Feedback & Reports

Evolved into a beautiful bright day when cloud cover burnt off enabling good viewing of kites and eurofighters. One decent bottle green salmo nigripinnis; it's not the black pectorals or vomerine teeth thats remarkable John Beer but the irridescent bottle green colour that has faded in the bottled specimens in the nhm. All largely caught on wet flies. As ever the larger fish turning over in the middle of the llyn were well out of range; perhaps the boat would be handy next time. This place is always worth a visit.

19 Trout

With the prospect of heavy rain in the afternoon, I started mid morning. Fished with a black gnat, tied klinkhammer style, and a parachute adams. Took 3 fish but raised many more that came short of the fly.
Those fish that were rising came to the fly, but only once, after which they moved on.

3 Trout

Water still cold with rain showers and not many fish rising, caught 3 on Black Pennel & Bibio just under the surface.

3 Trout

After a cast or 2 on the Severn in the morning we arrived mid-day, to low cloud, driving rain and a strong cold wind, we must be mad we thought! The rain soon eased off, even the cloud lifted a little but the wind wouldn't give up. Fishing was slow, the odd pluck here and there with the odd one sticking. Nothing over 6oz but great to be up there again. Will be back to this great spot on a warmer day!

10 Trout

Words just can't describe this place. Deafening silence is the first thing that hits you when you get out of the car, and as you are forced to use every other sense trying to understand how you got here and what's around you, it's a good while before you even start to think about the fishing! We saw the odd rise until about 11am when there was a good hatch of olives and some breeze blown food from the marginal grasses. They are not easy fish, but with patience you will catch a few. We had 6, all on dries, and left at lunchtime for some food etc - once we left we were reluctant to go 'back in' and attempt to relive those first minutes again, and so we turned our back on Llanidloes and said thank you for another year or so. I think I've said it before, Bugeilyn should be a compulsory experience for a fisherman.

6 Trout

Absolutely stunning lake, and had a great days fishing. Caught four trout, biggest about 10oz, most acrobatic brownie i have had the pleasure of catching. All caught about half way round the lake, where it seems to shallow off a bit, on a grhe nymph. All caught within half hour of each other, then it went quiet again. Will definitely be coming back though.

4 Trout

One trout caught.

From past experience we knew this beautiful lake could fish very well on its day. We had also been told that when it is dour, it is pretty dour. This was a something-in-between day with a chilly and variable wind, intermittent showers, and occasional short spells of sunshine. The day showed early promise when one of us took a fish on the third cast and another followed quite quickly. But then there would be long quiet spells with nothing showing at all. In the end we took 10 fish between us, the best two around the 12oz mark. The wind made the eastern shore pretty much impossible all day, so it wasn't always easy to keep moving to undisturbed water - it was certainly a good job there weren't five rods trying to fish it! All the fish came to traditional wet flies: black pennell; green peter; connemara black; and daddy long legs. A great day all in all and well worth the long drive.

Nil catch. Very windy which made fishing difficult. No sign of any fish activity.

9 x brown trout, two to about 3/4lb. Beautifully conditioned, fishing was challenging but highly enjoyable, most of the fish took Copper johns fished about 4ft down, but also large white adams dry flies. The larger fish came from the mouth of the river.