Feedback & Reports

Went up after tenkara day for evening rise all taken lower end of the beat from Harry's pocket fishing upstream, fish were moving several feet to nail the fly, fish where on drys mostly elk hair emerger. caught 2 poachers on Harry's pocket with maggot lucky we caught them as they was setting up sent them on there way and informed them private fishing.

1 Trout, 12 Grayling

Great days fishing at wood pool, most catches were between 13.00 and 17.00 hrs. All fish caught on feeder tactics 3/4 off the way over. Largest Barbel 8lb 6oz. largest chub 5lb 8oz. Weather fine all day, river not coloured and slightly higher than normal.

12 Barbel, 14 Chub

Lower Llangoed 12.10pm 14lbs cock for Charles Tweedie on orange conehead

1 Salmon

4 Barbel, 33 Chub

Good evening's fishing. Good hatch of fly. Used a small size 16 emerger to catch 3 wbt. The canopy is very overgrown and stile at start of beat is falling apart and dangerous.

3 Trout

From the tail of the Rocks.

1 Salmon

Fished from 5.30pm until 8.00pm on this attractive beat and managed 4 wbt the best of which was 12" and about a pound and a half. All took a dry black gnat size 16. I saw no fish until about 6.30pm and did not recognise a specific hatch although the air was thick with midges and the downstream breeze was welcome. I used a 9ft 4wt which was ideal for the conditions.
The water was fairly clear and although not high, I found the lower part of the beat a little deep for my comfort. All fish caught were from the middle section where at waist deep I could more easily cover the rise.
The lane down to the beat is very narrow and overgrown and the path down to the river is also very overgrown (I had to take my rod apart to make any progress) but access into the water is reasonable for most of the beat. This is an ideal evening beat but I needed more time particularly to explore the faster waters at the top end. There were a lot of tracks in the mud and whilst I'm no expert I would say otter or mink. Possibly mink as the prints were less webbed?

4 Trout

After the previous day on the Creel stretch, it was never going to be as good. It was difficult fishing and managed one or two fish on a stretch I particularly enjoy fishing. It's worth noting there is no access to the parking at the top of the field now.

2 Barbel

7lb and 8lb pike caught on plug, river was in perfect condition, very tidy beat.

2 Pike

There were 4 anglers, this report is from me alone, the others will submit their own catch returns. Warm day, water had some colour from previous rainfall and was higher than the previous day. A few olives, but even fewer rising fish and despite trying various methods from dry fly to heavy nymphs, success was limited. The small trout (parr) that I caught took a beaded catgut nymph, on a size 12 barbless grub hook. It was returned without being taken out of the water.

1 Trout