Feedback & Reports

Decided to give the lovely Pilleth beat a bash this morning , turned up perhaps a tad too early for any trout to be looking up , as it was only half ten when I walked down to the start of the beat , having parked my truck in the field , with some very inquisitive sheep and lambs !!!!!

Initially no action on the dries , so opted for a eighteen tungsten nymph , and had my first Lugg brownie of the day , about nine inches , lovely colour s, and slipped in the deep pool from where he came . . . .

I did see a rise at eleven , so seeing as I prefer dry fly sport , I put on a CDC and elk , also noticed the first mayfly of the day about then too , excellent !!!! Second fish on the CDC and elk , cracking , great take too , third ditto , about ten inches , again on the CDC and elk , I did change the fly to Parachute Adams as plenty of upwings about by midday !!!!

Last two fish of the morning where on the ever reliable Adams , did the business , nice splashy take s , one of eight inches , another of eleven inches maybe , so fish honing in on the flying insects by then ! spot on . Was a really fun four hours , five gorgeous Lugg fish caught and released , and plenty of wildlife down in this secretive valley , a weasel put in an appearance , as did the resident kingfisher and two lovely dippers following me upstream , a fun few hours in Pilleth , back soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Trout

Odd day with a cold wind which might explain the lack of surface activity. Located and hooked a good trout with a ptn right under the bank but after charging upstream and then down stream it threw the hook.

8 trout 8-12",most on a small hares ear,all but one in the tails of the runs. A bit of a assault course now ,and thats just the walk to the beat,but a great 4 hours fishing.

8 Trout

6 Trout

Fished Early and late, caught three trout 12-16oz, a small chub and two Shad one around 1.5 lbs and another nearer 2lbs. All taken on nymphs.

3 Trout, 1 Chub, 2 Other

32 inch Cock salmon about 14lb on a barbless 12gram Abu Reflex spinner from Ross AC's Weirend fishery. Hooked and lost another fish a few minutes before this one.

1 Salmon

The river was in perfect condition and there was a lot of fly on the water. Saw a few fish rising later in the day, and managed to land three lovely brown trout.

3 Trout

Just the three today, all on dries missed a few too so plenty to keep me occupied. The beat seems to have changed a lot since last year and the top end especially has become like jungle warfare, not that that’s a bad thing except every rising fish had a corresponding branch to snag your back cast. Stunning place, always enjoy it here, many thanks.

3 Trout

Booked this beat and Abercynrig for the day. Shame this isn't a single beat any more . What seemed like perfect conditions were immediately laid to rest with a very stiff downstream breeze. I No sustained hatch during the day but the off fish rising. Caught the 3 fish by prospecting rather than covering rising fish. Stubbornly stuck with dries which meant a rather frustrating day with the breeze. . one fish were around 6" 8" and 10" respectively.

3 Trout

Booked with Dinas for the day. Should be one beat ! Stiff downstream breeze put paid to what could have been perfect conditions. 3 trout 6"8" 10" respectively , all by prospecting with a dry rather than to rising fish which were appearing only sporadically

3 Trout