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Arrived mid-day and started at the bottom end of the fishery for a couple of hours to no avail. Moved to the top section which coincided with heavens opening and staying open for the rest of the day. I've never seen the river this low and apart from the odd patch of blanket weed, where has all the weed gone on this stretch? The sound of a generator abstracting water kept us company for a few hours in the afternoon, and it was sad to see that swims we'd fished in previous seasons had all been washed away and not replaced, leaving only two fishable swims in the top section. My friend ended up with 4 eels and a lot of lost tackle (rocks) and I could only manage 2 barbel and 6 chub. Without a doubt, this was the worst day's fishing we've experienced on this wonderful river and somewhat concerned about the lack of any real weed growth on this stretch.
This used to be a favourite stretch of ours, but I'm afraid, no more.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub, 4 Other

River in drought. 6 trout to 14 inches.

6 Trout

Fished Foy Bridge on the Friday 1st Aug. River very low & weedy, very hard work. 2 bites all day catching one Barbel about 6 pounds. Fished Backney on the 2nd Aug, the river had more colour in it after some rain had only 2 bites all day catching 2 more Barbel again about the same size. At about 6.30pm, 2 ladys came, put their swimming gear on & started to swim right where I was fishing is this the norm?

1 Barbel

All fish caught on size 16 black or grey dry flies - largest fish 13 inches. Staying at Craig Llyn Estate cottages - comfortable and very convenient for fishing and touring around Wales. Excellent and simple booking service - all completed over the phone and permit sent by email to my mobile.

4 Grayling

Fished the middle section, the Marl Bed. Weather cooler than previous three days. Fished ledger on the far bank, 6 barbel, 5 to 7lbs. Banana boilies and sweat corn. Good day, black mink spotted opposite bank. Too many canoeist, wondered if we had paid for fishing or a gala event!

I should have known better but I had the opportunity. It was bright, warm and the river was very low. Fished from 4.30pm to 8.30pm to no avail.
Spotted two characters with spinning rods casting into the weir pool as I walked down to the start of the beat. They left when they saw me.

River was extremely low and the fishing was tough but the surroundings more than made up for it.
We caught five barbel to 8lb and two chub, all on pellets. The taxi service from the farm to the river by the farmer is highly recommended.
A beautiful stretch of river.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Day 1 of a 2 day trip. Arrived at the river for first light, knew from looking at the river levels online that we may be in for a tough day. Didn't get on the fish until around 10 o'clock. I had 3 barbel from 1 swim all around the 4lb mark, all falling to pellet feeder tactics. CB managed to winkle out a nice 4lb chub. Canoe traffic was a real problem, multiple groups of loud kids and few novices who couldn't even steer the things to avoid my line. A very tough day, would love to come back and give this beat another crack when there is a bit more water in the river.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

A hot day with a low river level. Unfortunately we didn't catch what we were after (Barbel) but were able to get some sport from small Chub (on maggot) and some fairly large eels on luncheon meat. Lovely spot. After our dawn start we decided that the day wouldn't get much better so retired to a pub rather than wait 'til dusk. May go back when conditions are move favourable.

4 Other

River was low. I still had a good day. I also caught a small eel.

1 Chub, 1 Other