Feedback & Reports

Two of us spent most of the day fly fishing though no fish seen or caught by either of us. Weather was glorious and great to be on the water. The bottom of the beat below the bridge is a lovely stretch of fly water, though good access for fishing from the bank on the upper and middle pools as well. Someone else fishing on the beat had caught and safely returned a cock fish est. at 30lbs from Horseshoe crib. Caught on a black and gold devon minnow.

Nil return.

No Salmon. Hooked a good sized pike, which seemed to be followed by it's mate, a much larger I assume female fish, with me attached to the smaller male.
Looking at the catch reports this is the second time someone has caught a 30lb Salmon from the beat the day after I have fished! A trifle annoying and sets the mind wondering if it was there when I fished!! For sanity I like to believe it arrived in the beat following my fishing!

The river looked great but did not see any salmon all day, except for the kelt I had from the lower end of the beat. Also had two WBT and on the 3rd cast of the day a seatrout of around 2.5 lbs. Good day all the same and nice that it was a bit warmer.

2 Trout, 2 Other

Fly fishing, one good pull off the croys above the hut, no other fish seen or touched,

A successful day. In the morning an 11lb salmon from Crib Hole and in the afternoon a 20lb fish from just above the hut. The latter took forty five minutes to persuade into the net! Both were on a 1.5inch yellow and black tube fly on a sinking tip attached to an intermediate line. A 20lbs Springer on a fly - a deathbed memory.

2 Salmon

R B took an 8lb fresh salmon with sea lice. Caught at 2.45pm on a yellow belly Devon minnow. M H assisted with the landing.

1 Salmon

Water looked great height and colour, enjoyed fishing around the cribs by the hut with spinner and minnows in the morning. A long run below the bridge near the bottom of the beat looked good but perhaps too high and fast to fish properly? Returned to fishing the deep water around upper cribs which looked really fishy and flyfishing from the cribs was ok lengthening line and moving to the next and a trout took a 2" copper tube and that was it all day, no other fish seen. Do take a landing net, its very deep most of right bank and it would be difficult to land a fish in many places without one. Enjoyable day out fishing a good beat. Thank you.

1 Trout

A Siberian like day at Caradoc. Wind chill down to -11 making spinning for long periods impossible. The beauty of Caradoc being drivable was regular fresh brews in the shelter of the vehicle.
Still a stunning day and managed 3 trout and 2 well mended kelts. So many kelts in the river this year. No sign of fresh fish. River gone quiet for now.

3 Trout, 2 Other

First time fishing Caradoc. Nice long beat with some nice fly water. Saw a few kelts jumping during the day and one well mended kelt of 9-10lb landed on a black and yellow tube. No sign of any Springers.

1 Other