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Abernant Beat, Upper River Wye

Abernant is a cracking upper-Wye beat a few miles downstream of Builth Wells, with just under a mile of mostly left-bank fishing. It mixes gravel runs, named salmon pools and some sizeable chub and dace water.

Run by Wye Fly Fishing Abernant · checked 12 Oct 2026

River level

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The lowdown

  • This is scenic upper-Wye country, with a proper mix of game and coarse fishing rather than one-trick water.
  • The beat includes Lady Alexander’s Catch and Abernant Stream salmon pools, plus the named Edw Pool and Stone Catch.
  • Most of the riverbed is gravel and relatively easy to wade. Chest waders are recommended if you want to make the most of the stretch.
  • Stone Catch and Edw Pool are the trickier bits, with boulders and bedrock making wading harder. Stud or studded/felt soles are mandatory.
  • Salmon fishing is available by day ticket and is catch-and-release at all times. A cracking option when the river has a bit of colour.
  • Trout fishing is fly only, while winter grayling gives you another tidy reason to fish the beat when the colder months arrive.
  • The beat holds salmon, trout, grayling, chub and dace, with some sizeable chub and dace reported. Plenty to keep an angler busy.
  • Parking is followed by roughly a 200-metre walk to the middle section, so pack light and keep the faff down.
  • Daily capacity is just three tickets, which should help keep the place feeling quiet. The owner may also fish, though, so complete exclusivity is not guaranteed.
  • Evening tickets start from 5pm, with half-price evening tickets available after 1pm on the day of fishing. Dogs are welcome but must be kept under control.

Methods: Salmon is catch-and-release, trout is fly only, and winter grayling is available by ticket. Expect wading, named pools and gravel runs to suit fly fishing, with chub and dace adding a bit of coarse interest.

Access & tickets

Salmon full-day

Day ticket; catch-and-release at all times.

£49 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Salmon junior full-day

Junior day ticket.

£24.50 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Salmon evening from 5pm

Evening ticket; half-price evening tickets are available after 1pm on the day of fishing.

£24.50 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Trout full-day

Fly fishing only.

£24 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Trout junior full-day

Fly fishing only.

£12 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Trout evening from 5pm

Evening ticket; half-price evening tickets are available after 1pm on the day of fishing.

£12 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Winter grayling full-day

Stated limit of two fish.

£24 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Winter grayling junior full-day

Stated limit of two fish.

£12 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Block booking

Block booking of all three available daily tickets.

£72 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Tickets are marketed through The Fishing Passport. Maximum daily capacity is three tickets, and block booking of all available tickets is offered.

Fish the club names

carp, tench, bream, roach, pike, perch, barbel, catfish, trout, rudd, chub, crucian, eel, zander

Key rules

  • Salmon fishing is catch-and-release at all times.
  • Trout fishing is fly fishing only.
  • The stated trout and grayling limit is two fish.
  • National fishing byelaws must be followed.
  • Dogs are allowed but must be kept under control.
  • Stud or studded/felt soles are mandatory.
  • The beat operates a wash-off policy.

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

Where it is

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.

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