Feedback & Reports

Lots of hatches on a cloudy, muggy day and some great runs for wet fly & slow pools for dry fly, despite the river being lower than we've ever seen it. Fished the upper River Wye north of Rhayader yesterday, and the river was on its bones. But Glan-yr-Afon is still in good shape despite the ongoing drought-like conditions. I caught one on Waterhen Bloa about half way up the beat, around 6oz in a beautiful run. My brother tried the dry fly and managed to rise a few fish, but the hook wouldn't set! Superb setting to fish in, and the wildlife us remarkable: buzzards and heron flying directly overhead, and some chicks recently fledged dodging in and out of the overgrowth. All in all, a great session - but we desperately need rain, and lots of it!!

11 Trout

Water low-ish but quite fishable in this rocky stretch. Fished for about 3 hours around lunchtime, when there was a bit of nymph action on the duo, mainly in the faster runs. A few yellow mays about, and the odd rise. Seemed to have gone completely quiet by 3pm. A beautiful beat, even if a fair amount of traffic on the riverside footpath. Sandpiper chicks were fun.

2 Trout

Very sunny day and hatches were sporadic as were moving fish. Connected briefly with three good trout on top of the four to ten inches that came to hand. All on small Parachute Adams. The river really had the feeling of a heatwave about to set in and there was lethargy instead of a solid evening rise.

4 Trout

This is a beautiful beat with a good stock of fish and a variety of water to fish however on a summer weekend it is impossible to fish. There are rock platforms all along the beat which are used by swimmers, drinkers, BBQers and dog walkers throwing sticks into the river for their dogs to fetch. I have had red letter days on this beat in the past and I have also had the same summer weekend experience but thought i would take a punt anyway. This time the BBQers didn't even bother to take home their disposable BBQs and most parties left litter behind, such a shame. At 8pm all but one party left and a few fish started rising, two to my dry fly but i failed to set the hook, after a long day of frustration i decided to call it a night.

1 Trout

0 fish day, only 1 splashy rise. I will put it down to that I am new to this river :)

Small Nymph

1 Trout

Dry Mayfly in the morning and evening hours.

5 Trout

2 Trout

A good variety of sized fish with the biggest at a fat 17". All fish were caught using upstream tight line nymphs.

19 Trout