Feedback & Reports

My son and I fished the beat in what I thought were good water conditions but unfortunately did not connect with a fish and only one fish showed, below the Rocks
This is the second time to fish The Rectory so hope it will become a regular beat for me.
Tony Evans

Fished until 3 p.m. on the corner just downstream from the weir but could not get a serious take. I moved up to the boat house swim and the river livened up after about 7 p.m. Hooked but lost a decent fish early evening and finally netted a 5.5 lbs chub caught on pellet around 8.30 p.m. Packed up at 8.45 p.m. Not satisfying to only catch one fish but at least not a blank. I will give Lower Canon another go next time I am down as it is a beautiful place and want to give it another go asap

1 Chub

River low. Had to work hard to catch these fish

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Lots of fish jumping but not takes

First time on this beat even though only 10 minutes from home. Knew it was not best time of year for this beat but work commitments have limited fishing this season and needed to get out.Thought that I would at least find some fishable water as most of the Arrow and Lugg wild stream beats are not jungle. Did go prepared for Eyton's own infamous jungle sections with a machete.
Walked to bottom of beat where weirpool shows all the signs of being a regular swimming spot with fire remains bottles, clothing! Was also impossible to thrash a path through to enable any serious casting. Moved on upstream where I had a 8" wbt on small tan fly on a slow stretch before lower wooden area which was inpenetrable.
Switched to klinkhammer and size 18ptn and concentrated on the stretches in the meadow section where I could find decent low. Ended up with a 10" grayling from a very shallow section, 3 more wbt between 6" and 8" and too many fingerling grayling and parr to count. Did try tungsten nymph through some of the deeper sections - but no interest.
Headed up to the top section but did not have the will to try and hack through in the woods above the weir.
A very enjoyable few hours and anyone used to wild stream fishing will not find this beat as difficult as a some reports suggest.
Would also like to thank whoever was responsible for all the new bank side fencing. Very easy to negotiate and not an obstruction at all (I am the wrong/right side of 60).

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 25 Other

Fished Duo from 2 till 4.30 up to the road bridge.
Around a dozen Trout from 6 to 8 inches all but one on the nymph. A nice surprise to finish was a Grayling of around 10 inches. As suggested in the beat details the river is holding a good flow for the time of year. Disappointed to see an irrigation pump taking water for the Potato field at the bottom end of the beat.

12 Trout, 1 Grayling

Middle to lower section no fish spotted. possibly Cormorant and herons, sighted both in pasture near parking location.

3 Trout

4 hours in the morning on Craig Llyn, fishing pocket water with 3 weight brook rods and drys all taken on usual sedges and emergers
Afternoon at Dolgau with many thanks to Richard for fishing his beat. Large hatch of flying red ants carpeted the river with fish rising everywhere in splashy takes. Spent a frustrating hour trying to match the hatch. Yellow Greenwell spider in tan and tupsley indispensable were the only flies that worked. Tried all other patterns with no success. Should have had a lot of fish but still looking for the pattern to match that hatch.

11 Trout, 9 Grayling

Eight fish caught and released, all of them on dry fly in the afternoon during a green flying ant hatch. River in excellent conditions for dry fly fishing.

8 Trout

An enlightening trip, had more time than previous outings, and so was able to explore the river a little more. No fish caught but lost one and missed a few others due to inexperience and poor knot tying.