Feedback & Reports

I felt a bit aggrieved when I arrived at the Beacons Reservoir (puddle) shame on you 'The Fishing Passport' for selling a ticket in these conditions!

Walked the entire beat and fished the swim with most flow but with very little result - bright conditions did not help

4 Chub

5 Trout, 2 Pike

All caught on the float in the fast water

28 Chub

Well , back to my old favourite when the rivers are low , but boy when I turned up she was low low ….. having fished Hergest beat on Monday and had a successful few hours I did debate between Claerwen reservoir and the little Edw again …. She won , although perhaps in hindsight the big water may have been a better option …..

Got there at half eleven , plenty of insects on the go , and sedge and olives too , so they should be eyes up for a tasty bit of scran , but fishing was decidedly tricky today , I had the feeling perhaps a brunch had already been consumed , and I was late for the table !!!!!

Anyway , a tiny elk hair caddies did cause a stir in some of the pools , ending up with three to the net , and two good missed takes , all feisty little chaps , as always , only about seven or eight inches today , no chunky fish in the tally , and strangely enough was lovely seeing a tawny owl in the lower branches of an alder , I do see them regular in our copse , but he was close to the water , maybe he thought he was a kingfisher !!!!!!!

I think even the Hundred House beat is very hard going now , with vegetation , trees across the stream etc etc , I don’t mind summer growth at all , but that , combined with the low water makes it super tough ….. three hard earned fish this morning …. Oh and to top it off I didn’t get one horse fly bite …. Now that is a delight , especially in this valley !!!!

As always a lovely download of pure escapism , will give one of the big reservoirs up Elan a bash end of the week ….. lovely job , onwards and upwards !!!!!

3 Trout

No fish today as it was very very windy, and water very choppy, but a nice walk ????

Quick morning session before making our way back to Surrey. Shame we had to leave as I think a few more may well have come to the net! which incidentally I left behind when we left. ????

1 Barbel

4 Trout

4 Trout

3 Barbel, 76 Chub