Feedback & Reports

I traveled to the lakes with the hope and intention of doing some fishing but in the event, the temperature was 30 degrees in the shade with unremitting hot sunshine so I walked around the lakes but did not fish.

Hard day, very hot with very few bites. Started at 8am, one rainbow all day, when the warden came round to check tickets at 2pm this was the only caught up until that time.

1 Trout

Scorching hot day (31 degrees!) for my first visit to Upper Tower Fishery so conditions were difficult. Walked the beat in the morning, plenty of fish rinsing, marked for later.
Returned late afternoon to fish into the evening. Managed to rise a few on dries but only connected with 1 that came off at the net. I think the heat had taken its toll!
New parking space, stiles and pool/run signs are great additions. I’ll certainly be back, perhaps when it’s a little cooler!

1 Trout

Didn’t start fishing until 6pm due to the heat so only had a couple of hours. Ten trout up to about 1lb and one oos grayling that was easily 2lb, most on nymphs in riffles and then a few on dries later on. One of the most scenic beats I’ve ever fished

10 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

Again very hot,a shad was caught and carefully released.

4 Trout

As the water temperature reached 20 deg C by lunch time I so stopped fishing. Some rising fish seen under the alder in the shade.

3 Trout

Another lovrly session under the canopy ...Haven't fished Creggy for a few weeks tbh....
She's low and in need of a good flush through ...I temp dipped river with my thermometer, and she's at 16 degrees.... slowly creeping up, keep a watch on these temps folks !!!
Fished between 11 and 2:15 pm .... great dry fly sport in fairness , even in glides above the bridge, which is only a couple of feet, in places, tops !!! Lovely rising a fish on the dry there ... they go nuts in the shallow water !!!! 13 to the net, sizes between six and eleven inches.... all on thd dries ......
Mayfly on the go, throughout the beat, they're well and truly enjoying them, although I was happy fishing not to big a dry tbh ... Big bushy mohican mays just don't have the pinpoint accuracy I like !! And, there devils for spinning your line and leader ....
Did my good deed by releasing "Larry" the Lamb...Seriously caught up in stock fencing... You can definately see why they end up, nestled between the mashed potatoe and peas !!! Thick as mince ....lol !!!
A sublime session on an old favourite ....not easy at the moment, and in serious need of rain!!!
It'll be the River Elan and Afon Claerwen outflows for me if these temps creep up to 19 degrees on the wild streams, then of course, its a no go on the fishing side of things ....
Out with clients tommoz and Thurs on the rivers .... Hoping its a tad cooler ...... ppffftttttt !!!!

13 Trout

What a scorcher! Just out for the evening …. Fish spooky as usual on this beat, difficult to rise but they did seem to like what I think were potamanthus … yellow mayflies … when they hatched. As others have said access to the river isn’t easy but if a 70 year old can do it…. Best fish 15”. A massive spinner fall at dusk….

4 Trout