Feedback & Reports

I attended the Wild Stream Fishing Day based at Presteigne on the 13/05/17. The day was both informative and enjoyable with excellent instruction given by our guide while fishing the Eyton beat. Great value for money especially if you opted for the following day of individual fishing on a different beat. My thanks to LAFA and the W and U Foundation for organising the event.

Fished the Lyepole beat on the Lugg, as part of the Wild Streams Day with LAFA & Wye & Usk . Congratulations to all the organisers, guides and helpers for a first class day , and a thank you to Glyn Williams for his guiding, and for two trout caught.

2 Trout

Fresh 13lb Salmon Rapid pool Casade fly for Simon MacLucas.

1 Salmon

3 wild brown trout caught on a parachute adams, 2 at half a pound, 1 at a pound. Rising well for most of the day.

3 Trout

Fished Arrow Titley and Whittern beats as part of Wild Streams day. Excellent support and advice from Roy. An excellent day with good company. learned a lot. Several rises and eventually lost one fish that knew which root to go round!

Great day of dry fly fishing. Good sized but spooky trout.

4 Trout

I fished this beat as part of the truly excellent Wild Streams Open Day. As this was my first time on this beat, it is a little hard to say much that is accurate about river condition beyond that it was low and clear, and the fishing tight and technical. I fished predominantly dries, prospecting occasionally with a nymph in some deeper sections. Both small trout were rising fish, taken on a dry fly and released.

2 Trout

Good hatches and fish all caught on dries

10 Trout

As part of The Wild Streams day based in Presteigne, there were 2 anglers (incl. myself) plus our instructor, Tony.
After 15 years of abstinence, I can confirm that dry fly fishing on small streams is not like riding a bike! Despite many 180 degree turns in the direction of flow, a gale seemed to follow coming from the same direction. I may have done better if I had pre-stocked my waders with trout since that was the area my fly constantly ended up! I also hadn't realised how much my eyesight had deteriorated over time.
I have always fished upstream dry and wondered why the others seemed to be "nymphing" and catching fish...
Oh well, I must get more practise in for my casting technique and try other methods too.
Still, it was such a lovely day out on the water and I have never been disappointed at not making a catch. That's not what it's all about..... -is it?!

A very pleasant day in the good company of other anglers as part of the LAFA small streams day. A steady trickle of flies coming off which was just enough to bring the fish up. There were plenty of Black Knat about as well as small Olives.
A lovely beat in stunning country side. Many Thanks for a great day.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling