River guide

River Wye in Powys

5 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.

The lowdown

The Wye in Herefordshire includes proper urban fishing in Hereford itself. Belmont’s south-bank water pairs a busy city-centre setting and tarmac paths with a deep, steady run — a useful reminder that a river session here needn’t mean heading out into the countryside.

There’s a broad mix of fish listed for this part of the Wye, from roach and perch to chub, barbel and specimen carp. Match fishing is part of the picture too, so checking fixtures and ticket restrictions is a sensible bit of planning before a Hereford river trip.

Close season reminder

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

Stretches

5 of 5 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.

RiverDay ticket

The Rectory Beat

River Wye · Day ticket or season rod

The Rectory Beat is a cracking upper-Wye stretch at Boughrood, a few miles upstream of Hay-on-Wye. Wye Fishing Ltd runs about 2.5 miles of fishing, with the Black Mountains making a proper backdrop.

carptenchbreamroachpikeperchbarbelcatfishtroutruddchubcrucianeelzander

Checked 12 Oct 2026

RiverDay ticket

River Wye – Rhayader Angling Association Water

River Wye · Day ticket or season permit

A cracking five-mile run of the River Wye around Rhayader, stretching from roughly a mile south of town to four miles north. It’s association water with brown trout, grayling and salmon fishing, plus coarse fishing listed on the permit page.

trout

Checked 12 Oct 2026

RiverDay ticket

Builth Wells River Wye waters

River Wye · Day ticket

A proper mixed fishery around Builth Wells, with Groe Park and Irfon Angling Club — also shown as Builth Wells Angling Club — looking after River Wye and River Irfon waters. Visiting anglers can grab day permits, with coarse, trout and salmon options available.

Species not listed by the club.

Checked 12 Oct 2026

RiverDay ticket

Llangoed

River Wye · Day ticket

Llangoed is a cracking upper Wye beat in Powys, around nine miles below Builth Wells. You get roughly 1.25 miles of mainly right-bank fishing, with salmon pools, trouty rapids and some proper chub water.

troutchub

Checked 12 Oct 2026

RiverDay ticket

The Warren Fishery, Hay-on-Wye

River Wye · Day ticket

The Warren Fishery is a cracking mile of right-bank River Wye at Hay-on-Wye, running from Steeple Pool up to Lap Stone Pool. It’s a proper mixed coarse stretch, with quick water, slower glides and some hefty fish about.

carptenchbreamroachpikeperchbarbeltroutchub

Checked 12 Oct 2026

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

Access & tickets

Full-day ticket

Wye Fishing Ltd

Advertised full-day ticket for The Rectory Beat.

£23.50 (as listed 12/10/2026)

Covers: The Rectory Beat

Season rod

Wye Fishing Ltd

Season rods are available.

Covers: The Rectory Beat

River Wye day permit