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Small, feisty fish. Very challenging fishing! Next time I will try using my tenkara outfit for these easily-spooked, fast-as -lightning takers!

6 Trout

The river banks of the stream/gorge had A LOT of fallen trees down/across them. I consider myself pretty good at a river bank scrabble, but the path became impassible before we could even reach the river from the parking spot. I did manage to find river access via the footpath at the Crickadarn side, but even from there the river was pretty impassible within a few hundred yards both up and down stream. I should think it's a beautiful and exciting stream to fish, but currently the access was just too challenging.

Spent a couple hours fishing the beat whilst keeping to all isolation rules. Managed to bring 3 trout to the net and also hooked into what felt like 2 really good ones but sadly lost them both (they certainly are frisky in here!)

3 Trout

River low and clear, very sparse hatch, plenty of trees in the channel making life interesting. Occasional fish keeps you moving upstream in search of more........ just move carefully!!!! The fish spook and the rocks are slippery!

6 Trout

Just two fish caught (on small klinkhammers), but such a good day. A beautiful river, to which I will return!

2 Trout

Suprisingly big trout in here

3 Trout

A tough day on a beautiful beat. 2 of us leapfrogged our way up the valley fishing at very close querters in very clear water. As usual the Clettwr was extremely challenging throughout the bottom half, but it did give up some fish. Most fish taken on nymphs with a variety of improvised casting techniques used.

10 Trout

4 Trout

River looking good despite low levels. Certainly changed since my last visit. It’s nice to see a river left to do its own thing and see natural processes taking place. Yes, it’s makes for challenging progress let alone fishing but this makes the Clettwr a bit of a one off. Fished tenkara using a 3m rod, maybe could have done with something a little longer but managed ok. Simple stiff hackle kebari worked the best with a switch to a soft hackle jun kebari showing the fish wanted that too but had trouble connecting.
A lot of v small fish about, good for the future.
As is the diverse and complex habitat.

Stayed at the Rising Sun in Pandy as usual, nice central location and just a great place to stay.

12 Trout

If you ever watched the film Jurassic Park and were upset that they didn’t offer trout fishing trips there, then here’s your chance. A wild place with challenging fishing. Conditions were very tough – genuinely gin clear water, marble-smooth bedrock and little to hide your approach other than stealth and cunning. Camouflage wouldn’t be out of the question… Every pool, run, riffle and glide held fish, but most were spooked once you stepped within 20ft of them. Each little stretch differs from the previous, and each requires a considered plan of attack. I don’t want to take too much of the magic away, so won’t give a blow-by-blow account of the day; suffice to say that the fishing was excellent and the setting otherworldly. Not too many fish compared to previous days on other streams in the area, but each fish was a genuine achievement.

25 Trout