Feedback & Reports

Bright sunshine and windy - levels low - caught (by my wife) with a.pheasant tail nymph on the far bank at the start of the beat just up from the bridge.

1 Sea Trout

Lovely afternoon's fishing in late season. Stuck with the dry fly and lost a decent fish. Can't wait to visit again.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

We caught throughout the day, but spent a lot of time just trying to find swims that were fishable / accessible. A 4x4 made exploring easier. Caught some big barbel with 6 of the 12 caught going 10lbs plus.

12 Barbel, 10 Chub

First time fishing the River Tees. Wasn't sure how to fish the rocky sections, so stuck to swinging a pair of traditional wets down and across on the slower water. Very windy on the upper beat by Crockley Bridge, so headed to the Dent Bank Beat in the afternoon. Pleased to pick up a couple of brownies on both beats and there was always enough going on to keep things interesting. Wading was treacherous for the uninitiated, but it was no problem fishing from the bank. Really enjoyable day's fishing and look forward to returning next year.

4 Trout

very quiet - one rainbow caught and one lost. Fly used - muddler.

1 Trout

It's been 15 years since I first went to Abercyrig, then Dinas & Abercyrig. I'll never forget that day; late September doing my last ditch trout fitshing for the year, when the river rose, and I saw my first salmon run. THere were fish swimming through and we had maybe 40 or 50 sightings. It was that day that lead me to become a salmon fisherman.

Here we are, years later, and today, I did not see a single salmon. The water was quite high but dropping and, in this respect, good for salmon, but nothing. I think it's wrong to even bother trying.

5 Trout

My first ever Barbel. 6.25lbs 7.25 lbs & 5.25lbs so two personal bests. Feeder with hair rigged banded Dumbell Hookers. The lower end of the beat looked so slippers that I fished in the woods where the swims appeared safer. Brilliant day and with thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation.

3 Barbel

Started at first light. The river had coloured up a bit and dropped slightly since midweek but still a nice pace for a fly in most pools. No takers today though.

Nice stretch great fly water, sadly didn’t see a fish

5 Chub