Feedback & Reports

Having had three very productive outings trotting for grayling of 8 - 15 " on various parts of the GPAIAC Builth waters this month (one reported last week) I fished Abernant yesterday on a beat that I have become very familiar with over the years. I often fish it from the bottom to the Edw from July until the end of October, when this beautiful beat can be so prolific and rewarding, but where I had never trotted before until yesterday, and was ticking off a "to do" on the bucket list! I was full of optimism for a day with a warm 10 degrees and the water a clear 1' at Llanstephan and 1.08m at Builth. A bit low but still affording plenty of water which should have been productive, and just a bit of a breeze but nothing detrimental. So where were the ladies? I had a 12" fish on the third trot and thought "here we go" but, unfortunately, from there on it wasn't a case of "here we go" but the beginning of a session which covered all of the bottom half of the beat that was accessible, but with the scant reward of only three more 8-12" fish and a couple of OOS 10-12" trout. So even they weren't having my red and white maggots either! I didn't try the upper half of the beat as, by then, I had decided that it was a day that had firmly put me in my place and so "retired hurt" at 3.30. Also rather wet too since, as I left the water, I slipped and, well, you know what happened next - a very wet ride home! Saw no LDOs today but the dippers were in fine voice. All good fun though, and many thanks to WUF for the bank-side work which was ongoing during the day on the top half of the beat. Undeterred, I'll be back again later in the year, chucking the fluff and hopefully staying much drier. Happy days!

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

29 x grayling 6-16 inches, 3 x out of season trout 8-13 inches, trotting and Tenkara. River very clear and down now to 1 foot on the Llanstephan gauge, so quite low by mid-winter standards. Weather dull, reasonably warm, but with strong downstream winds at times. A nice range of grayling, all sizes except very large, which speaks well for future stocks.

29 Grayling

A very cold but beautiful day.The river was running at perfect height and crystal clear, a slight upstream wind and so perfect conditions. I caught fish right from the first cast trotting maggot, the biggest Grayling was 15' in perfect condition and very solid and substantial girth. I would say around 1 3/4 lb. also 3 out of season WBT .

17 Grayling, 3 Other

Tungsten beaded hares ear

3 Grayling

river pushing hard and no grayling to report just a few oos trout.

3 Trout

Fished with weighted hares ears/ pheasant tails. Nice grayling of circa 16 inches Best part of day was seeing an otter enjoying his fishing too!

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

3 Trout, 11 Grayling

River running clear. Three of the grayling around the 2lb Mark. All fish returned safely.

7 Trout, 25 Grayling

5 Trout, 6 Grayling

very cold in the water today, wished I had put another layer on ! fished the run in the middle of the beat and could only find the odd fish here and there. went up to the top end and had a bit of difficulty getting out due to water level. but in one spot I did find a shoal and quickly had a few more, and also lost three grayling. went back to the earlier spots... still nothing much happening. in the end I had grayling to 14" and oos trout to 10". its been hard work catching fish this week, and looking at other anglers reports I was not alone ! still it was great fun trying, I really love it over here in wales, and many thanks to WUF for letting me do this.

6 Trout, 11 Grayling