Hope to be fishing the above first week in may,any advice?thanks

The lower Wye tributary near Ross?

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The Garron actually drains the famous Redmire Pool, has a short course through rural Herefordshire and finally runs into the Wye at Whitchurch near Symond' Yat. The bad news is that this is a small brook apart from at the very bottom and there's not much fishing available, having said that the good news is that it's a lovely part of the world, there are brown trout present and it does have a good mayfly hatch.

It's a typical lower Wye tributary in that it has high banks in many places without easy access to water level so a cautious approach is the key followed by accurate casting into a narrow and sometimes overgrown channel having worked out how you are going to land your fish beforehand.

It's not everyone's cup of tea but if you like a bit of combat fishing and can get access to a decent stretch you'll enjoy yourself. It's not unlike the Dore on the nearby Monnow catchment in character.

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From approximately 1 mile, immediately upstream from its confluence with the River Wye at 'Old Forge', the Garren is now a Wye Usk Foundation beat. I suspect more chub than grayling: The Garren | Wye & Usk Foundation


The lower section of the beat below Old Forge weir is mostly fast water over a gravel riverbed - deeper and slower water is found as you venture upstream. All the usual Wye species are present in this delightful stretch of river, but it is the trout and grayling that will attract the fly angler. Wading is easy, but care should be taken in the deep channels upstream of the weir as they are deep and silty in places.

Species present:
Wild Brown Trout, Grayling.

Season:
All year (grayling fishing continues outside trout season)

From the only two online feedback reports on the WUF site it seems particularly miserly in offering up grayling but has no shortage of chub.

O. H. from Stroud, Friday 30 December, 2011
Beat: The Garren (Roving Voucher), Rod Type: Winter Grayling, No. Rods: 1

A quick three hour session on a grim, grey, miserable day yielded only a single out of season brownie to a flashback PTN. Tried the pool with goldheads but no success (although it does look extremely fishy). Only tried a couple of casts above the weir because by that point I was drenched and cold and had fallen over a couple of times (felt soles and studs are superb on slippery stones but next to useless on muddy, wet, steep banks!). I'll be back.

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R. S. from Malvern, Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Beat: The Garren (Roving Voucher), Rod Type: Winter Grayling, No. Rods: 2

We came in search of grayling...we found The Garren running clear but sadly found no grayling! However the weir pool provided great sport with chub coming to the goldhead nymphs with alacrity.
The final tally of the day was one 4" WBT and each rod had 50+ chub in the 6" to 10" range.

Thanks for the replies,what it is we have just booked a barn conversion and with it come a couple of miles of fishing.

Or you could always go carping.

From: Are barbel one of the main reasons for plummeting salmon numbers on the Wye

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Fine old thread that one

seems the Garron has all the usual Wye species. Barbel?

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Go, have a wonderful time and ignore all the prats with an axe to grind. The Garren is unlikely to ever set the trout fishing world a light but having 2 miles, in a wonderful part of the world to yourself is worth looking forward to. If you desire more, there are other good trout streams nearby

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There is also some fine day ticket salmon fishing close by

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