Feedback & Reports

CP and BS from London fished the lower end of the beat up to the Rubble Pool (mid-beat) in the afternoon, 3.30-6.30pm. Bright sunshine with little/no breeze. Water clear, slightly peat-y and good level. Early week rains brought river up slightly; back down this afternoon. No fish caught; occasional rises in small channel below Rubble pool. Fished mostly nymphs and sub-surface; some dry fly fishing at the Rubble Pool.

CP and BS from London fished the beat from 11.00am to 5.30pm. Cool and overcast weather; no rain. At the start we met local fishing authority Rob, who provided valuable guidance and advice regarding fishing on the upper half of the beat. We fished mostly dry flies, small n.14 paraloops and/or pheasant tail nymphs. Occasional rise in the slower water and alongside brambles. 1 fish released there; another larger fish (13”) on faster water above. Peaty water colour, good level. Fished up to top of the beat. 5 brown trout caught. Magical grayling nowhere in sight.

5 Trout

Arrived at 11am. Nice sunny day, light down stream wind, river low evidence of recent spate. Cormorant by road bridge ! Plenty of small fry in margins. Fish taken on all types of fly dries, wet, copper headed nymphs Best fish 9 ins all returned no grayling. Nice day out!

10 Trout

I had a couple of hours on the dry ( iron blue parachute ) as the level was perfect. Water clear with a slight tinge.Trout still rising so nymphs not tried. Best about 6 inch and as always all returned.

5 Trout

Fish for a couple of hours in late afternoon. Caught 3 smallish rising trout in first 15 mins on a size 18 grey duster, then saw nothing more.

3 Trout

A blazing hot day and very low water but plenty of fish rising. Caught all mine on klinkhammers and balloon caddis. Saw some large grayling and a couple of very large trout. Looking forward to returning to this beat.

10 Trout

Very warm bright day, began just after midday, started at the lower end of the beat, small little riffle and pool with some deepish flowing water. Spotted some rises and immediately got into an 8" and 13" using a DF spider pattern. That was it for the next few hundred yards as the river widens and becomes very shallow and slow. Saw a few fish but very spooky. Further up found some nice riffles and pools and a few fish were rising again. I then caught on 4 fish, the smallest fish i have ever caught, 1.5 - 3" !! on a black size 18 MF nymph. Further along under some shade there were a few more rises but I was only able to catch another 8" fish on black parachute and that was it for the day.
1st time on a river in Wales and what a fantastic day, looking forward to the Wye tomorrow.

7 Trout

I had a good four hours fishing and caught a lot of trout but no Grayling. The fishing was relatively easy compared to some of the wild fish beats and I was able to use a 3.9m tenkara rod without any problem. I fished from about 4:pm to about 8pm and fish were rising all the time. The river was really low which meant that I did not need to wade in a lot of the pools.

12 Trout

The river was very low and slow not helped by a strong upstream wind. I searched out the faster deeper runs and found Trout in most of them.
4 nice Grayling to 18 inches came from the deeper pools.
All the fish caught on weighted nymphs on French leader including my best ever river Trout of 20 inches.

12 Trout, 4 Grayling

Arrived at 11am fished till 4pm. Water low, clear, no rises. Fished faster bits with dries etc hard going but caught 4 wbt best 8ins.

4 Trout