Feedback & Reports

Method of fishing was cage feeder and PVA tubing. Fish caught on pellet. When I booked the beats I asked if access to the pegs was easy, as I am a senior citizen, and was told it was. On the recommended stretch from the water works only two of the pegs were accessable to anything other than a mountain goat.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

A nice day to be back on this lovely beat. A few fish rising here and there throughout the day, with willow flies being the most abundant. All but two of the fish taken on dries.

2 Trout, 9 Grayling

River low, on the feeder-mag. Barbel up to 2lbs, chub up to 3-4lbs and silvers. Nice to be able to drive 4x4 along beat and park behind you. Must try top end of beat looks good. You need a 4x4 in the wet!

9 Barbel, 3 Chub, 30 Other

Wonderful day but no fish. I knew it was going to be difficult when I peeped over the bridge and a decent trout took off down stream into a deep pool. Ane so it continued, however careful I was the fish just were too easily spooked. But I did see a sparrow hawk, a kingfisher and numerous crayfish so it was a success in some respects. If you leave the river between the bridge and the Back brook it is almost impossible to return to the river as the vegetation (particularly the holly hedge) is so dense.

A hot sunny day. A lovely venue but with difficult casting and crystal clear water it was hard going. Concentrated on the upper half and had several pulls and lost one fish to nymphs but no catch today. Good fun trying though.

11 x grayling 12-16 inches, 4 x trout 6-12 inches. Rather odd weather, today, beginning with - was it very thick condensing mist or a thin drizzle? - going on to be hot and sticky during the afternoon, followed by a cold wind and then finally mist again rolling down from the Black Mountains. I fished during the warm afternoon and found almost nothing rising naturally, but a suitable artificial seemed to attract some nice grayling up to the surface for a while until the cold wind brought the action to a halt by late afternoon. Grey Duster and Grayling Steel Blue in sizes 16 and 18 were the patterns which did best.

4 Trout, 11 Grayling

River levels and colour excellent. Not much rising at first till about 11.00, then a few showing. Hooked fish on on dry grey sedge which put up a great struggle - a superb grayling about 2lbs. It took ten miutes of holding in current for the fish to recover but eventually it swam off strongly. This was to prove the only fish of the day. I found patch of rising fish lower down but could only touch a few. By now the sun from a cloudless sky had put the fish down. A cormorant came flying beneath the tree canopy like a flying fortess, saw me, pulled joy stick back and soared up. A bit later a merganser turned up for its supper, also obviously knowing where the fish were. It adds to my impression that predation is high this saeson.
Altogether an enjoyable and instructive day. By the way there is a large charolais bull in field no,5. Its calves and harem are there too. It got a bit restless and snorty when I walked close to it. Lovely beast, I told it!!

1 Grayling

Pleasant day for it but only one 8" brownie to show for a day's enjoyment! We saw one other trout and no other fish at all, pretty stretch of water though.
A couple of things need updating on the beat notes provided: Crossing Llanstephan suspension bridge is difficult unless one decides to ignore the No Entry signs that deny access from the A470 side and the fishing hut has a padlock but the code is not on the notes. It may be easier to say it is not to be used, if that is the intention.

WUF note - The 'One Way' sign is a temporary measure while works are carried out on the next bridge upriver.

1 Trout

I caught the fish on a float fished mackerel section. River was very clear. Details received from the Foundation for the beat were very accurate.

1 Pike

Fished the bottom swim from early afternoon until dusk. You certainly need a 4WD to drive down there but having done so it's very convenient. The barbel were on and off all the time with four landed between about 4 and 6lbs, most on halibut pellets but one on strawberry sweetcorn. Also picked up a jack pike (ca 6 lbs) on a large spoon cast towards the pillars. Another great location. Thanks again to all at WUF.

4 Barbel, 1 Pike