Feedback & Reports

Hot hot day to tackle the canyon, river low and crystal clear. Apart from clouds of gnats, midge etc not much hatching and very few rises, so I prospected with a small grey baetis and late in the day a larger light olive para. Could not find a way of avoiding the small trout at the pool tails from shooting off and warning the others. Managed to get interest from the fast heads of pools but they were very wary so only landed 4, though good sized 10 and 11" for this river. Fighting fit. The two largest came to the large olive, obviously they thought it worth the effort.
2 of the major log jams have largely cleared, replaced by 2 new ones! For those who have not fished the Clettwr, I attach photos of these jams - you can get past, with some effort - personally I would not want this changed, and only if it was impossible to move upriver without some clearance. A true wild stream!!

4 Trout

What a fantastic place to spend Sunday. Went mountain climbing with the tenkara rod. 2 trout 6-8ins and better one missed. All on the dry fly, a small caddis pattern.
Will be going back soon, once my legs have recovered!

2 Trout

I had a lovely day on this small tributary of the Wye, landed 3 trout and lost what I think was a salmon parr. There were lots of flies hatching, such as olives and some smaller flies I couldn't identify as well as 1 or 2 stone-flies. Though there was a large hatch there were no fish rising, and all fish were caught on a size 18 weighted copper ribbed hears ear nymph. Throughout the day I also saw a mother duck with a few ducklings and 2 dead white clawed crayfish, one of them in the river and one of them by the side of the river. All in all it was an amazing days fishing and if you fish it, I would highly recommend fishing barbless flies.

3 Trout

Had a lovely day's fishing on the cletwr today. The river was a little bit high and coloured but it made it easier to sneak up on the fish all fish were caught on a size 18 hares ear nymph. If there's anyone that is reading this and hasn't fished this beat I would highly recommend it and go with a short rod, light tipped small flies. Make sure any fish you catch are released carefully as they are beautiful.

3 Trout, 2 Other

Very low water made for testing conditions. Managed to find a few fish, but anything in flat water spooked immediately. Sparse hatch of stonefly and the odd upwing. Challenging but enjoyable day.

6 Trout, 4 Other

River quite low and very clear, one heavy shower just about got through the tree cover! Landed 6, from 4" (!) to 11", about the same number missed or shook the hook. All on the smallest klinks my ageing eyes can manage, in the faster water. Magical as ever, the logjams keep moving and changing so its a different game each time.

6 Trout

I'd been promising to take my fishing partner up the Clettwr for some time now, the sheepish look he always gave me made me think he wasn't to keen on the idea. Finally this trip allowed me to introduce him to the pleasure and pain of this mesmeric beat.
Initially he seemed a bit perplexed as we dropped into the gorge, "madness" I think was the word he first used, "this isn't fishing its mountaineering". Eventually, even with some pool's and runs now redundant due to some very big log jams, he succumbed to the beauty and uniqueness of this amazing beat. We made it as far as where the two small streams run in from the right bank and decided to call it a day. Five of the prettiest wbt came to hand , all on Klinks. I think he'll be back, just as every body else does.

5 Trout

Grabbed 3 hrs in the gorge.....first time on this beat. Fished from 9-12. The only two rising fish were the ones I caught and 6" was the biggest,both on
size 18 para adams. Only made it to the footbridge so will be back to investigate further. The beat start is hard to find, ignore the track behind the bench ,walk up the hill a short distance until you see an obvious footpath take it and almost immediately turn hard left, the once white poles are no longer white but are visible for most of the way down. Sleepy fish today.

2 Trout

First trip to the Clettwr this year, thought it would be awake by now. Good flow, very clear, assorted flies hatching. However, saw no rises and struggled to land 3 at 6/7" on para olives. No idea where the trout were, although I could not try nymphs as I had rashly decided to bring only dries, paras and klinks. Two pools blocked out by fallen trees last year now clear, but 3 others are now logjammed. So as well as scrambling and climbing there is the challenge of finding a way through or over woody pile ups...I will return, of course.

3 Trout

3 trout and 2 salmon par. The stream was looking beautiful with a sequence of mouthwatering pools. Watch out though for all the fallen trees over the gorge like sections some of which must have fallen recently and look like they could break at any moment. A really wild and beautiful little stream for the energetic and agile fly fisher. Many thanks for a lovely day WUF!

3 Trout, 2 Other