Feedback & Reports

First outing of the year & lovely to be on the river again. Caught & released 3 trout (best around 13") and lost two at the net. Fishing was hard going until 12.30 & all fish were hooked / caught between then & 2.30pm. A very brief hatch of olives (looked like LDO but my entomology is somewhat rusty these days!) at 1pm but not a single rise.

3 Trout

Two days fishing on this stretch. River very high and chocolate brown on the first day. Dropped at least 3 feet overnight and less colour. Also overnight frost, so conditions very much against us. We managed to land six barbel up to 8lb 9oz and lost three more. Also landed a couple of Chub. Lovely stretch previously fished this stretch in September totally different conditions.

6 Barbel, 2 Chub

Difficult day, not unfishable but the river was high & moving through very quickly due to the heavy rain from earlier in the week, tried several different swims, spending a few hours in each & trying the usual method & selection of baits for the Barbel which have worked for us previously, nothing caught which we put down to the low water temperature more than any of the other factors.

No fish caught on this trip unfortunately. The water was coloured.

Second day on this stretch dawned cold and bright, river levels had fallen overnight and looked in perfect condition, shame no one told the fish..!
We concentrated on the upper stretch and once again struggled to located any feeding fish using numerous methods, ended the day with 2 chub to 5lb both comimg late afternoon.
Removed a large bag of what looked like anglers litter (sandwich bags & cans etc, dated from early february.) from lower parking spaces..Is hard to understand the mentality of anyone that presumably took the trouble to take it from the bankside and then dump it on the road side.

2 Chub

1 Trout

The river was running fast with the rain that fell at the start of the week. Needed a 5oz feeder to hold bottom. Bright frosty morning water temp. only 5c, air only 6c by the end of the day.
Started opposite the island and had to fish down the side as could not hold mid stream with 5oz feeder. No fish no bites. Moved back up to mid way between fence and island. No fish no bites. Moved above fence (with little bridge) late afternoon and had one barbel 7lb 5oz and lost one
only 3 feet from the side on 12mm halibut pellet.
Off to The Middle Hill Court Fishery tomorrow. Hope water warms up!

1 Barbel

A lovely day spent on the Irfon. The water level wasn't particularly high and water was clear, which was surprising considering the amount of rain we have had recently. Caught 1 ten inch grayling on a size 14 pheasant tail nymph. We will definitely return when it gets a little warmer.

1 Grayling

Lovely spring-like day. Temp c. 8C-10C and bright. No wind. Water cold. Fished bugs on bottom. Sporadic Dark Olives floated down from mid-day until around 3pm. One good-looking trout about 1.5lb on a pheasant-tail nymph on dropper. Two or three rises. Fished with guide Chris Price, who I would thoroughly recommend. And his Kelly kettle was a great warmer! SEP

1 Trout

Struggling against conditions - one bite - no fish