Feedback & Reports

The river was quite low and the weather was cloudy with occasional sun and slightly colder than it has been. Arrived around lunch time and almost immediately hooked a small fish on a weighted nymph which I lost at the net. There were small sporadic hatches and some surface activity. Managed to catch one trout on a dry which was very rewarding. A better angler than we would, I suspect have caught much more. The final massive tangle of the day prompted my exit at around 6pm. Great value. (I've recorded 2 trout but that latter one looked suspiciously silvery with very few spots. a quick Google back at home suggested a smolt?)

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Saturday proved to be a good day despite the varying weather, not many hatches were showing but fish were rolling under the surface. Czech and standard over and across proved to be the best methods. The fish were holding deep. In Total 4 trout were taken with one being decent size 1.5lbs and a Grayling approx 9"taken on a gold bead head nymph. Lovely beat with very deep pools for holding salmon however known were seen.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Cold NE wind. No sun. Bleak. Little fly hatching. Very few rises. Nymphs failed to work,but got 3 trout on Bastard Adams, dry. 10"and 11". Stayed at Three Wells Hotel, Bach Howey. Very isolated and quiet.

3 Trout

Water Level extremely low so had to go out into the middle to try and fish, the wind was quite strong out in the middle which made the fishing almost impossible, I did not like this river its to large I think it would suit Salmon fishers really.

1 Trout

Lovely beat. Gorgeous spring day. Occasional slashy rises from small fish but no consistent rises or bigger fish seen. 4 small trout ranging 7-9 inches released.

4 Trout

3 Trout

My first attempt of Salmon fishing on the fly. My thanks to Stephen Marsh-Smith for his help to set me up and give me a few casting tips. God knows what he thought as he left me to it! However, after a while, I found my confidence and managed to fish pretty well from both sides of the river. A totally new experience for me and I can say that I have never learnt so much in one days fishing. All I need to do now is catch a Salmon. Watch this space!

First time on this water and with 3 hours to spare, I fished the top of the beat spinning. No fish to report.

Beautiful spring day, if a bit bright for fishing. Still, when you're somewhere as lovely as this beat you don't get too frustrated. There were a few grannom coming off throughout the day with a much more sustained hatch in the late morning. The trout were feeding on the surface at this time and a couple were taken on a parachute Adams. All the other fish came to small weighted nymphs. Great to be back on the river.

9 Trout, 3 Grayling

No salmon caught but lots of trout activity and to top it all, an Osprey seen overhead.