Feedback & Reports

Nice WBT of 20 inches or so on an olive CDC emerger and another of about 10 inches on an olive nymph. Had a couple of other fish on and lost so more productive than expected given the water conditions - the river was quite high and coloured. Nice day, though.

2 Trout

All four caught on a silver and blue Toby.

4 Trout, 4 Barbel

8 Trout

Nice beat with good bank access

3 Barbel

3 nice fish, 2 on worms and 1 on a spinner. Water level has risen very rapidly and is almost back to full now.

3 Trout

Angler no. 2: 2 x Rainbows on worms

2 Trout

Both Anglers used garden worms Angler 1 caught 2 Trout Angler 2 caught 3 trout The reservoir was much better today the water was higher

5 Trout

I’m not much of a river fisherman but with the Llangurig gauge at 3ft the evening before, and knowing that it drops like a stone, I hoped for a bit of a “play” with some small trout in Ty Mawr, freshened up by the spate.
So 1ft 6” and absolutely gin clear = good start apart from a downstream wind. I put on a 3mm tungsten PTN aware of others’ fishing reports of how critical depth is. First pool, upstream the leader pulled away and a great brown shadow dashed across the width of the pool . “My God” in contact with one of the upper Wye s’ big browns. I’ve seen them occasionally sprinting away once spooked- but now I’ve hooked one ! My baby 6 ½ ft rod struggled to keep the fish in the pool but eventually I got the head in the net and the rest teetered on the rim ...and flopped in ! 20” of perfection c. 2 ½ lbs. Safely returned I sat on the bank for 5 minutes in wonder.
Walked up to the top of the beat – there really aren’t that many pools – and with the forecast “gentle breeze” now bending the bushes in half, down and across was the only option for an uncoverable pool I had left on the way up. Before the fly was even in the neck of the pool the water exploded and another big fish was on !! A frantic fight and this was a female, slightly shorter at 18” or so but the fattest wild fish I have ever seen, well over 2 lb. Stunned, stumbling along the bank I caught 2 more much smaller fish and saw another large fish .
So now with the rest of the family in bed, I’m sitting quietly with a beer reflecting on a day I really don’t want to end. Wow.

4 Trout

3 Trout

The river was quite high and coloured and not much fly life -
So Most of the fish caught during period of fishing downstream spiders. Most likely would have been more if we had stuck to this method.

4 Trout