Feedback & Reports

1 Trout

ACCESS ISSUE: Started badly when I really hurt my back trying to open and then close the first gate which has to be lifted, weighs approx 2cwt and is hanging by one hinge. This is no longer a gate. Subsequent pain made wading difficult.
Gusty downstream wind didn’t help finding bottom when nymphing but it’s probably my fault that I only touched a couple and didn’t connect.
POACHERS: The afternoon was made exciting but in a negative way, when two poachers who I had flushed out issued brief but very nasty threats from the road bridge. I had already contacted the EA number and reported them. They were very well equipped, using spinning gear and clearly knew what they were about. But I really couldn’t relax afterwards as they knew where I was parked and my fevered imagination had my van (or me) being trashed and I didn’t go exploring. Not my best day. I couldn’t shut the gate by the road and I don’t think other rod had been able to either.
Massive hatch at end of the day, very little sign of active fish. But it’s always good to get out.

Hard going today, in the sunshine and cool wind.

5 Chub

3 Trout

No fish caught, and whilst talking to anglers who had been fishing all day, the reports were poor. Only heard of one fish being caught. Conditions were perfect really, but nothing rising to the fly and no fly life observed. Stick to the rivers I think!!!!! As an aside, there were at least 20 cormorants actively feeding around the reservoir.

11 Chub

1 Trout

Lovely day,the track down first class job so much better, definitely recommend it.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

1 Chub caught

1 Chub

Bugeilyn fished very well and we caught more than enough in the 5 hour session. Claret the best colour and the small trout probably, pound for pound, the hardest hitting and fighting of all the Llynnoedd.

I remember when you used to find solitude at this venue; the Llyn is now being used regularly by the wooly hat swimming brigade, who are apparently entitled to disrupt paying anglers who arrived before them as they ‘pay subs to Canoe Wales’. It appears they are also entitled to allow their dogs to run free amongst the livestock.

30 Trout