Feedback & Reports

River carrying a lot of extra water and pushing hard, so fishing the slacker areas 1 to 2 rod lengths out was the approach for the day. 2 rods landed 3 barbel, all around the 7 pounds mark, plus a chub of about 4 pounds. All fish taken on the standard pellet and feeder approach.

A beautiful Autumn day in a brilliant location with stunning views. Fished the NE bank in the morning with lots of rising fish action. Caught two rainbows approx 1.5lbs on fly then moved to the SW shore mid pm and had a further two on small spinner. Only one other person fishing. NE shore littered with empty Powerbait containers. There are "fishermen" and anglers!!!

Struggled on a beat I've not seen at normal levels which didn't help as river up and pushing through. Had one chub between us although was 5lb 9oz so a decent one. Thanks WUF, will be back in Summer.

6 barbel, 1 chub. Lovely day on a great beat! Pellets and groundbait in feeder was winning method on the day.

Caught around 30 Grayling to 1.5lbs, 6 Brown Trout to 1lb plus 1 Chub of approximately 4lbs on maggot and sweetcorn trotted under a float. A great days sport. Could you include grid references or postcodes on beat instructions for those of us who use Sat Navs.

2 x small grayling around 10 inches, 4 x out of season trout to 11 inches. A very tough session with the Irfon running very high and a lot of debris. When we arrived it looked just about fishable, but with ongoing showers it rose and coloured slightly more, only dropping back again late afternoon. So much for the excuses. On the plus side, the sun shone in between showers, there was a double rainbow and the Irfon valley was looking at its most beautiful with trees in full autumn colours. As David said, standing in the Irfon at this time of the year is rather like being in one of Monet's paintings. Finished at dusk and found pub with a fire where we could drink whisky and warm up, while a distinct steam rose from under wader trousers.

After a dissapointing day the day before at Middle Hill Court this was even worse. We arrived at the beat after a struggle with our 4x4 car due to the intense rain the previous days only to find the river was up 4 feet and thick chocolate with all sorts of things coming down. You could not fish a water that thick and dirty and clearly on the rise. Worst trip ever, you cant always win or get it right. I will see if we can get a refund or given another day.

River running high, spent all afternoon moving from swim to swim. Got 2 in the end, a 7lb and 10lb 3oz barbel.

River 4 to 6ft high, fished Ferry Pool and near car park, did not catch. Don was very helpful and it was a very enjoyable day.

On arrival at the river it was evident the previous nights rain had caused the level to rise significantly, even so there remained a small degree of clarity rather than the hot chocolate colour it could have been! Being reasonably familiar with this beat we decided to persevere despite the booking office advising it would likely be a difficult day. We managed one small OOS trout landed between us which was safely returned but had several other pulls and fish on with a good sized trout being lost in the first half hour. All were taken on small goldhead nymphs very close to the bank. Unfortunately the river height meant that known fish holding spots were inaccessible but considering the conditions at least we had some sport.