Feedback & Reports

1 Trout

River running well, water clear, but Low air temperatures and a cold upstream wind contributed to no discernible rises. one 25cm WBT caught (and returned) early afternoon to a small dry fly.

1 Trout

No fish caught. Did see some fishing rising for around 10 minutes around mid-day but that was about it. Also say a salmon jump under the pipe bridge. A few guys from the Merthyr club were also fishing the beat and had a chat about tactics. Will definitely return when slightly warmer and a not so cold easterly wind.

bright sunny day but a cold east wind. good hatch early afternoon so a short period of exciting dry fly action.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Haven't ever tried Chanstone Court beat , so gave it a go this morning . Cool start , six degrees , overcast and still , nice weather to be out , bimbled down passed the bridge , to the side of the oil seed rape field , and strewth talk about bad access , very few places to get in , and out !!!!!!!

The Abbey Dore beat is much more user friendly to be honest . I'm agile but this was a crazy beat . As lots of tight barbed wire every were , bit of a nightmare , anyway after the winge , onto the fishing !!

Nothing showing on top , still a tad early , so single tungsten size 18 olive nymph , took a while before any action , then wallop , confident take , and boy did he go !!! About ten inches , cracking condition , quickly released , good start . . . . . . . .

No more tackers for a while , then another deep pool , head of it , another good take , fish of about twelve inches , great colouration , and a nice run around on the two weight rod ! Slipped back in , happy days . . . . A pleasant few hours , a bit frustrating with the access , surely a few styles can be placed here and there for getting in and out of the stream ???? I guess we're spoilt , as there's plenty of streams all round herefordshire and the borders , so we can afford to be picky , ha ha ha !!!!

Will give this one another go from my usual Arrow , Lugg and Pinsley beats , it's still very pleasant , although I think Abbey Dore pips it hands down , nice chilled out three hours , two lovely Dore brownies caught and released . Another day off tomorrow, where too , mmmmmm I wonder !!!!!!! May be Bugeilyn or Talybont for a change ! After all variety is the spice of life !

2 Trout

Two lovely trout caught and released , report submitted below , few pics of three pleasant hours on the Dore , happy days , back soooooooooon . . . . . . . .

2 Trout

Not a sausage. Plenty of grannom coming off but did not see a single fish anywhere.

Heavily built slightly coloured 22lb+ cock fish from the Iron Gate catch at the bottom of the beat. It took a 1" black and yellow tube on a fast sinking sink tip. Took solidly on the inside of the gutter and a great 1st run, taking over 100 yards of line. Almost made it to the abstraction works!

1 Salmon

Two fish in 5hrs fishing. Overcast and chilly easterly. Small buzzer hatch late in the afternoon but no fish rising.

2 Trout

2 Trout