Feedback & Reports

A perfect spring day. Birds on the wing, lambs in the fields and flies hatching off from around 10 until 14.00. The fishs' attention had been caught by the insects and were rising from time to time, if not consistently. I caught three fish, two of 6 to 8 oz and a third thumping great big beast of around 3lb. Too large to fit my 21" net. The fish all took a dry fly. An excellent beat, quiet lots of variation and good radio reception for listening in to England once again just scraping through a cricket match! A great day.

We caught one very nice brown trout of about 3 lbs. It was released unharmed.

No catches. Saw coloured Salmon jump (+7 lbs) on run below Salmon pool corner. River looked at a decent height and clarity. Overall a very enjoyable days fishing.

9 wild brown trout between 1/2lb to 1lb and 3/4. Caught on mixture of nymphs and dries.

3 brown trout 8 to 12 inches beautiful fish... feisty, caught on small olive dun. Very pretty river saw mink, kingfisher, mergansers and lots of dippers. I expected to see more fish.....on the whole great day was had. Stayed at Cefn-Meri at Llanfranach comfy and accommodating 2 good local pubs The White Swan and The Three Horseshoes.

10 brown trout upto 12 inches were caught in fast flowing slightly coloured water.

2 x WBT caught, approx 8 inches and safely returned. #20 klinkhamer brought the fish up. Occasional fish rising throughout the afternoon. Missed some larger fish which ws very frustrating, but proves that the sport is still good at this time of year.

Sorry for a very belated report. Four small trout caught in the evening on a an olive klinkhammer. The highlight was the otter who shared the fishing with me for a short period.

If anyone lost a flybox please let me know via the WUF as I found one on the bank.

We had originally booked to fish the Lugg at Lyepole, but turned up there to find the river very coloured and in poor condition. A call to the Foundation office not only gave us a wash-off for that beat, but very good advice on where else we might try. Still waters looked the best option until Seth suggested Penpont - it turned out to be very good advice indeed. Having driven across via the office so we could collect directions and beat maps, we arrived at about 12.00. Immediately we could see fish rising from the bridge and decided to have an hour before lunch. Following Seth's suggestion to try fishing down and across yielded three nice fish in the first half hour, the best around a pound. This tactic continued to work for most of the afternoon and we had another half dozen fish between us. By early evening the river had dropped and cleared a little and it seemed like time to try upstream nymphing. This produced plenty of tugs and swirls, but no more fish. It seems the very best advice in the world cannot compensate for lack of skill on the part of the anglers!
A big thank you to Seth and all the Foundation staff for their help in turning such a disappointing start into a terrific day's fishing in a fabulous location.

River high and running chocolate colour from all the rain the day before. Didnt venture out!!