Feedback & Reports

Well , what a totally sublime sporting five hours that was !!! Fished the coloured, tea stained Cregrina beat today, one of my favourites !! She was still carrying a bit of water but workable and , when I parked up at half eleven, saw a couple of Mayflys on the go ....... spot on I thought !!
The fishing below the bridge is tricky in coloured water, in fact dangerous if I'm honest ..... even me as a die hard local i here, doesn't do a lot of this lower beat after rain ..... I have favourite areas that produce fish and move on up the bank, avoiding disco dancing on the bed Rock you can't see .....
Picked up six I think below the Bridge, by half one the party was just bouncing along, with Danica making the fish rise, with violent splashy forms .... Great stuff to see !!! By three it was a full on rave !! Trout rising below me, above me and a yard in front of me !!!!!, in the slower pools ... I caught five from one cracking pool .... Tactically picking off the nearest first and working my cast up!!! Just sublime sport !! One fish was rising so close ... my six foot rod, I literally lowered my treated grey Wulff into the bubble lane, and he hammered it !!!
Put the effort in above the farm and you'll be rewarded with your trout ...Some lumps rising in a very deep pool ... with growth I just couldn't get a cast to him, even a downstream presentation ... up past Glan Edw Farm, tis jungle warfare ..... Needs not just a trim, but a dam good sorting out ... I took secateurs today, and did a bit, and I see Brian must have done some work here last week ..... It needs some serious attention up there in fairness !!!!
Still, fishing was awesome and just a red letter afternoon .... got out fairly knackered at half five ,twenty two fish maybe a few more to the net, lots of self released fish too....all on dries. Sizes from seven to twelve inches I'd say .... cracking stuff . Had a good chat with the farmer, who was most interested in the fishing and condition of the River etc etc ...... Even got shooting permission there too..... vermin control and a major thin out of pesky grey squirrels .... The sheep creep with lamb feed in it,had eight squirrels bomb bursting out of it when I walked past it first thing this morning!!!! I'll soon wade into those numbers !!!!! Anyway a fab day on a great beat ...... maybe the Lugg or Arrow tommoz ..... Happy Days !!!!

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River unsurprisingly higher than I have seen it before, which made parts inaccessibility due to high banks and deep water. However, a few dry days might sort that out.

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River a little high and coloured tried nymphing after advice from successful angler but none caught.

River was very high and only managed to catch one small Trout. Was using a 4/5 weight rod, floating line and black and orange fly. Enjoyed my time on the water and have to give a big thanks to fishing passport staff for answering my queries after hours and generally making the fishing a great experience. Will be back soon to fish the river.

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River refreshed by recent rains raised & slightly coloured. Fish more active on the surface. 3 BT caught several more lost before the net.

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2 small browns on nymphs upstream of parking spot. 2 on dries between the 2 bridges late afternoon. One about 1/2 pound on mayfly emerger. A few risers in 2 of the long smooth stretches.

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Started at 6pm, explored the bottom by the bridge for the first time and a few started rising from 7pm, refused dun, but took jingler when covered properly. Moved up, and on way up saw a salmon jump in the bottom pool by the wood. Found a major bit of spinner mopping going on in the long glide. 11 fish brough to hand in an hr, with several others lost. Relly nice mix of sizes from 8oz to 2lb. 4 where over a lb, 7 under. Saw a really big one (5lb+ jump) and half an hr later it started rising. It's back was enourmous, but I was 18" short when I tried to cover it and I caught its wingman which put it down. All the trout were fighting incrediby hard in the fresh water after the small rise. 8oz fish fought like pounders, the 2lber took me 8 mins to land. Massive hatch of caenis, blowing like snow into my face, but thankfully the fish were locked onto spinners from teh morning hatch and munched the #16 sparsely tied jingler when you got the drift right. It was still going on when I pulled out at 9.30pm.

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