Feedback & Reports

Lovely spot. Fished early morning and evening. Barbel on legered pellets. Chub on trotted bread. River at good level with some colour. The newbie was particularly chuffed with his barbel! We stayed with our families at the fantastic “Anchor and Can” cottage in Hole in the Wall which is walking distance

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

Another excellent day on the Edw. Started mid morning and fished pretty hard until the evening, covering the full length of the bottom section of the beat. The water was pretty low and very clear, so a stealthy approach was required. The slower areas were very tough to fish due to the water clarity, so I concentrated on the faster pockets, pools, riffles and runs. Setup for most of the day was the Duo, with a simple copper-beaded nymph under a #14 caddis pattern. Dry/nymph ratio was probably 1:5. Fish came pretty steadily throughout the day from most of the likely spots for the conditions. Lots of trout around, but a similar number of salmon parr who were present throughout the stretch and feeding very aggresively. Excellent to see! A massive thanks to the W&U folk for all the work getting this stream out to us anglers, appreciated!

25 Trout, 25 Other

Nothing caught today

22 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. All done with the mayfly now and the stream is low and clear. Fished early to get ahead of walkers and dogs.

22 Trout

1 x 3 pound rainbow caught on fly using a cats whiskers, 2 small brown both on a blood worm fly, both browns returned.

3 Trout

It was our first fishing at this stretch. My friend and I fished near Quakers Yard from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm and we didn’t catch anything. We tried many differents flies and nymphs without success. The place is amazing but unfortunately we found a lot of trash on the banks and also inside the river.

WUF Note: With regard to the litter, Merthyr Tydfil Angling Association work very hard in removing it from their stretch of the Taff. Unfortunately, it is a curse on this and many other urban rivers across the UK but please be assured efforts will continue to clean them up.

A difficult day and as a previous poster complained very few swims available, needs parking/access at bottom of beat as very few coarse anglers are going to walk a mile carrying their tackle.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

1 Barbel