Feedback & Reports

2 Trout

Two of us covered virtually the entire beat trotting maggots in what I would class as pretty good winter conditions - level 0.6 at Climery after high water a few days before, good water clarity, and stable daytime temperatures for several days (4/5 degrees). Very hard work, I caught all 8 fish from just two pools, my brother blanked. Best grayling 1lb 6oz. Absolutely stunning scenery and a testing wild river. Trying another beat tomorrow.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

Cold,foggy and damp all day which was a shame because it kind of spoilt the beauty of this place. Water still a little high but going down but what suprised me was how clear it was. I parked at the church and walked almost to the top of beat before I started, which was about 9am. Never had a bite at all until 1.30 and when I did it was a trout hooked in the dorsal so that hardly counts as a bite! . 1 very small grayling caught later on and 4 trout to 14" further down sums up a very poor return for this fabulous stretch.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

2 x grayling 6-12 inches, 9 x out of season trout 6-16 inches, trotting. River running high and clear - but blessed if I could find any grayling of size. I had to keep moving due to unwanted trout continually nosing in to take the bait, plus the proximity of salmon.

2 Grayling

What a beautiful day. I thought this beat looked incredible in Winter but on a warm, sunny Autumn day this place is heaven. I trotted red maggot on the bottom half of the beat and thought I'd treat my new 4x4 to a trip down to the church. Parking here was so easy and makes the long slog back to the car at the end of the day a thing of the past!

Just like yesterday trout were first to the bait, some of them a very good size, one male fish of 18" put on an incredible scrap, I thought I'd hooked a small salmon at first! Two small chub made an appearance near the downstream limit.

The day was topped off when on my last cast I landed a beautiful 17½" male Grayling that fought amazingly in the flow. He went 2lb 3oz on the scales and is a new personal best. I was absolutely over the moon with that and it made the 3 hour drive home seem a breeze.

This place really is one of my favourite places on Earth, another wonderful days fishing at Cefnllysgwynne.

15 Trout, 4 Grayling, 2 Chub

We decided this time to head up to the top end of the beat and try up there. First pool a Grayling of about 1lb slipped the hook a the net and then for the rest of the day it was just interest from trout sadly. Definitely the bottom half of the beat lends itself more to trotting which is what I did the following day when I fished solo.

11 Trout

Very quiet, with no sign of grayling - only an OOS trout appeared to take any interest in the fly!

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

1 Grayling

1 Grayling