Feedback & Reports

This was a last-minute booking having received an e-mail from the Foundation regarding late availability on this beat - much appreciated, as it helped me to decide which beat to fish! The river was still carrying some colour, but had obviously dropped significantly over the weekend. Fished from about 11am to 6.30pm, mostly in bright sunshine, so a catch of 4 barbel, with a brace at 8lb 14oz and 9lb 8oz and a single chub of 3lb 8oz seemed a fair return given the conditions. The usual pellet and meat were the successful baits.

Awesome fishing, river low, and sparse hatches of flies during the afternoon. Couple of dozen grayling nothing much bigger than a pound. and a dozen or so trout best 2lb on a Klinkhammer. Fish came to a range of pheasant tail type nymphs, Klinkhammer and Olive emerger CDC patterns. Wonderful experience of an otter fishing the same pool at the same time, seemed to be totally oblivious to me and came within a 10ft or so. still caught fish in the pool after he went through!!! Lots of other predators on beat, you may have an issue with Cormorants (*2) and goosanders. Large flock (12+) birds in the upper area of the beat.

3 x trout around 11 inches, 3 x grayling around 12 inches plus 7 other smaller grayling. All taken on goldhead PT and spider patterns. No trout seen rising all day, only small grayling.

River about 1ft up and fining down after the weekend flood water. Fished from 3pm - 8pm. Only saw half a dozen canoes. Had a barbel on the third cast using hemp and groundbait feeder with pellet hookbait. No free offerings. Caught steadily up to 12 fish, biggest went 8lb exactly. Great to catch fish in bright sunlight. They all fought and went back really well with the fresh water in the river. Many thanks WUF!

Only an hour or two at Gromain. No other rods present.
Also a guest, Ben Jobling-Purser, fished briefly at The Rectory. Both blank sadly. Lovely afternoon & evening though

Unfortunately a Nil return - lots of tugs but no takers.

After an unproductive morning with the first 2 swims only producing one small chub, I finally found the barbel feeding in the third swim, taking 8 fish to 7lb 8ozs and one further chub of 3lb 8ozs. All fish taken on Halibut pellets.

Nil catch

After a very windy weekend, bank holiday Monday was a perfect day. At the beginning of the R2 beat towards the washpool I caught a few wild brown trouts, on a black kllinkhammer. Although quite small, they were all fighting like much larger fish. Further up the river where it runs next to the road in deep section I tried a different method as at around 12.30pm the fish stopped comming up to the surface. I used Red Tag with Gold Bead Head, and hooked up a massive grayling, around 3 pounds. Strange thing is that I haven't seen single graying anywhere in the water, fish are easily scared that absolute stealth is must.

Great place, stayed at "The Clochfaen" B&B, great place to stay would recommend to everybody!!

Apologies for not leaving a return in the box at Cregrina when I finished. Pre-occupied with a wader full of murky brown water! Catch of two Brown trout approx 7-8oz? Both returned. One on a pheasant tailed nymph the other on a GRHE. Stayed near Glasbury with a friend. I find the service from the Foundation to be excellent. Thank you!