Feedback & Reports

A beautiful Winter's day on this lovely stream of river. Water clear and falling. I fished Doldowlod the week before and blanked in similar conditions. However this week I found myself in the fish. I really think it is a case of the fish being shoaled up tight, as I caught 4 fish in 10 minutes and then nothing for hours before picking another one up. All fish took deep fished nymphs. Biggest Grayling around the 20 inch mark and a couple slightly smaller. Also and lovely OOS Trout which was very slim but over 2lb.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Very cold hard day with temperatures according to my thermometer on my zinger not getting above 3 degrees all day. Caught 3 small grayling on weighted nymphs. I have fished this beat before in the warmer months and it is a beautiful stretch with some great fishing to be had in the right conditions. With the water running slightly high the deep pools in this beat might just have provided the grayling to much of a good hiding place. My weighted nymphs just weren't heavy enough to get down to where the fish probably were. Wading upstream isn't really an option on this beat either because of the size and depths of the pools. Overall lovely to be back fishing on a stunning stretch of the Wye. Will be back for my next holiday in May!

3 Grayling

Good river condition, but one small grayling caught only.

1 Grayling

First Time on Craig Llyn so spent a lot of time walking the whole beat to suss it out. A lovely stretch, with some deep pools and also some excellent long runs a few feet deep which were perfect for grayling. I caught a few fish here and there on deep fished Jig Patterns and a couple higher up in the water. I'm sure there are some sizable fish here, the best of the day being a fine grayling just over 2lb, and will be back for more.

4 Trout, 8 Grayling

Washed off

Fantastic water conditions, beautiful scenery and, very soon after starting, a fish. Only an 8oz brownie, but the only contact all day. No salmon seen and the heavy afternoon rain and surface leaves eventually made me leave for home. Good to see today's report of 100 salmon moving up from the lowest beats...funny how they know that the fishing season is coming to an end.

1 Trout

First time fishing on the upper Wye, and what a lovely place it is too! A chunky trout of around 1.5lb got the heart racing for a few seconds but no sign of any salmon. Lovely Fishery, and if we get the right conditions next season, I will be back.

1 Trout

Fishing as a guest of the owner : 6lbs hen, and 13lbs hard fighting cock on small black fly on full float line.
My first return trip to the upper Wye since my May salmon capture and so encouraging to fish in the rain for a change. Well most of the pools up here have held salmon since all that winter and spring rain. Now with temperatures dropping and a small river rise, the salmon (as I write) are not yet running through, but beginning to think about it. My plan was to wade deep in the low river, and with a small black fly on a full floater fish the fast shallow(ish) heads of the pools. It's great fun and a tremendous asset, to use the exposed boulders to hold the line out there over the holes behind. Sure enough, right at the head of the ash tree pool a 6 pounder came to the net. Two hours later in the fast white water of the Aber Pool a very strong 13 pound cock fish fought all the way to the net. The Craig Llyn beat is indeed a wonderfully exciting place to fish for salmon, and I believe the upper river presently holds quite a few. Given one good spate there should be plenty to catch.

2 Salmon

Various heavy bugs and dries done well for us today. Also the duo produced some really nice grayling.

10 Trout, 20 Grayling

I spent the morning Czech nymphing the top pools and caught 3 Grayling and 1 Trout. Later on in the afternoon there was plenty of fish rising and caught a further 3 Grayling and 1 Trout on dries. Biggest Grayling went 1lb 12oz. All fish returned.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling