Feedback & Reports

It was a cold, overcast day with only a sporadic hatch in the early afternoon. Two of us fished. I Czech nymphed most of the time for just one grayling and one trout. My friend fished a traditional team of wet flies and had a little more success taking three grayling and a trout. All the grayling were around the pound mark and gave a good account of themselves. All in all, a very enjoyable day in spite of the very cold water and overcast conditions.

Two browns - one just under a pound and one about 3.5 pounds or even more. Both taken on an olive nymph, both returned. A trickle of LDOs about lunch time but no rises and generally hard going.

Bright clear skies in the morning with increasing cloud pm. Cold SE breeze.
Three rainbows of approx. 1,5 lb in weight caught and taken whilst spinning and fishing the NE bank. Resevoir very full. No one else in the area.

Excellent lesson with Frank Williams - beautiful sunny day but water still very cold and fishing slow. One ot two dark olives showed after lunch and a few "takes" on small nymphs but not quick enough to connect. Lovely location.

One brown trout ~ 1lb (fry pattern, in the slack above the mouth of the Clettwr).

Very cold easterly wind. River in good winter condition, if a little too clear. 2 chub and 1 barbel caught on pellet and feeder approach (not to my rod though!). Looking forward to the new season.

Nil

A good day to be a Large Dark Olive! A spectacular hatch but none of them being eaten. Water was very cold and we could only assume that this was what was keeping the fish from feeding. We saw one trout rise once and all manner of tactics failed to catch. It was a beautiful day though and lovely to be on the water again.

Chilly but otherwise pleasant day. In the car on the way up the A40 we agreed that the cold weather of the last few days and water temperature around 6 degrees would find the fish out of the main flow. So we spent more than half the day trying every crease and area of slacker, deeper water without so much as a twitch despite ringing the changes with maggot, corn, meat and pellets on float and feeder.
Then 'top bloke' Colin the bailiff turned up. "you don't wanna do that, you wanna fish out in the main flow, in the shallower areas where the river's wide". He suggested a couple of spots and we'd both had 6lb+ barbel literally within 5 minutes and chub to follow later. You learn something every day. Brilliant day, great fishing. Thanks WUF.

Grand total of 5 LDOs seen despite some warmth in sun in the afternoon. Did not see a fish rise. River in very good condition but very cold and despite using every method was seemingly too cold for the trout. Beautiful sunny day though and enjoyed watching the circling buzzards and pair of sparrow hawks.