Feedback & Reports

Fished 2.30- 8.30 with the gauge at 10” so unsurprisingly, no salmon caught or seen. Some good trout fishing though, most of the fish being caught in the evening above the bridge. There were a lot of small yellow mays on the water followed by a spinner fall which got the trout looking up. May have been a few BWO’s late on as well.

8 Trout

A very welcomed first fish of the season , been in the river a week or two! Fished the pool with a fly nothing, then went through the pool with a rapala! 16lb hen fish

1 Salmon

Low temperature, downstream wind. Fish caught on black nymph in fast water.

1 Trout

1 shad caught

1 Other

Lovely beat , but so close to the rail line behind the trees , concentrating on fishing and a train passed scared the ***** out of me , on the plus side once again 1trout from a deep pool on a gold bead grhe , but no other fish , this beat is also very close to me so will fish this again .

1 Trout

7 Trout

Despite plenty of fly life including lots of yellow May duns not many risers. Even a E. danica sailed down unmolested. Lots of birds taking advantage including redstart, wagtails and dippers. Also a family of Mandarin ducks! Gave up on the dries and caught 2 to Klink and dink. Late afternoon numbers of trout began rising in slow featureless water. Good ones too! But so tricky to get to. Battled the undergrowth and trees to finally get one on a small olive( the trout were taking something very small I couldn’t see). Had to leave but I think the evening would have been good. Given the nature of the banks and high vegetation I would say this beat might require some agility and sweat come high summer. Plenty of fish though and lovely to see them.

3 Trout

Cold wind blowing downstream most of day but several fish caught all on dries.

10 Trout

8 Trout

Back to the lovely Lynfi Dulais and skipped past the lower section of the beat this time and just worked about the top half and up right up to the boundary. Theres lots of cracking run/riffle/pool sequences and you can wade a long ways indeed once in the water but advise wading very very close to the right bank (ie farm side) at the old footbridge at the back of Tregunter farm! Its gotten very deep under there now! Was a bit surprised at how quiet things where though today, very little mayfly on the go , just a few olives here and there and didnt really respond to just prospecting with a dry fly as usually does. Maybe it was that rather cool pesky north wester wind!

Thousands and thousands of micro caddis homes on the rocks and a reasonable scattering of various olives and included some quite large stone clingers ! Great. Water pushing along very nicely indeed , just a tinge of colour and river bed looking very good , for now. Pulled out or pruned back a good number of pesky branches for the next guy up there.
Just the four to hand this afternoon on a para adams or a klink' . Happy with that all things considered, always seems to fish better to on a warm sunny day down here to me fishing a nice juicy foam beetle.

4 Trout