Feedback & Reports

The river was very low but the rain on Friday must have stirred a few fish up because I lost what I think was a grilse (or very big trout) in the morning and annoyed a much larger resident fish (quite red) in the early evening.
On both occasions I was fishing a shrimp pattern size 12 in in Gravelly Pool.
A promising start to my season.

2 Trout

Found this beautiful stretch in perfect condition after a little rain, which put a little colour into the flow. A stunning beat which you could fish for days on end. Caught a lot of small trout and grayling on weighted nymphs and found it hard work to find the bigger fish. Not a huge amount rising so persisted with the nymphs which when fished hard on the bottom did pick up the better fish. Biggest being a grayling of just over a pound.
The beat is well maintained and we will return. One little issue was a family walking their dogs along the beat, dogs were running free and out of control, ate our lunch which was on the bank and constantly barked for an hour!

15 Trout, 8 Grayling

6 trout up to 1lb between us. No sign of any salmon.

6 Trout

All trout were under 8 inches; the largest grayling was approximately 1lb. All fish safely returned. All but one fish taken on nymph; one trout taken on Iron Blue size 18 dry fly.
Directions to beat were excellent.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

Excellent evening but sadly no fish.

Lost a brawling fish of maybe 15 lbs in Lower Bachaway. Broken - ashamed to say it had to do with a dropper and a rock!

3 Trout

Caught 2 trout on dry fly about 25 and 35cms. Very few fish rising throughout the day.

2 Trout

Nice day hard going. 2 trout both on Parachute Adams.
1 from near the lodge, the other off the planks at bottom of beat.
Stayed at Trericket Mill, Erwood. Perfect little bunkroom.
Walk across the road to Gromain /just up the road from
Ty-Newydd.

2 Trout

River a perfect height (1' 8" Llanstephan), allowing access to all areas of the beat without those heart-in-mouth wading moments. Warm and bright,precious little fly life or rises until about 7.30pm when fish started to show for about half an hour.
16 wbt to about 12" and 2 out of season grayling, all but two to nymphs. All returned.
2 or 3 very large salmon in the pool up steam from the parking area gave a resounding aerial display late afternoon.
Very good beat if you wish to fish as a group, plenty of room for 4 or 5 rods and a nice terrace for lunch.

16 Trout, 2 Grayling

The day promised much - warm and bright with the river looking super and continuing to drop. But no-one told the trout - where were they all? We saw much more salmon activity then trout - 3 grilse & 3 bigger fish - but not organised for them today. Little insect life - a few yellow may duns, medium olives and a couple of mayflies and we struggled. 2 nice wbt 9 + 12 inches on para dries but most rises were oncers. Never mind - we will be back!

2 Trout