Feedback & Reports

2 6" fish taken on a buzzer; another 6" taken on a mayfly. Fishing from Quakers Yard. Our first visit to the Taff and we were both very pleasantly surprised by the peaceful setting - we will be back!

3 Trout

Today there wasn't much fly life about so i fished Klink and dink/NZ style. They were obviously on the nymphs as every pool and pocket of water my flies were in I was hooking fish big and small. Managed to catch 30 plus fish from 1/4lb up to 2lb plus 18 inch fish. All wild fish and all released.

30 Trout

Fished the upper Taff from the RSPCA centre up towards Merthyr Town. Lots of midge, ldo's and brook dunns on the water with fish feeding on the surface in every pool. The river looks in great shape since last weeks flood with hardly any algy on the rocks. Managed to catch a 21 inch, 19 inch fish and around two dozen fish up to 1lb on dries and nymph's.

24 Trout

Surprisingly few trout rising, given the conditions. Could see plenty in the clear water though...

6 Trout

All caught on the nymph - gammarus and caddis pupa - using a French leader.

8 Trout

All caught on the nymph - gammarus and caddis pupa - using a French leader.

8 Trout

Fished the river from Abercarn up. At the start there was not much ativity on the water so opted for klinkhammer and dink And managed a couple of small trout and salmon smolt. Later on in the day around 2nd a good hatch of ldo's and brook dunns were on the water with fish rising in a feeding frenzy. Managed to catch a couple more decent fish with the biggest being 23". The river is in a right mess at the moment due to low levels and idiots not taking their rubbish home with them. But what do you expect from an urban river??? As for tips for fishing the Taf Farw and Taf Fechan... I would use a single klinkhammer on a 7 ft 3# rod fished up stream keeping very low whilst fishing pocket water being big boulders etc. Remember these are the wildest fish and you only get one chance with them. Please email myself if you need any more information on daniel.1986@live.co.uk.

2 Trout, 1 Other

After a night of strong rain the water level was higher then Saturday also little bit coloured. There was good surface activity but only on the slower river stretches. Had 3 trout, 2 of them about 1lb, one trout was nearly 2 lb, really good size. All fish has been returned like a Saturday. Great two days in river Taff. Only disappointment was with the rubbish. Both banks have a problems with it. People, please clean up after yourself. Clean rivers will produce more beautiful fish and for us more catches. Lastly, my tackle: fly rod Orvis 7'6, DT floating line, klinkhammer grey top brown body. Thank you.

3 Trout

Fished lower section wading is not easy river had some colour and even though I was told Taff trout are not selective, I found them quite the opposite. There were a good few flies hatching, grannom ldo's and a couple of others. A good few trout rising to nymphs or emergers but it took me good few hours to catch the first fish on hares ear emerger after several fly changes. So in the last couple hours of fishing I had 3 trout; a few takes and few refuses. Would be back with revised fly box. People of Wales, please stop throwing rubbish in your rivers. From hundreds of plastic bags hanging like a wash from the last spate to household waste and mattresses etc.

3 Trout

Struggled to find access to much of the river. We enjoyed a few hours at the top end of the Fachen but failed to find any fish willing to take a fly. We then tried closer to the town of Merthyr but the river was in such a state with dumped rubbish and drug paraphernalia that we were put off.