Feedback & Reports

In two minds about the Dolgau beat. Perfect scenery as good as you will see anywhere. River looks good, but I found it hard to find places where you could stand in the river to fish upstream. I guess most other fisherman would stick to the bankside as it really is tricky to wade out with lots of deep boulder strewn pools, but nevertheless an enjoyale day in a great spot. Do not attempt to walk to the lower end of this beat by trying to walk down the left side path marked in green dots on the wuf map starting from Llanwrthwl bridge unless you have had sas jungle training. I am serious, it's a jungle with no noticeable path to be seen. its much much easier to walk along the footpath on the main road to a gate which takes you back down to the river where there is an open path.
WUF note: the map and instructions ask anglers to use the path adjacent to the road as there is no path from the bridge to the lower section along the river's edge. Our apologies to S P & anyone else who has tried to access the lower section this way. We will try to make the instructions clearer.

1 Trout

Tried a hares ear - no go, then dry F-fly which awakened things up a little. More water in river, but changeable weather unhelpful. Nice place.

2 Trout

Quality fishing, trout up to 12", grayling 16"-17".

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Very impressive beat in good condition and well maintained, although water a little low, nice surroundings with easy access, overall very enjoyable. Lower beat best for the agile. Lost one of the largest grayling I have ever seen. Even the owner of the beats stopped to give advice. This is definitely a place to return to.

1 Grayling

Hard going in the morning but things picked up mid afternoon. Plenty of fish rising, mainly to tiny stuff that was impossible to match. A few larger olives were coming off however which interested a few fish in my emerger patterns.
All the grayling were around the pound mark and exceptional fighters. Nice beat that I will definitely fish again.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

We got 5 trout sized 10 to 11" on dry flies, Adams and EHC, and 2 impressive Grayling sized 14 to 15" on wet flies. Dozens of fish hooked on flies but we could not land most of them. All fish landed were safely returned to the river. Water was very clear and the river was so beautiful. We had not realized until we got there that this beat is split in two halves with a protected spawning area in-between where fishing is not allowed. The lower end of the spawning area was unclear and we could not find any sign of it. There is no written explanation about the spawning zone on the beat summary we got from WUF. So I suggest WUF to add the explanation to the beat summary. Apart from that, the river is so beautiful and stunning. Many thanks to WUF.

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

Very disappointing day. Contrary to advice following heavy rain a few days before, the river was very low and absolutely no chance of a salmon being in there. But it was a very beautiful spot and a great place for a picnic, so will return to try again.

1 Grayling

It is a fantastic place to fish for grayling, with dry fly one, parachute adams.
I don't like graylings so then I tried with a elk hair fly and I caught three trout, and one some more grayling. It is a great spot to fish this time of year. Tricky to wade in some places.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

River full and fast, bit like fishing in dairy milk chocolate! Blank.

River unfishable downstream on previoulsy booked beat so a quick stop at the WUF office got us a day at Dolgau. Immaculately maintained beat with some lovely salmon pools. Very kind and helpful owner. No sign of any fish and water began to colour up as we arrived.