Feedback & Reports

Well , nailed all the chores I wanted to do ... pretty goosed but I didn't fancy sitting in front of the Box watching mundane TV , so got my second wind after a scooby snack and onwards to the Whittern at six in the evening .... Great , fish rising when i got there ... Happy days !!!!!!!

A superb two and a half hours sport ... the Arrow brownies were full of their usual spirit .... I did dip the thermometer twice too get a water temp ... which was sitting at 15 degrees so all good at the mo !!

Great takes to my eighteen Para greenwells ... its odd , in the two long glides the takes from the trout there are a kind of a casual slurp ... almost like a carp on floating crust ... you can't take them for fools though and timing is everything if you wanna bring them to the net !! Nine made it tonight , various sizes from eight to twelve inches ... three slipped the hook and a few missed takes too .... always good strong tubby fish here ... it seemed alive tonight ... lively and buzzing !!!!!

Even though its low .... stealth and careful wading will pay dividends and of course careful casting ... most tonight were cast to risers ... Great fun ... a nice round off to a hectic day ... chippy on the way home through Leominster .... weeeeell you only live once hey !!!!!

9 Trout

1 Trout

Couple of decent fish on the Mayfly. Also got very close to a Greater Spotted Woodpecker who did not notice I was there

3 Trout

Plenty of mayfly although surprisingly few fish rising although weather was sunny and bright. Landed a hard fighting plump fish in the lower section that was safely returned. Lovely stretch of river although top section fairly difficult to access. Could do with a drop of rain!

1 Trout

Seemed spookily quiet when I tackled up at five to nine ... there were some risers to mayflies from about eleven ... stealth is absolutely key here at the mo !!! The glides had plenty of rising fish in them ,from tenish , but of course you're only in a foot of water a lot of the time.... tricky stuff and strewth do they go when hooked in shallow water .....

Fished a crippled Mayfly and a D.H.E this morning between nine and twelve ... There is always an air of calm here .... like Edw Hundred House or The Llynfi Dulas ...a very relaxing easy going beat !!!

Five made it to the net this morning ,a few fluffed strikes ; good fish too and two explosive takes to my DHE .... superb fun !!it's funny how a different dry does get a different reaction on the take .... always love that !! Sizes were good today , ranging from ten to twelve inches ... tubby strong chaps !! Bellies fat already with mayflies !!! Great stuff ... plenty of Mays on parade from twelve too !!! And the birds were also picking them off in the air .....

It was only when I got back to my truck had a drink and looked through catch returns !! Whittern had been fished both Saturday and Sunday.... shame entries can't be submitted from Friday onwards ..... as it does make for very spooky trout especially in this low water !! Only recommendations I can gave at the moment is stealthy wading and particularly at Whittern cast tight into the sides ...... A Crippled may was very effective this morning...and in fairness water is still nice and cool ..... Happy days .... Give Claerwen Reservoir a bash end of the week !!

5 Trout

After a run of blanks, finally, one to the net and and one lost on the way to the net. One in the net was about 6 inches, the one that didn’t quite get there was about 5 inches, so neither were specimens but nice to break the barren run. Size 16 grey dry fly fished under a overhanging bush (which claimed the fly a couple of casts later). Not many rising fish this morning, unlike yesterday, but nice to be out on this lovely stretch.

1 Trout

Been staying at a friend’s house in Lyonshall and fished this beat several times in the week for about an hour each time - hence one consolidated return Lovely beat but, unable to contact any fish all week. This morning’s foray summed up the trip. First pool I come to I see rising fish, check fly - parachute Greenwells (seems to have been working for JA from Leominster) poor cast - no more rising fish. Second pool I see rising fish. Two better casts but no takers - however, remaining hopeful was about to re-cast when an otter swam up within a couple of feet of me and disappeared into the area where the fish had been rising. No more rising fish. Came home. I have seen fish and recent returns JA suggest they are catchable. I think I need to work on my technique, my entomology and review whether my 7ft 3 wt is too heavy for dries- but JA, if you have any tips…..

3 Trout

Two on a PTN fished under a klinkhammer NZ Style, one on the dry. All from the deeper holes. Good steady hatch throughout the day of an assortment of fly - beyond my entomological abilities to ID them.

3 Trout

Very windy day and overcast. Lots of flies but very few rising fish. Rose a couple of small browns on a small brown dry but nothing to hand. Lovely stretch of river which I intend to fish again when the head wind has died down a bit.