Feedback & Reports

First time on this river and what a stunning place to spend a few hours fishing. Fished from 11 til 3 in bright blue skies and warm sun. Lots of LDO's hatching from the off but nothing rising as I made my way upstream with a small nymph. No touches or any sign of a fish and I feared a blank was on the cards until just past the old bridge when the "rock" that I thought I'd snagged suddenly moved and jumped and shot of downstream! After a Few heart stopping moments a fine trout of 15/16 inches came to net and was safely returned. My best wild stream trout to date. Had to leave shortly after so didn't make it to the top of the beat but it didn't matter.

1 Trout

Caught one good size trout of approximately 12 inches on a size 16 brown goldhead nymph. The river was very low and clear and not much was hatching.

1 Trout

No fish caught but did not stay late. Fished for the afternoon only. River quite low. Used both wet Tenkara style fly and dry sedge. I did manage to rise a single small fish. No fish were seen to be rising.

Fished from 12.30pm - 6pm. Not much rising, generally, ones that did were mostly caught but majority of fish caught came up to an Elk pattern fished 'blind' and were very quick & obliging. Very few mayfly except for a big flurry just after rain. Plenty of LBD's hatching, fish weren't interested in taking them from the surface and yet rose to the Elk. Fished dries all afternoon/evening. Warm & humid, overcast with drizzle & one heavy shower.

11 Trout

2 beautiful fish in excellent condition. 1 x 10inch, 1 x 11 inch, both caught on klinkhammer.

2 Trout

No fish seen rising, tried olive para and goldhead nymph with no success. It was quite a chilly spring day with a stiff cold breeze which was probably keeping the fish down, water had a slight tinge of colour to it. No fish caught.

Two trout seen in the deeper pools, none risen or caught. Decent hatch of March Browns about 2 o'clock and some Iron Blues but no fish seen rising to them. Pheasant tail nymph, and dry March Brown. Still quite a flow on, even though river level was low. Returned to the car park about 3.30pm and even though this was a pre-booked beat, found a passport holder was also fishing the same beat behind us. We were going to start again on some of the lower pools, but gave it a miss, as they were already fishing.

WUF note: If any angler who has pre-booked a beat encounters this, please log the car registration and ID Card number on the vehicle pass which should be displayed clearly on the dashboard enabling us to contact the offender and advise them of the rules.

RS and GW form Worcestershire.
1 Trout. We thought the recent rain might have woken the Wild Streams into action - but alas we were wrong!

The chosen beat - the Lower Henllan on the Honddu - was indeed very thin and only very few fish showing. At least the tree cover gave protection from the direct sun. A couple
of missed opportunities and one small WBT was our total bag!

For information it's worth noting that the upper fields of this beat are used as a campsite and you might, like us, find more than fish in the river!

1 Trout

River was low, a very hot and sunny day. Very few fish rising, was able to tempt 2 wbt on a cream CDC dun in size #14 (from different pools). Both fish around 6 - 8 inches. Spooked several very good sized fish (maybe 1.5lb'ers) on a deep channel glide - I'll be back before the season's out to try my luck again. A favorite spot that has given me blanks, but never failed to deliver on enjoyment of the surroundings and the challenge of fishing it.

2 Trout

First time fishing on this beautiful little river. Weather was wet and windy but you are protected from the wind by the tree cover. Saw a couple fish rising but other than that not much surface activity. Sadly did not manage to hook a fish today. Will certainly be back for another go next time I'm in the area.