Feedback & Reports

Mainly sunny and generally calm with an intermittent upstream breeze. Little fly life today with just a few PWs in the morning and some Yellow Mays (which may have accounted for the odd slashing rise as fish hit rising emergers?). Unlike Abernant earlier in the week, little sign of midge or sedges and also few rising fish. I've never fished Ty Newydd when it is quite so low, so had the opportunity to spend more time in a few, normally rather less accessible spots. At this time of year, when grayling in particular are looking up and about, they will often take small emergers, as was the case today when most fish taken were non-risers. Most fish caught, rose to a size 18 / 16 pale HE Duck's Dun with fewer on a small HE emerger, and one on a HE spider - intended to spend more time fishing spiders but just didn't get around to it! Apart from a number of 12-13" ladies, most grayling were from this year's abundant 9-10" year class, with others jagged or long-distance released. Trout from 8-16" and three salmon parr. An interesting day's fishing.

5 Trout, 22 Grayling, 3 Other

Lots of salmon parr falling to small nymphs. Best of the fish were the grayling, again caught on weighted nymphs. A good day on a great beat.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling, 7 Other

A very pleasant day. 4 decent trout and 4 chunky salmon parr. A good sign for the future.

4 Trout, 4 Other

Weather cloudy and dry. River height low and water clear. Very little fish rising. All fish caught on heavy nymphs.
Wading more difficult than expected. Entrance needs a traffic mirror

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Grabbed a quick hour and a half on the water, three nice Grayling (three more lost) all to dry flies on slow drifts, spread through the beat. Water was lowish and clear. Some larger rises river left out of my range.

3 Grayling

A very pleasant day spent beside a beautiful river. Fish were hard to come by.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Great

2 Trout

Lovely day but no surface action. Caught on heavy nymphs.

3 Trout

1 Trout

Heavy overnight rain resulted in an 18" rise to the water levels but I still made the 1hr 15 drive in the hope that it was fishable. To my surprise, the river was 'OK' for 3 hours before it rose again and turned quite brown. I managed to take a few trout and grayling using spiders and nymphs in the more oxygenated water. A very pretty beat which lots of fishing – if you're willing to work hard and cope with some dodgy wading situations. As mentioned in the beat instructions, please take great care when entering/leaving the carpark – the blind crest just before the entrance is very dangerous with the A470 being so busy and fast!

7 Trout, 2 Grayling