Feedback & Reports

Fished 11.00 until 2ish, the fish seemed spooked and as I reached roughly half way along the beat a teenager appeared behind me with a spinning rod and asked if it was out of season. I asked if he had a permit, he said no because he thought it was public fishing saying that it said about public access on the gate. All I saw was public footpath sign.

4 Trout

We fished a nymphs for a few hours. Very bright sunshine. Healthy flow of water but not a single pull, and no rises seen. We heard that Dulas Brook and nearby River Dore almost dried up at end of last year and fish had to be rescued. Could this be the reason for apparent lack of fish? No darting trout seen where the Dulas flows through Ewyas Harald, something we always saw in the time we've been coming down to fish the area> Any comments/ideas?

Spent a couple of hours with nymph and klinkhammer this afternoon. The water was cloudy and no fish were seen either rising or in the water (or on the end of the line!). Quite difficult conditions, would merit a group of us volunteering to walk the beat and clear some of the winter rubbish, logs and branches.

A very bright sunny morning with the Edw at a nice level. No fly life to mention and no fish seen rising. Stuck with the Gold head nymph size 16 on Tenkara rod. 5 Trout 6 to 12 inches from the heads of the deepest pools.

5 Trout

River dropping and clearing up. Lots and lots of crafts all shapes and sizes over 300. That with bright sun bad it a hard day. Couple fish showed late on in areas Mick recommended.

Superb silver 20lb fish after sunset for Pelham Aldrich-Blake from Hoel Fach on fly.

1 Salmon

Another warm and bright day on the river. no action from any fish all day long. next to no rises and not a single nibble. Tried nymphs, wet, dry, klinks, buzzers. Just as we were packing up to go, the river woke up a little. The odd rise came at about 9pm but was too dark to do much about and struggled to change flies in the dark to give it a go.

Lovely open field with loads of sheep about. Surprised to see some people fishing the opposite bank from around 5pm onwards. The farmer also decided to move a load of sheep around his fields at mid day and drove his tractor across the middle section of the river multiple times, ruining the downstream fishing for a few hours.

A fun day out, nevertheless.

A very tricky bright day. Plenty of fly life on the water but only saw around 3 rises in the time I was there. A lovely beat with a lot of effort put into maintenance. Had 3 small trout 4-6 inches on a tungsten pheasant tail with just as many missed. Did find a nasty bit of barb hidden away in the grass just to put a hole in my waders! Either way a lovely couple of hours on the river.

3 Trout

Bright sunny day stream still quite high and coloured. Plenty of fly life . Fished nymph and dry fly but no interest. No rising fish seen. Some areas that could do with trimming and a couple of large blockages that would help flow if cleared. That said, a lovely stretch of wild stream to fish - I'll be back!

Water conditions had improved from last week with a reading of 0.66 at Ross and clarity improving throughout the day. At this depth wading is possible down both sides of the Foy Bridge section which gives access to all the better fly water. Plenty of trout here and some very big chub below in the deeper pool, 6lb+. Unable to access the island as the left bank channel had a lot more silt than previous years; knee deep in places. Remains of 5 chub on bank here, the result of otters not people though.
Not too many canoes and, as most were family groups, well behaved on the whole but had not been advised on etiquette regarding anglers which they agreed would have been useful!

3 Trout, 2 Chub