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Idyllic setting. And idyllic fishing

8 Trout

Cefni Catch Report week ending 26th May 2019.

May continues to see exceptional catches of fish both in numbers and quality. Insect life is booming this time of year, and the fishing as the record book will attest too has been superb. Lines together with flies continue to be mixed and varied, with the normal array of lures, boobies, nymphs etc taking the majority of fish. Damsels nuymphs, tadpoles, buzzers, daphnia and hawthorn are all evident this past few weeks, while spooning fish showing a mixed and healthy varied diet these fish have this time of the month.

Productive areas seem to be all over, with good drifts along the Railway towards the Damn, higher end of the lake near the bales, or in and around the sheltered bays all seem to be holding fish. A good average of 5.1 fish this past few weeks indicate some very good sport has been had by most visiting and regular anglers.

The annual Cefni outing to Brenig on Sunday 26th May 2019, saw a very good turn out with 10 fishing and 55 fish caught.
Two of our juniors members Kyle Williams and Aron Jones both did exceptionally well and caught fish in tough conditions, well done to both and thank you to their respective boat partners for ghilling.

Myself and Jonathan Roberts took heaviest bag with 12 fish at 23lb 5oz, and myself taking heaviest fish at 2lb 14oz.
Conditions it must be said were not easy, heavy rain, sunshine and at times the lake resembling the Atlantic Ocean! The fish were of good quality hard fighting and a big thank you to all involved organizing a great day.

Tight Lines
A Thomas

Was to be second day of two. But water so low it was not viable to fish.

Trout non- spinning.

Had another go on the beat to see if fishing improved with the warmer temepratures. Caught a few trout in the 6" to 9" range in the top half of the beat. Moved on to the Llynfi Dulas to see if mayflies are hatching.

8 Trout

Very low and clear water. Strong wind blowing along the river. Only fished the fist part of the beat along the field. Small hatch of mayflies, but bigger trout were rising under submerged branches....
Caught a few small ones.

4 Trout

My brother and I had a wonderful days fishing with very tricky fishing with the dry fly only. The fish were rising to a whole range of flies, but often very selectively. We caught 6 brownies the best being around 1 3/4 pounds.

6 Trout

A short morning session upstream of September Cottage with the river running fast and slightly cloudy, weather was overcast with outbreaks of rain. Saw no sign of fish rising so the dry fly rod was not used. Targeted the Brown Trout on a French Leader set up with a bead head olive nymph on the dropper and an off bead GRHE on the point. It was tough to pick out the Trout amongst the out of season Grayling which seemed to be present in every pool. A beautiful stretch of river which I hope to return to one day.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

Got to the beat c 11:00. Weather mostly rain until after lunch and cold at around 11C. No sign of fly life until about 14:30. Only saw one fish rising to a fly which I couldn’t identify. A couple of small mayfly about 15:30 which the fish seemed to ignore. Left about 15:30 when it was beginning to warm up a little. All that said, a decent day on what looks like a really nice beat on a better day. Took both fish on a GHPTN under a green Klink.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling