Feedback & Reports

We would like to say thank you to the wyeuskfoundation for the fishing availability information which has provided us with a very enjoyable bank holiday three day fishing trip, we didn`t catch much but that doesn`t matter we still had a good time. The Cornhill pub in Rhayader for anyone staying in the area often has live music on at weekends and they do good real ale which added to our night in Rhayader.

I thought that you would be pleased to know that your scheme enabled me to have a great day out on the Llanstephan beat on Saturday. I tried trotting for grayling in the morning but had no luck.

In the afternoon, despite a very gusty wind I found the chub in very obliging mood and between 2 swims on the 'Orchard' I caught 12 chub with 4 being over 4 pounds.
Fantastic sport and I'll be back again to try and get one of the whoppers!

I so enjoy reading the river reports when sat in my London based staff room I can almost imagine I am back home on one of the many rivers.

We arrived at the river at 7.45am to experience a temperature drop down to -2 degrees from the 6 degrees it was where we started out from and a freezing thick fog!. The river was like tap water and we were wondering if we would catch anything at all.

Initially, the going was certainly tough with rod rings freezing and no sign of the fog lifting. Fortunately early afternoon saw the sun finally break through and instantly the fish responded with grayling rising to a hatch of olives, this was short lived but enabled us to catch on both dry fly and nymph for the rest of the afternoon.

Locating the feeding fish seems to be the key to success and was helped by a regular visiter to the waters (Charlie) who pointed us in the right direction.

We ended up with a total of 11 Grayling (with most of them over a 1lb) and 2 brownies, we were taken aback by the sheer beauty of this stretch of river and we are sure there is a potential to catch a lot of big Grayling from this river, (slightly warmer weather and a little more practice!).

We will certainly be looking forward to the next chance we get to visit the Irfon again, thanks.

The river was fairly low and full of streamer weed, with a lot loose and in the flow, this unfortunately made my target of ledgering for barbel impossible as the line became weed bound within minutes. However, I changed to stick float donned the waders and float fished maggots between the weed beds, I have to say it was literally a ?fish a chuck? small roach, chub, bleak and even the odd minnow, the problem was I could not feed the small fish ?off? which of course prevented me from fishing at a depth were the larger fish may have been.

Biggest chub was around the 2 pounds mark, with the average fish around 3 to 4 ounces. The number of fish caught ??? must be well in excess of 150 ?. Pity about the weed but a very pleasurable day in very nice surroundings, being able to drive to the spot is also a very useful.

Superb day again. Many large fish moving - mainly browns but couple of salmon too. Smaller browns quicker to take the fly!!

Some of the most thrilling fishing in the most perfect surroundings - what a wonderful part of the country! We are both river fishermen by choice and delight in using traditional tackle and methods. This is how fishing should be!(Mr Crabtree told me) Full marks to the Foundation for their work and foresight in bringing this kind of experience to an appreciative audience - incidentally the website has to be one of the best designed we've seen, ease of navigation and presentation absolutely top notch. Finally a well deserved 'plug' for Aly and Dave Beavins at 'Gromaine Cottage'(via the Foundation website) - friendly and accommodating, gargantuan breakfasts - the perfect hosts! As Arnie said - 'I'll be back'

I had a nice day at Glanusk Ty Mawr yesterday. A reasonable hatch of small upwings in the morning and I caught a few smallish fish on a CDC dun. Not too much happening on the surface in the afternoon and had a few more small ones (6-8 inches) on wet flies. By around 5.30pm the sedge started to show and a few trout were leaping out of the water. First cast with a size 16 Elk Hair Caddis tempted a 2lb brown ? super fish. By around 7pm, there were lots of spinners in the air but I had to go. I cursed under my breath many times as I watched many trout sipping the spinners as I put my fishing tackle into the boot of my car ? one of the downsides of living in London.

The water was a little low but not too bad. I?d imagine that this beat would fish brilliantly with another 8 inches of water.

I saw at least one salmon (7-8lbs) showing towards the bottom of the beat and possibly another small salmon or very large trout leapt out of the water in the pool by the fishing hut ? about 4-5lbs.

Hi, I used my roving vouchers for the first time today, on the Edw beat 12. I had a cracking 15oz brown (returned unharmed) which was in fantastic condition and put up a terrific fight. I look forward to next season, as this one draws to a close. I am happy to end this years river trout fishing on a high. All the best & keep up the good work.

Thank you on behalf of my guest and myself for a truly memorable day's fishing. A wonderful stretch of river in beuatiful surroundings - we fully intend to return next season (hopefully more than once!). Please also pass on our thanks to Stuart Jarvis for his excellent company, knowledge of the river and instruction.