Feedback & Reports

Nice hatch of olives . largest c. 1 3/4 lb. Many thanks to Oliver for guiding

12 Trout

Conditions were perfect when I arrived at this lovely stretch of water. I started fishing around 11:00 and spent about two hours fishing a stretch of around 30m at the very bottom end of the beat. There was much activity with fish rising regularly to a sustained and significant hatch. During this period I managed to connect with more than a dozen fish but sadly only landed 7, all WBT. Two of these were significant fish between 15" to 18" long, the rest being 12" or less. All were caught on Adams fly. Activity on the river died at around 14:00 so I took the opportunity to sit quietly by the river with a mug of coffee and took in the lovely surroundings before going home. A good day.

7 Trout

3 Trout

Lovely beat, bright and breezy conditions making it tricky. All fish came on the dry fly, will definitely return.

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4 Trout

Quite a bright day but not much fly life around so all fish caught on bead head nymphs except 1 caught on a klinkhammer there were also quite a few long distance releases!!!

9 Trout

12” brown trout caught on Grey Wulf Another good fish hooked and broke off on beaded hairs ear nymph 6” brown trout on same nymph

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Too bright and warm for much today. Barely saw a fish all day and no interest. tried nymphs, klinks and the odd dry in the evening. Fun stretch of river to fish though!

As an aside, at the top pool two teenagers arrived with a spinning reel and started fishing and only left when they realised we were calling to report them.

3 Trout

Arrived at beat at 11am to find first and second gates open and third gate bolted but with combination lock open. Later realised that farmer was working in adjacent field (red pickup). At 5pm, noted that third gate with combination lock was bolted and locked. First gate by lay by was wide open. Decided to close and bolt this gate, despite my general rule of leaving gates and bolts as one finds them
River had risen the previous day after heavy rainfall but was fishable on the 3rd. The river was unfishable on the 2nd, so I spoke to Chris who authorised two rods on Abercynrig later in the season.
Air temp approx 14/15C. Water temp 9C. Negligible fly life. Two small trout caught by my colleague. Trout very unresponsive. I tried nymph, dry fly and fry imitations. Can’t explain why river so dour.

2 Trout