Feedback & Reports

Well after a winter of Foxing with the .223 , and ratting with the air rifles , was nice to head off to one of my favourites , Llyn Bugeilyn . . . . . When I arrived at ten , it looked like a scene of Middle Earth !!!!! Low fog a bitterly cold wind and heavy drizzle .
Walking over the bridge between Bugeilyn and Cwm Byr , I did wonder was I about three weeks too early. Tackling up with my own versions of a Bibio and a Peter Ross on the point was time to wet a line at last !!!!!!
Working all the shore line avoiding some deep deep sink holes , I contacted with the first brownie and what a little cracker , beautiful condition , and feisty as ever ! Three more followed within the hour , then all went quiet . . . . . . .
It appears that feeding windows at Bugeilyn can be short , as I've experienced in the past . It was another two hours and various changes of flies that I had the fifth fish , again another cracker , plump and slightly bigger than the others .with the chill setting in , was pleased with five feisty brownies . I still think they were stocked by guys on a shooting party way back in the 1800 's ( sorry Dr Gunther ! )

At fivish , it was time to call it a day and make tracks back home , grappling with the track around the ruin is a feat in itself, even in a truck. The winter floods etc have taken their toll and feel gorges are now in the track around the barn complex , and the ruined Bugileyn farm house, next time , think I'll play it safe and park up by Glaslyn lake , and walk down !!!!But that said , another great few hours of peaceful solitude , and a some quality sport as well , see ya soon Bugeilyn , and warm up next time !!!!

Next week , choices choices , the Edw , Clettwr or maybe the Claerwen river , life's tough sometimes hey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Trout

Spinning and worm - sadly not so much as a nibble. Beautiful spot though, and friendly and helpful bailiffs.

Just a few piccies of a bitterly cold day up at the lovely Llyn Bugeilyn , and some quick pics of the black finned brownies !!!!!! Back soon Bugeilyn ! Great place , great sport , happy days . . . . . . . . . .

5 Trout

Paul Humphreys landed his second Wye Salmon to get Holme Lacy 4 off the mark for 2018 with a fresh run 20lb hen fish on a single hook FC.

1 Salmon

Spinner used. Fish about 2 pounds. Returned to river unharmed

1 Sea Trout

3 x trout 11-14 inches, Waterhen Bloa, Dark Moorgame, Woodcock and Hare's Lug. A rather sparse large dark olive hatch went on for quite a while during the afternoon, joined later by a few march browns. A few trout are, now, starting to show their heads at the surface. I managed to rise several more with a Jingler....and missed every one of them!

3 Trout

Fished from 10-4, first fish was a fat and healthy 16” trout on a gold bead hares ear fished on the bottom , caught at around 11 o’clock. Nothing else happened until 2 when there was a hour long hatch of mixed flies, 10” trout to a size 16 para Adams, 3 grayling between 10-12” Klinkhammer Adams, Greenwells, Para Adams. Didn’t really matter what fly it was just had to get them to the right spot. Good to be fishing dries again and good not to be snowed in again!

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

I was hoping for a March Brown hatch in the top pool but that was'nt to be. This part of the river is still quiet with just a few olives and the odd MB coming off down on the flats. The rises I did see I covered with a dry fly and hooked up, three to 15" in the net and a larger acrobat who cartwheeled off. I had to confront two Merthyr lads who were spinning, I explained about how the foundation works and politley made sure that they stopped fishing. All fish returned.

3 Trout

My first outing on the Passport scheme - thoroughly enjoyable beat, very much a small stream. Fished from 12.00-2.30, no real hatch and absolutely nothing rising, missed two and caught one about 6", GHRE under klink. Which I was pretty pleased with, but then slightly paled with second beat tried today...

1 Trout

...second trip today, fished 3.30-6.00. Brook actually slightly bigger than I was expecting from passport scheme description, nothing rising or obviously hatching but trout taking nymphs in all likely looking places, 10 between 6-9inches came to hand and probably missed a similar number. Duo very effective, gold head nymph under something buoyant. Great fun.

10 Trout