Feedback & Reports

Fished the whole beat today, river clearing and 1’6” on the gauge. A small coloured cock fish soon after starting, and a few OOS trout further down the pool to the same fly. Fished until dark with no further offers, but did see a fish show in the Ferry late afternoon. Soaking wet all all day after too many slips and stumbles. From the top of Dolmeudwy. Small orange Francis .
Guesstimate 6lb.

1 Salmon, 3 Trout

The river was around 2ft most of the day. It was coloured, but plenty of visibility for fish to see the fly and it continued to clear into the evening. I fished systematically through many of the best pools, but no takes and no fish showing. I was using sink 3 and 1 inch to 1.5 inch tubes (Francis, snaelda etc.). Surprised not to have found a fish given favourable conditions. Perhaps a touch on the high side to get the best from the fly although very fishable. Anyway lovely day on the river casting with the kingfishers, dippers and other friendly anglers.

Nil return

4 good grayling 12"-13" and one 14"+. The rest around 7"-8". Water level quite low but on the whole great conditions. Will return (again).

15 Grayling

Last visit for me during the trout season started well with an early brown trout caught on old faithful, a copper john. Went quiet for a while, before landing a grayling on a cdc down in the ferry pool. An hour of comedy followed with tangle after tangle and a moment of madness where I got both flies caught in my waistcoat, prompting me to consider throwing everything into the heirag.
A cup of tea, a sandwich and a stern word with myself brought me back from the brink with a team of traditional wets and a further six fish. Mostly small, although one of the grayling and a second trout were worthy of respectability and placement in the middle weight division.
Weather was pleasant with intermittent sunshine. I shall return when the leaves fall and fish for grayling.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Other

The catch return is a conservative estimate. From the first cast in the Ferry it was obvious that the stretch was stuffed with hungry trout and grayling that were eager to snaffle any fly that was cast over them.I fished the same #14 GRHE and #16 Iron Blue wet pattern all day. I didn’t see a definite iron blue hatch but the trout were keen to take it.
The grayling were mostly small juvenile fish but there were three around 10”-12”. The trout talley, although many were parr, included a decent number of 8”-12” fish in lovely condition, two of the larger ones taking point and dropper simultaneously, which on a 7ft 3wt ,was interesting. Best fish was a 14” beauty, hooked in the Heron’s run which gave a good account of itself on the light tackle. I gave up counting the tiddlers nearing the bridge and fished the streamier water below the bridge in the afternoon down to Dolmeudwy, where in 2 1/2 hours, fishing the same team, I caught absolutely zilch. Funny old game as they say.

20 Trout, 15 Grayling

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Grayling

Beautiful day on the beat,conditions good. Only a few fish showing two small trout caught on spider patterns and a couple missed. We will be back next season.

2 Trout

Opposite the hut and leaning willow had occasional fish showing.
Goldhead found a couple. Other was a tiny dace!

2 Trout, 1 Other