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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

A 15lb Salmon was hooked on second cast by Green Bank Pool. It was on for 10 minutes prior to flipping off. A small brownie was also hooked, landed and returned.
The land owner was at his Lodge and was very helpful with advice etc.

1 Trout

River in perfect order with a couple of salmon showing and one big swirl at the fly but unfortunately nothing biting.

River was a little high but clarity fairly good. Not much evidence of rising fish but a reasonable number of upwings coming off for most of the day. Too high to reach or see the usual pools. I mainly fished the slower margins and edge of the main channel. A dozen trout and a single tiny grayling came mostly on a black magic nymph but a there were a number of rises to pale evening duns and cdc olives. Best of the day was a 13" wbt that came up to an olive dapped in the fast water below ciliau falls and rocks when a stiff breeze picked up around 3.30pm.
Great day out.

12 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Grayling

24" on the Llanstephan gauge is too high to fish this beat for wbt effectively. It's just that bit too high to wade across and up some of the magical pools this beat holds.
Nymphed a couple of smaller trout out and was rewarded with a really hard fighting 12"er on a Yellow May pattern.
It seems the smaller streams were the places to be mid May 2014, with perhaps these bigger pieces of water a month or so behind. Wiser WUF regulars would be a better judge than me to determine whether this is normal / late. I can't help feeling the latter as the hatches have been pretty good and consistent but the fish don't seem to be switched on in numbers.

3 Trout