Feedback & Reports

August 2014: The upper field of this beat has had seven new swims cut out improving access to the faster water on this section of this fishery. Please see the Beat Gallery on the website page for further information.

Very clear water, on a cloudy day with sunny spells.
Good beat, very scenic, some fish rising one of which I managed to get! Good access to the water but parking is a bit on an issue, there were a few walkers with over exited dogs but on the whole it was quiet, however I have a feeling that this beat would be busy during the holiday season or Bank holidays.
Back to the fishing, 1 small trout caught on a Klinkhammer, tried Klink n dink, and north country spiders.

1 Trout

38 x grayling 7-15 inches, 4 x trout 6-12 inches, various dries and North Country spiders. A nice warm day, mostly cloudy, with a light upstream breeze. 11 inches on the Llanstephan gauge. Grayling (with a few exceptions most were in the junior class at 10 inches or so) were very ready to rise today, although sport slowed down a bit during the afternoon. Trout fading from the scene slightly, as we expect this month.

4 Trout, 38 Grayling

Fished the field next to the orchard. The river was clear and the weather was overcast, fishing pellet and paste tight to far side. We had a great day and if the river had more water the fishing might have been better than it was. Both of us really enjoyed the day and looking forward to next month as we will be coming back then.
Thanks for a great day.

8 Barbel, 7 Chub, 4 Other

Fly Fished from 8am to 5pm, enjoyed the day out but no fish caught which would have been a bonus.

River low and clear making fishing quite challenging. Fish rising throughout the day enabled a full day of dry fly sport. 13 hard fighting trout caught, very much in peak condition with a good average size. Successful flies were CDC emergers, X-Caddis and CDC & Elkhair. Some sporadic hatches of small upwings were encountered. Quite a few sedge on the move also.

13 Trout

River running low, slow and clear which required stealth otherwise the fish would dart into the deeper water.
Weather on the day was warm and humid with lots of cloud cover with occasional periods of warm sunshine.
All fish taken in the faster water using a size 16 sedge pattern, the biggest being a grayling of around eight inches.
Booking was effortless over the Internet.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

An wonderful day's fishing. Barbel fed throughout the day resulting in 9 being landed, sizes from 5lb to 9.5lb and one beauty at 11lb. The bigger fish came on in the evening. All caught on pellet/meat. River had a bit of colour and levels whilst low, were not too bad. One problem however are the anglers fishing the opposite bank. A long gully on the WUF side holds the fish and the anglers on the opposite bank cast across the river right in to the swims cut by WUF making life a bit annoying from time to time. The opposite bank anglers have a very long stretch, can they be asked not to fish into the handful of swims cut out by WUF? Needs sorting out as shouting across the river is not very relaxing.
WUF note - Unfortunately anglers from the opposite bank cannot be stopped casting across to the near bank. General rules and angling courtesy dictate that should an angler be occupying a swim, other anglers on the opposite bank must chose a different location. Unfortunately this is not a written rule.

9 Barbel, 2 Chub

Started off well on the lower part of beat, clear water making stealth important but fish responding well to heavy nymph on French leader in pocket water. Later in the afternoon the water clouded up. No rain, really sunny, fish now not responding. What caused the cloudy water?

10 Trout

A couple of hours on this short beat, one belting trout of 1lb 13oz made the afternoon plus another of 14 inches on Sawyers nymph. High sticking in the few fast bits of water.

5 Trout, 2 Grayling