Feedback & Reports

Grabbed a couple of hours and fished the home waters from 11.15 until 2.30 today. Bright sunshine and a keen easterly. Grannom coming off at arrival and understood that they had been doing so since 10.30 (and was also told that yesterday it was 9.30.!) When I fished the beat last Sunday it was a monster (I was eating them!) but brief hatch at 12.30.! The fish were obliging then, and again today with two fish on a Grannom pupa parachute, four on a Grannom adult F fly pattern and two on a March Brown emerger. There was also a brief but significant MB hatch at about midday, which the fish amazingly seemed not to switch on to. Saw much the same happen down the Usk yesterday when the day before they went ballistic and enthusiastically took March Brown Duck's duns for an hour or so. All very curious!

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

9 x trout 10-15 inches, 7 x out of season grayling 12-16 inches, Deer Hair Emerger. The upper Wye seems to be waking up a bit at last. A very chilly start today, bright with an upstream wind, the water very clear and at 1 foot 2 inches on Llanstephan gauge. A few casts on the main lies with the salmon rod without result, then fished until 2.30 with the trout rod. Fish were reacting at times to sparse hatches of the expected three species: some grannom, some large dark olives and a very few March browns. No extensive or general rises while I was there and unfortunately the out of season grayling were very much still in the picture.

9 Trout

First time on this stretch. 5 WBT returned safely. Should've had more but missed loads. March Browns were favourite. Water height 0.31 at Brecon. Seemed a little low. Lovely sunny day; probably too nice for fishing. Windy all day long which made casting tricky at times.
Please tell the owners that there is a stile in need of repair - half way to the bridge, near the fir trees.

5 Trout

Bright sunshine but a cold wind kept any fly life to a minimum. A few Olives coming off but not enough to interest the fish. Fished a small Tungsten bead nymph with a Spider on a dropper, all but One Trout took the nymph.
The fish not quite in full feeding mode yet with some nice looking runs producing nothing and other pools with the sun warming them containing numerous Trout which would shoot off on approach.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

Method dry, size 16 Adams river running very clear but couldnt spot any fish walked whole length of beat nevertheless this is a very nice stretch of water.Also tried gold head hairs ear nymph through deeper pools had a pull but did not catch. Trout was around 10 inches

1 Trout

Bright and sunny but a cold east wind. Very little hatching: just a few LDOs and occasional March brown. One 12" brownie on KMC olive. Otherwise tough going.

1 Trout

Only my 2nd time Salmon fishing. Booked Mick the gillie, he showed me all the best places to fish and where to cast, unfortunately there were not many fish in the river and I blanked. But had a great day as this fishery is in stunning surroundings. I would recommend booking Mick as his knowledge of this fishery is outstanding plus he is a great guy with plenty of interesting stories.
I will be back and hopefully catch a Salmon.

Weather and river conditions same as for other reports today, cool upstream breeze but plenty of sheltered spots, but only a tiny intermittent trickle of BWO's all day. Only trout I saw were the 2 10" brownies tempted from out of the depths on a small weighted PTN. Clumsily stumbled over a boulder when deep wading so had 2 bootfuls of what is still v. cold water... I don't think it is very often that I wish for nicer weather to warm the rivers rather than rain to top them up.

2 Trout

Also noted some anglers using Power Bait. Thought it was illegal to use this on this water?? Also evidence of campfires still being lit which is also not allowed.
It seems as if some people think they can do as they like on this water and spoil it for the rest of us. It's a shame that such a great place is being spoilt by the actions of a few. Litter is also an ongoing issue.Personally, I had a good day. Come on Welsh Water, sort this place out.

4 Trout

Pleasant day with lots of fish coming to the fly but making them stick was difficult. Best fly parachute adams. Best fish 1.5lb, several fish pricked but not landed.

3 Trout