Feedback & Reports

Called in on the way back from the Taff around 2pm.
4 trout on the nymph of duo setup.

4 Trout

Lovely spot with the Black Mountains as a backdrop. But so little water that there was no flow through any pools, carpets of algae / thick green stuff on the bottom and swarms of pond skaters that would crowd round your stationary fly on the few pools fished. Very little fly life. No rises seen, just a couple of small trout darting past in one pool.

Bottom third contains a few fishy spots and further upstream is not worth the awkward wade. Wading generally quite challenging with sudden dramatic changes in depth. Low water conditions as expected. Large areas of deep water with little or no flow.

2 Trout

A showery afternoon & evening on the lower part of this beat, which appears in reasonable health despite the low water and some algal growth in the slower sections and flourishing himalayan balsam. Fished dry fly only, as regular rises in some pools with best results around dusk. The fish of the day was the fifth trout that freed itself from a barbless Adams just before the net. The other was a salmon parr.

4 Trout, 1 Other

Good day fishing - a beautiful and wildlife-rich beat. Quite a lot of fish rising, many taking mayflies, however they were hard to tempt with dry flies in the big pools where the flow was slow due to the river being low, and they were easily spooked. The couple of fish I did catch were in the faster water at the head of the pools. Thinking about it afterwards I wondered if a mayfly nymph would have been a better bet in the slower water.

2 Trout

A couple of 10" trout on mayfly on a drizzly afternoon. Spasmodic rises, mostly to olives. Many tadpoles in the margins.

2 Trout

Super fishing! Pool after pool of eager trout, and of an excellent average size. I only had time for the first 600 yds, but still bagged fourteen, all on dries.

14 Trout

Bowled up at one of my favourites , the Llynfi Dulas , initially overcast and a slight breeze !!! Annoying kind of breeze too !!! Especially when fishing a tiny dry !!!! Still , tackled up my usual small streams outfit and opted for a tiny Deer Hair Emerger as last time I was here some activity just about midday with lots of upwings on parade !!!

Same scenario today and as I walked down to the Stream at ten I did see the first olive as I approach the downstream beat start ..... lovely job !! By midday it was a plethora of upwings ... a real party down in the valley.......

Slippery customers today !!managed five to the net and quite a few off including a cracker which swam straight towards me fast !! Obviously I couldn't keep line pressure so he was off !! Never mind , all part of the fun ...

Great on the dry today .. fished till half one .. spot on although as I've mentioned before , stealth is paramount otherwise they're gone !!! Only fished up to the junction pool , cut out into the field and a slow bimble up the bank back up to the truck ... a fun few hours and five lovely Dulas fish caught and released... as always a great adventure .....

5 Trout

Turned up at the cracking pull in at half eight reading 10 degrees in my truck ....its a lovely panoramic view on the walk down the valley to the little Llynfi Dulas at the bottom ...

Initially this morning a single weighted baetis nymph working the likely pools and actually was the first pool ... bang ... heck of an aggressive take!! Lovely stuff ....

Had another four on the nymph then saw two good rises so on with a small tan klinkhammer ... had another three to the dry ... most satisfying early season trout to the dry fly ... and two of the takes were definitely wanted by the trout too!!! Definitely on the look out for food on the surface now ! All three were prospected casting fish , happy with that !

Only fished three hours up to the deep junction pool , were another little brook comes in ... called it a day at twenty to twelve ... a cracking few hours sport .. been a slow start on the Wild streams mainly due to low water ... this one is holding a bit .. did see an otter very briefly too way up in a straight glide , and nice to see a pair of mandarin ducks ... stunning birds !!!!!

No real issues with obstacles that I can remember down there .... water is still cold and under the stones here is a plethora of caddis and various nymphs... Great to see ....

A lovely few hours and eight beauties brought to hand .... this one's certainly woken up !! Happy days !! !!

8 Trout

Popped in here from the Edw, very hard fishing changed a lot from the last time I was here bit of a assault course.2 small trout.

2 Trout