Feedback & Reports

First time out on a recc'ie here at Llandewi and a lovely beat it is I thought, quite a novelty for a wild stream beat actually I think, lots and lots of space to swing the rod and river of good size too ! Still the barbed wire fencing to do the dance with of course but once over you can walk lots of the bank/wade easily.
River had quite a bit of 'skinny' water and perhaps a good handful of very nice looking pools (some with nice cover & LWD) one could spend fair time at but add to that a couple of very long runs (of quite some depth it looks !) that looked superb for trotting a stick float ! Was just on the fly today but will be packing the centrepin next time for sure . !
Llandewi gauge height approximately 0.25m and pushing through perfect for the fly or stick float at this height it seemed to me . A nasty Easterly blowing today though.
Wading was generally easy and I covered the water today from the road bridge up to the layby parking not having enough daylight to work up to the top. Good parking there at layby actually as well but possibly easy to miss if coming from Crossgates way as the layby sign is only properly visible if coming from Newtown direction.
Only had the one grayling today but didn't really get enough time to put any serious effort in but it was a nice and very solid fish that refused to throw the towel in quickly ! Got in a slight pickle trying to unhook in the net in the water so unhooked quickly at Rivers edge and a chance for a very quick snap taken. Swam off nice and strong after giving it time so very happy indeed with all of that.
Very pleased overall and really am looking forward to getting back in the river here !
BTW , I stopped overnight in the van at Fforest fields camp/caravan site a ways up the road. Fantastic site with hotel quality facilities and all the hot water you wanted !. Such decadence....

1 Grayling

Bugging for grayling on lower beat/ the channels. No sniff of s grayling all day. Beautiful day for it though.

1 Trout

Good weather.Nymphs work well.

10 Grayling

Really tough day - river high, water clear, lots of debris coming down and bright sunshine!
No barbel but had two Pb chub just after lunch.

2 Chub

One grayling, approx 8 inch from the lower end of the beat, taken on an imitation maggot fly.

1 Grayling

A clear cold bright day. Enjoyed the day, but blanked.

Arrived too late I'm afraid, but gave it a go anyway with an hour left of daylight. Access was fine actually except for the barbed wire fence at the start of the beat. There is no gate or stile and requires scrambling out on a tree trunk overhanging the rivers edge to get across which would indeed be difficult for those with reduced mobility/older anglers. Extra care should be taken wading as the river bottom drops off suddenly in sections. No luck today Czech nymphing but I rushed through most of it trying to beat the sunset.
Thank you!

very cold in the water today, wished I had put another layer on ! fished the run in the middle of the beat and could only find the odd fish here and there. went up to the top end and had a bit of difficulty getting out due to water level. but in one spot I did find a shoal and quickly had a few more, and also lost three grayling. went back to the earlier spots... still nothing much happening. in the end I had grayling to 14" and oos trout to 10". its been hard work catching fish this week, and looking at other anglers reports I was not alone ! still it was great fun trying, I really love it over here in wales, and many thanks to WUF for letting me do this.

6 Trout, 11 Grayling