Feedback & Reports

Perfect autumn day for Grayling on the Ithon at Llandewi, using a 15' 5:5 Tenkara rod with french leader, had one decent fish 14" from a middle pool on a peeping caddis, then the same fly was taken by something much bigger & heavier. After about 10 minutes of deep resistance & a few lunging runs around the pool, it broke the surface & I was more than surprised to see it was a salmon! Luckily my tippet held out & combined with the extra flex in the rod I managed to land it after another 10 minutes, I would guess the weight about 5-6lb. Fish was unhooked in the water & safely returned.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout, 1 Grayling

A lovely beat, and fished with real pleasure if to little result. Conditions somewhat damp and overcast, and no rises seen. Two fish caught and safely released - a trout and a grayling, both taken in the tail of a pool on a gold beaded PTN.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

A slow and unproductive day which featured very gusty spells, plenty of tangles and a lot of swearing! With no rising fish to be seen I fished duo and to my surprise a very large and heavy grayling took the indicator fly, I had forgotten to pack the tape measure so have to estimate it at 16” plus. I changed to dry flies but none of the size 16 or 18 patterns were accepted so I returned to duo and again the big fly was taken, and so it was for all the fish. Big barbless Sedge not sure what size and # 12 black and pink Klinkhammer.... and when trying these flies without the nymphs below there were no results. Trout around 10-11” , 2nd grayling 12” ish.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Nice day but water a bit brown. Trout caught on GBHE, Greyling on a PTN.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

catch 6 BT (4 x 13/14 inches), and 1 grayling (14 inches)... fished with nymphs, I did not spot a single fish raising.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

first time fishing on the ithon, very nice stretch of of water and easy wading throughout. conditions not too good to start off with (high and dirty water)but soon dropped down 6" and cleared out a bit. fish difficult to find but i was very pleased to end the day with a very fat 17" grayling .

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

A warm and gentle day with sun from time to time, one would have thought there would be plenty of surface activity but it was the opposite. I saw only 3 rising fish and caught them all, 3 trout 8-10 “ on size 16 and 18 dries, 3 Grayling 8, 10 and a massive 16 1/2 inches, the first to a dry and the others to a copperhead PTN. Felt like late summer not early autumn!

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

River at a nice height and a little coloured after some recent rain. Five trout to 10" on beadhead red tag.

5 Trout

Thought I would try the Ithon as the Wye was still high, but it was also high, fast & coloured - lucky to hook 1 good grayling on a nymph from a slower glide under an overhanging tree, c. 22" & est. 2lb + - good fish for this stretch. Put up a strong fight on a 15' Tenkara rod with lots of aerial action, but successfully landed & returned.

1 Grayling

great day on the water caught three sizable fish and lost others also had a lot of rise from fry which were usually ignored. River in fine shape.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling