Feedback & Reports

Nice to be back on the river again and to find it in perfect condition. We both caught barbel on a range of baits. Nothing massive but enough to keep you interested and enough swims to allow a bit of moving around to keep in touch with the fish. Plenty of eels about as well!

2 Barbel

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2 Barbel

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1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Delightful setting. Very challenging conditions for me, with heavy rain and lots of water coming down. There was some obvious trout activity in the pools. I had several "takes" using a small Adams, but failed to net fish. I will definitely return and will attempt to sharpen-up my techniques!

Wash-off. Arrived at approx. 9am and the river was up and coloured after a few days rain. Probably only needed a dry day prior and it would've been spot on.
Cracking spot though and the river looks like it would be incredible in the right conditions, and excellent scenery surrounding - looking forward to going back.

Fished the middle part of the beat, where there is respite from the faster water conditions. Caught 2 barbel to 6lb-14oz and 3 average size chub. Lashing 30 minute rainstorms at 4pm and 6pm had the water turning brown / red with so much mud going into the river. The river is probably too murky for really good fishing at the moment, so fairly pleased to catch a few fish.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

River coloured but quite a few trout seen. One salmon that had been in the river some time made a fleeting appearance.

2 Trout

A blustery day with rain showers made for hard going. Two rainbows were taken on traditional wet flies. Two small perch also took the fly. All returned in good condition. Shocking amount of litter on the shore of the small bay near the car park, and someone had bbqd a rainbow on a fire. Two other anglers told me there were bailiffs on the water. It was hard to believe. I picked up most of the litter.

2 Trout, 2 Other

A couple of WBT on beaded nymphs. A couple missed on dries!

2 Trout

Another opening day disappointment. Unfortunately the river was not in good condition following the rain storms in Wales over the last couple of days. River was very brown and once fishing we also discovered there was a lot of debris coming down the river making presentation hard. The river was also rising through the day. We reckon it rose around a foot through the course of the day. We tried 4 swims starting at the top end in the wyebank run ending up in the bottom pool. Unfortunately the bottom pool where we really wanted to concentrate our efforts was the hardest to fish. The water was fast down there and coupled with the debris coming down, it was impossible to present a bait correctly even in the inside crease. We also lost several leads/feeders to snags. We ended up going back to top end and spent a couple of hours trotting then the last couple of hours back on the lead/feeder.
Alas the pair of us never had a bite all day let alone a fish. We reckon we fished it as best as we could with varying methods and baits.
On the upside I would like to thank Don, the owner for his help both via email and at the fishery this morning. His advice was highly appreciated and he is a really nice guy to talk to. Although today I don't think any amount of advice would have reaped reward given the river condition. Roll on next week for our next session and the hope of a better condition river.