Feedback & Reports

Persevered with nymphs despite the temptation to get the trotting gear out of the car! Still refining my technique but managed two 9 inch fish. Gauge was at 0.58m. Family of otters living in the Grandstand Pool. Salmon swimming under my feet.

2 Grayling

Seems like a difficult stretch but it was a very cold morning. Tried all good looking spots with meat but only managed 2 small chub. It maybe a summer/autumn stretch?

2 Chub

We turned up early morning to find the river was still tanking through from the heavy rain earlier in the week. Our initial target species was pike but due to the conditions we opted to target the barbel instead. We walked the stretch initially and baited 6 swims with pellet and boilie with the plan to spend a couple hours in each spot. Bites came very quickly with all fish coming on boilie and pellet hook-baits fished right in the edge on feeder tactics.
One criticism of the stretch was the state of the pegs which in some cases resembled a muddy slide and were too dangerous to fish.This meant that we could only really target the top half of the reach safely. For the cost of the ticket this was pretty unacceptable.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fishing for Pike, but they weren't really biting. Although the level had dropped since the heavy rain at the start of the week the water was still a little pacy and coloured.
Fishing static deadbait, giving each swim half an hour before moving. Got one run mid afternoon, but unfortunately missed my only chance of a fish.

12 x grayling 9-17 inches, 11 x out of season trout 6-18 inches, long trotting. Level 0.70 on the Cilmery gauge, slowly dropping and only slight colour. Out of season trout are still being a nuisance. Since the high water, the presence of numbers of salmon is very evident.

12 Grayling

Lure fishing but blanked!

Unable to fish due to adverse weather conditions.

Craig Llyn is one of the most picturesque fisheries I have ever fished. The morning was quite a slow start, picking up a few out of season trout. For the most of the morning we fish the French leader with a team of 4mm jig bugs. This method helped as the river was pushing through due to the recent rain fall but surprisingly, the clarity was perfect. We even had the opportunity to se a fair few salmon moving through.
Terry Bromwell and I would like to thank Shaun, Peter and Massey for the invite. Many thanks.

12 Trout, 3 Grayling

This beat was fish by a member of the grayling Society on this occasion.

This beat was fished by two members of the Grayling Society on this occasion.

2 Trout, 7 Grayling