Feedback & Reports

Got in the water after lunchtime having sacked off the Eyton beat on the Lugg due to poor conditions. Had a lovely afternoon on this beat, as usual, with a lot of activity to my nymph set up fishing down and across. Lost three good fish but still had plenty to the net. Wind got up after 4 pm which added a distinct chill to proceedings. Had a fortunate 15 minutes accompanied by a very chatty Kingfisher in a close by tree - probably offering me sage advice!

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

River still partially in flood but fish rising in pools late in the evening

1 Trout, 1 Chub

Washed off , river rising and very brown

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Mid stream near the top of the beat lovely fish about 10am on.nymph. Ty Newydd lodge is a very special place to stay with beautiful views in every direction.

1 Grayling

Perfect conditions on the water but no salmon seen or caught - sadly I saw way more Goosanders (5) which continue to be a eco-system management issue along with many other factors contributing to the decline of this river. So sad to see...
On a positive note the trout and Grayling were active all day, nibbling away at any variant of salmon fly I chose to present.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Perfect conditions, small brown caught on nymph.

1 Trout

Great beat. You can find everything what you want on this beat, fast runs , medium speed water and great dry fly water. I love it. Definitely come back there. Tight lines ????

19 Trout, 34 Grayling, 2 Chub

The forecast of nigh perfect overhead conditions, given the first day with no wind for a week, tempted me to fish this beat again. Not the cleverest move, as the river was pushing through, running at 1’ 5” on the WUF gauge (1.15m on NRW’s) and was still carrying enough colour to make wading potentially hazardous. I should have known better, having fished here for so many years! Unsurprisingly, the usually highly productive Ciliau Run and Bachawy Pool were well out of bounds. I fished first at the Clettwr and then in other accessible marginal water on the way back down. A trout and some rising grayling of 10 - 14” were caught early doors on a small HE emerger and HE Ducks Dun, the other fish coming later to a Red Tag spider, pink shrimp and Duracell jig. Some midge and pale watery spinners on the wing - good news for potential surface activity once the tide goes out over the next week or so. Headed off mid-afternoon to catch some more trout and grayling on GAS’s water on the now, very low Llynfi, on the way home. All things considered, not a bad day, but need to get my act together next time!

1 Trout, 8 Grayling