Feedback & Reports

8 WBT caught largest about 1.5lbs or 37cm. All taken upstream nymphing with size 16 goldheads, Icelandic Peacock and HE. Fishing slowed off in late afternoon with very bright sunshine. Strong gusty wind, some fly life coming off with occasional rising fish seen but it still does not feel much like late spring !

3 x WBT caught & released, all around 8 inches. River running fast and slightly coloured. Lots of fly life about with Hawthorns, midge and various up-wings in abundance. Not a single rise all day. Fished deep and took fish on a weighted PTN and black midge larva on a dead drift. No Mayfly (Ephemera sp.) sighted - a local land owner kindly informed me that "Junefly" would be a more appropriate name for the species in these parts!

No salmon caught,but we did see two fish around the 20 LB mark. both rods had a few brown trout biggest around 1 LB all returned . Lovely beat and a great day.

Spent a very happy couple of hours bothering the plentiful trout on the Escley. Perfect water conditions and plentiful fly life. 14 trout to a mix of methods. Best fish went 12". A lovely valley to visit in mid Spring.

Fishing good catch of 4 rainbow trout all good size. Also small brown caught and returned due to size.

Sadly we cut our visit short as the river ,although falling, was too high !! However it did fall back over our 3 day trip and one can see how wonderful the area is and how much has been done to regenerate the stocks.
I had 3 big tugs but sadly not actually on the line.
Constant canoe trips did not deter our fishing although one or two were a complete pain.
Stories abound in the pubs of the one that got away ...and you should have seen the one caught last week !!!

3 rainbow trout by small nymph. Average 30-35cm.

Guiding 1 x client. 1 fish of 1lb caught and 2 fish lost, all on nymphs.

Stephen had 2 in the morning, 17lb from Rock pool on a 1 1/4" tube and 19lb from Ty Mawr on a flying C. I fished in afternoon and added another from the Rock pool on a small shrimp fly, a bar of silver but only 7.5lb. Gave me a surprisingly good scrap for its size and went back strongly. River at 2ft 2" 5ft visibility and dropping very slowly.

3 Brown Trout. Largest 1lb 8oz all on a black tube fly opposite Ty Newydd hut. No Salmon seen.