Feedback & Reports

Was to have fished Craig Llyn, but washed off; fished River Elan courtesy of Richard, considering conditions a very good day, Shaun taking 9 Grayling and 4 trout on a 3 wt brook rod and 2lb tippet. One Grayling 18ins wt 2lb 12oz Plus 4 trout up to 2lb mostly on elk hair sedges. plus odd Grayling on a grey klink. I myself took 1 fish and lost 3 including 1 large trout. my presentaion was all wrong for this river. Only had 6wt with me after seeing wx report. I will have to avenge my poor performance when I see Shaun again!! Pete

5 Trout, 9 Grayling

River was on rise and pretty coloured. Fished tight to the edges with big Snaelda. One medium sized sea trout. Lovely beat.

1 Sea Trout

Very fishable beat and an enjoyable day. Others aren't joking when they advise felt soles, it is slippery.
2 trout caught, 1 large salmon slashed at a sunray shadow but was missed. Water coloured up during the day and was abandoned late afternoon.
Very enjoyable day.

2 Trout

On the basis that, no doubt, some smart 'arris fishing a mile upstream of me will have emptied the river, I had better be careful what I say next but, compensation water from the Elan Valley made for a very difficult day - and not what I had in mind when I climbed out of a warm bed at 05:00 this morning. A gin clear river, pushing through with a noticeably cold feel to it. Mixing it up, with tungsten nymphs and fishing the stream with a dry (there was nothing rising), resulted in just two Trout during the morning. As with the water, one of them going 2lb plus was some compensation. Slightly better in the afternoon, another Trout, a brace of Grayling (both 1lb plus) and, when I finally encountered some rising fish, 4 Parr in rapid order on an Adams.
Of course, it could have been the thing on the other end of the rod ....
(WUF note... The level of flows from Elan are way above both compensation and regulation flows: valves are being repaired at Caban)

3 Trout, 2 Grayling, 4 Other

Unfortunately I could only fish for two hours in the evening and caught and touched nothing! But the river looked wonderful as ever and was in good condition. I saw very few fish rising despite a decent hatch. There were no other anglers on the river between 7 and 9pm.
Regards Giles

4 hours in the morning on Craig Llyn, fishing pocket water with 3 weight brook rods and drys all taken on usual sedges and emergers
Afternoon at Dolgau with many thanks to Richard for fishing his beat. Large hatch of flying red ants carpeted the river with fish rising everywhere in splashy takes. Spent a frustrating hour trying to match the hatch. Yellow Greenwell spider in tan and tupsley indispensable were the only flies that worked. Tried all other patterns with no success. Should have had a lot of fish but still looking for the pattern to match that hatch.

11 Trout, 9 Grayling

Water at a nice level and clear,plenty of fly life but only sporadic rises and we couldn't work out what they were taking. GC did well taking 5 grayling,2 of which were 15 to 16".
This is a lovely beat and hopefully with a few more visits we will learn how to catch the number of fish other anglers manage.
Thanks to W & U and the fishery owner for providing such a nice place to fish.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

Lovely beat, great weather and friendly people at the campsite. Water was low and it was overcast. Took 2 lovely Grayling [first ever] and drew a few WBT to dry flies but no takers.
There was a plentiful supply of flies rising most of the day which was great to see. Better anglers would have taken many more fish but we enjoyed the day nonetheless and will be back again.

2 Grayling

Quality fishing as usual. A strong cool down stream wind kept the fish down so nymphs caught most with a couple taking a klinkhammer. No monsters but all a good average size and in good condition.

4 Trout, 24 Grayling

fished the afternoon after cutting bracken off the bank side all morning ,picked up all of the trout from the heads of the fast water on klinkhammer and sedges the grayling were holding in deeper water ,perhaps trying to get away from the two broods of goose anders that have adopted the beat, klink and dink with half of the grayling taking the holy grail nymph....a good days fishing.

7 Trout, 11 Grayling