Feedback & Reports

Last day of the year and great to spend it at the Creel. Very quiet drive down and very tranquil on the back. Fished one swim all day concentrating on maggot feeder. All fish caught on maggot, nothing on pellet. Had 7 nice chub and lost two, pulled out. Needed 4oz to hold in the flow using bow method,drop back bites. No barbel even though river was 7 degrees. Fabulous New Year’s Eve. Here’s to 2020

2 Grayling, 7 Chub

Very high river. Nothing doing.

all blanked

10 x grayling 10-18 inches, 4 x out of season trout 8-11 inches, long trotting (with my second-best rod). Several 16 inch fish and one specimen at 18 inches. The Irfon looks just fine now, either for trotting or the fly.

10 Grayling

My first time on The Dee. What a lovely river! I will be back when the trout season starts. The day was beautiful sunshine but blustery. I saw no hatching flies or fish, oh except a salmon, who, to be Frank, was a bit of a show off! He was doing his best impression of a jetski!

With the river at exactly two feet on the Llanstephan gauge - the acknowledged upper limit for fly fishing - i

River dropping and quite cold so thought catching was probably a long shot but managed a couple of nice barbel early in the morning.

2 Barbel

Amazing day following an overnight frost, kept mobile and took 9 between 2 and 9lb, great way to sign off the year - Thanks WUF

9 Barbel

River high and fast and over the croys but several swims fishable. Weather perfect , sunny with no wind and very Spring like. However in spite of trying 4 different swims could not raise any interest. A biteless day (where do all the chub go in winter?), but in spite of this nice to be back on the Wye.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling