Feedback & Reports

River running relatively high and a blustery wind made matters interesting. No sign of WBT. All Grayling in very good condition. One my PB of around 1.75 lb. All caught on gold hare nymph. No rises.

4 Grayling

Very hot and humid. No fly. No rises. Water up a little, 1ft 4ins on Rhayader gauge and peaty.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Very hot and humid. Water peaty. 1ft 4ins on Rhayader gauge. No fly and no rising fish.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Raining very heavy all day but warm. Grayling to 1lb 4oz, brown trout all very small and didn't see any signs of bigger fish. Second day river faster due to rain. Water temperature cooler so put fish off the feed. Only 2 small Browns. All caught on brown nymph stone fly imitations.

11 Trout, 3 Grayling

2 fish caught near Doldowlod caravan park. Water turning colour after a morning of heavy rain. By evening the river was un-fishable. I did (with W&UF authorisation) an invertebrate sample. The river is almost devoid of life, I found a few stoneflies, segmented worms, a few small cased caddis, no up-winged flies of any kind. A really poor sample.

2 Trout

A good day for big fighting grayling. Not that I'm complaining but where are all the small ones? Lots of small stone flies about, probably yellow sallys but my entomology is not great. A stonefly imitation dry is what they preferred today. Not a sniff of a trout strangely. A very civilized beat if I may use that word. With little benches, pools neatly named and signed and a clear path running the length of it. Luxury!

10 Grayling

Hard days fishing as the river was pushing through hard and fast. Very little fly life and only the odd fish rising. Still caught all fish bar 2 on dries tan klink and pheasant tail para doing the business. All trout were small 8" to 10" grayling from 12" to 16".

5 Trout, 11 Grayling

Back again today. Lovely weather with the river slightly lower but still looking good. Lots of Grayling and a few trout. All the fish coming to the New Zealand method with most taking the PTN but a few taking the large Elk Hare life jacket Caddis. What struck me was the larger than average size of the Graying and this was backed up by the other angler on the beat I spoke to. Most fish were 14-16" but two were more like 18". Wonderful fishing.

3 Trout, 10 Grayling

Fish was rising on and off through the day, so caught mainly on dries on sedges. Fish was smutting on small flies and changed flies thoughout the day. Many fish missed. Fish taken throughout the whole beat with grayling and trout up to 2lbs and another rod had a cracking grayling around the 3lbs mark.

4 Trout, 24 Grayling

Another day on this superb beat. Sean the owner again took time to point me at specific areas and hotspots. The river looked perfect. I had a few grayling and missed many more over the course of the day. The first however was a immaculate personal best 19.5 " specimen that grabbed my Holy Grail nymph. What a fish! The rest were taken on dries today. One of the things that I really like about this beat is it's accessibility.

5 Grayling