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What a lovely beat. The barbel were a little slow on the uptake (or perhaps it was the angler!), but who cares - spent a large part of the day trotting small baits and filling my boots with chub and dace - the numbers are guess work - I wasn't counting but for the most part it was a fish a trot. Some of the chub were nice fish 3lb to 4lb plus plenty of chublets. One nice barbel on the float and then one on pellet in the gloaming.

2 Barbel, 30 Chub, 40 Other

No fish caught during visit, bait used was worms. Float and Leger fishing.

I fished Craig Llyn on Sunday as a guest of Shaun Watkins, on this beautiful stretch of the Wye. The river has an excellent head of grayling and trout. We fished klink and dink also with just a single tiny dry fly size 18 which caught a few fish. This beat has excellent wading, pocket water and great access from the bank. We were lucky enough to be invited by Richard Gipps to fish his amazing stretch of the Wye. The Dolgau beat of the river Wye, which is just above Craig Llyn, is also a beautiful stretch of river with some lovely grayling which we all hooked into. Both beats are well worth the money and you will not be disappointed. A useful tip - wade slowly, use natural looking bugs and very small dry flies or klinkhammers work well.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

No even a bite.

A very quiet day on the river. Saw no salmon; tried fly and spinner almost everywhere North of the bridge, all without even a tug. Water level 530 and stable through the day.

Not a bite. A beautiful stretch of river with long mirror-glass glides and riffles on a lovely autumn day. Surprisingly, little surface activity but I'm sure there's fish to be caught. Easy access. A long tough day but definitely one for next season.

Caught on cats whisker lures.

3 Trout

Sliding ledger...

8 Trout

Lots of canoes today, carried on the same tactics as previous day, pellet and feeder. Not too many fish but an enjoyable day.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

An early misty start broken by a noisy arrival of 3 fisherman who were dropped off in a transit van opposite the wooded area and commenced fishing, was not long before they were into Barbel.
JY and I started at the upper end of the beat, nothing at all so moved down to the lower section for the afternoon, a lot more successful, 6 barbel, 5 chub and a sea trout all taken on pellet.
A stunning stretch of the river and will definitely try to head back again in the future.

1 Sea Trout, 6 Barbel, 5 Chub