Feedback & Reports

Firstly many thanks to those who have worked on the stream, you can get a cast away on virtually every pool now, although I would recommend a short rod - I use a 6' one. Good flow, but little in the way of hatching flies or rises. Prospected with drab grey and olive paras. and landed 5 at 6" to 12", and missed others in the clear water. Wading on the bedrock sections is a bit tricky, but there are a great variety of pools, runs and waterfalls to explore for a long but satisfying day.

5 Trout

27" Grilse caught on Orange and Gold Shrimp at 8am.

1 Salmon

Fished 16.30 until 19.50 in conditions just about as good as one is ever likely to chance on. Great broken evening sunlight, excellent water flow and colour, with a brisk up stream breeze; plentiful fly of many descriptions and greedy fish. I tried to concentrate on the more substantial seeming rises at the top end of each pool; but, since reduced back casts under low hanging branches made the necessary distances tricky to achieve, smaller fish cruising in the middle reaches got to the fly first. I stopped tightening after a bit, in the hope that less disturbance might ensue and that, after a pause, I might successfully cover the larger fish. This plan did not work! Terrific fun, though nothing over 9 inches.
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4 Trout

Had an enjoyable day fishing on this remote beat. A lovely stretch of water but it is spoilt by overgrown vegetation which makes fishing in some parts impossible. This beat is in desperate need of some TLC. A few days work would make this stretch into an outstanding beat.

3 Trout

Evening ticket. Cool wind blowing but some fish rising to spinners.

10 Trout

Had a few tentative takes throughout the day on nymphs and dries but only managed to bring one 10" trout to the net taken on a tiny black gnat.

1 Trout

the weather was clear and sunny, and the river at a perfect height for this beat. Fish rose throughout the day, but mainly in the glides where they were easily spooked. A challenging day on a great beat.

2 Trout

Mid teens from the Heirag, silver on a #12 cascade

1 Salmon

2 salmon rods (PB, DW) and 1 trout rod (JB) – water falling slightly, down from 1’3” previous day to 1’2” on Llanstephan gauge. Given number of fish taken on this part of river latterly optimism was high – PB has yet to catch a Wye salmon – or any salmon on fly come to that. DW spent a good part of the day encouraging a half decent double spey cast from a lifelong trout fisherman – he deserved a fish for his efforts, but unfortunately none were forthcoming to either salmon rod save a 7” brownie to save PB’s blank. So as for JB with the trout rod – hay was most definitely made, with 13 grayling to 14” and 6 trout to 17 inches. Someone should have told the grayling they were a day premature! All taken on parachute ginger quills – best days trouting so far this year, many thanks. Now about those salmon…we will be back!

7 Trout, 13 Grayling

Breezy day temperature dropped to 13C in the evening. Very little rising all day despite heavy hatches of fly.
Majority of fish on nymph during the day, Beacon Beige and PHD were good dries for evening.

9 Trout, 12 Grayling