sections. Sea trout are present and taken through the Wye system but the river is primarily salmon-focused; sea trout are a secondary quarry. Condition-sensitive across both Welsh and English beats.
Salmon: Negligible (2026) — NRW / EA 2024 Salmon Stocks Assessment classifies this Welsh principal salmon river 'at risk' — egg deposition below Conservation Limit. All Wales byelaws (in force 2020-2030) make catch & release mandatory. Conservation priority; not a salmon fishing destination. The Wye salmon collapse is among the most severe in Europe; conservation-critical.
Related guides
Casting instructors near here
Booking & contacts