Feedback & Reports

The first barbel came within half hour, so thought we were in for a great days fishing, but the river started to rise with all the rain. We still managed to catch throughout the day, 4 barbel caught to 7lbs 12ozs. Still a great days fishing on pellet and feeder.

4 Barbel

River high and lots of debris carried. Barbel showed close in from 4pm onwards until last cast as darkness beckoned. Caught on luncheon meat.

3 Barbel

Hard as river well up and brown but barbel showed late afternoon on pellet, 6.5 lbs.

1 Barbel

As a result of the recent rain the river was carrying a lot of sediment resulting in zero visibility.

No fish caught, river too high "wash off".

A tough day fishing, river was high, coloured and the fastest transport link for whole tree trunks down to Flip Flops!
I fished for 4 hours and caught 1 Barbel on pellet.

1 Barbel

Lovely stretch of river spoilt only by the fact that the water had risen overnight and was coming through at great pace with debris (including a whole tree), which meant that only the very inside swims were fishable. Would certainly fish this stretch again.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Unfortunately no fish were caught on the day. My original plan was to fish the Doldowlod beat although when I arrived the water was very coloured and the river was running very wild so I moved on a bit further up. The water at Llangurig was much clearer so I decided to go ahead as this beat has produced some trophy fish in the past for me even when the fishing conditions weren't great. Unfortunately this wasn't the same. I only had a single take this day and the fish was lost in seconds so the only thing remained was to look at the beauty of the scenery as this was the only fish for the rest of the day. This was a day with heavy rains that was feeding the river which was running fast, a bit high and slightly coloured.

After two days unable to fish because the car was in the garage it was great to get it back making it possible to get fishing by lunchtime. Heavy rain on and off for most of the afternoon but still had a good session with the best barbel of 9lb 2oz and chub to 4lb 11oz all caught on pellet.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub

River still coloured.