Feedback & Reports

Our first visit to this stretch saw a bright, calm day with the birdsong broken only by the afternoon pheasant-shoot on the opposite bank. Comfortable conditions for fishermen but evidently not conducive to fish feeding, as the week’s wintry downpours had ensured the river was running high, coloured and very cold.
We had anticipated a challenging day and so it turned out.
An initial exploration of options resulted in one of us settling-in mid-beat and two in the lower section.
Despite the usual array of pellets, luncheon meat and cheese-paste, the fish proved elusive throughout the day, with only one, albeit beautifully conditioned Chub of 2lb 7oz, to show for all our efforts (taken on pellet in lower section by CH).
So R.E.’s quest for a first-ever Barbel continues!
Nevertheless, an enjoyable day in wonderful surroundings (possibly not so enjoyable for the pheasants!).
Thanks to Alison and in particular Adam for the very helpful conversation prior to booking.
Having endured a series of problems in recent months with prominent organisations such as Apple, Travelodge and Royal Caribbean, the ordering experience once again pleasantly reminded me that the customer-service offered by the WUF is truly first-class.

One pike - 18lb 4oz, legered deadbait. Lost one pike est. 15lb. Great place to fish, I'll be back.

A better day at Cefnllysgwynne. Levels were good, and grayling showed around the warmer hours of the day from a number of locations. Between the three anglers, four grayling and one trout were landed, with another four missed.

NICE BEAT,FARM HAND VERY HELPFULL, EASY ACCESS, NO PIKE CAUGHT.

Nothing caught.

First time fishing the Arrow so wasn't sure what to expect. Sunny morning then bitterly cold rain and wind in the afternoon. The river had obviously been well up fairly recently but was fining-down as I fished. Plenty of fish, but not the monsters I've seen reported here. 4 grayling, biggest less than a pound and the other three much smaller. 8 small brown trout and a rainbow trout of about a pound. Plus, quite a few similar fish that never made it to the net. A very enjoyable day.

Quite a tough day with blustery downstream winds making any method other than short-line nymphing a no-go. Worked the water fairly hard throughout the day and only managed to connect with one fish. Still, there's always next time!

Nothing caught at all, river rising and colouring not good pike conditions.

Full of trepidation after heavy overnight rain but the Gods smiled on us and the weather cleared as we arrived to give way to a bright and blustery day. Not typical January weather I might add! Snowdrops in evidence on the bank and birds singing everywhere. River was carrying a tinge of colour and looked inviting. The fishing did prove quite challenging however and hard work and good presentation was needed to tempt them.
The total was in fact 5 grayling and 7 out of season and spawned out WBT. Fish were predominantly in quieter areas of the pools where there was good depth. Thankfully the grayling were of a good size - one at 2 1/2 lbs and one at 2lbs plus a 1 1/2 pounder fell to trotted bait and we enjoyed the experience greatly. Shame that this beat is not available during trout season!! Still better this than not at all. GW.

A mild (for January) showery day on this very attractive beat. I was a bit nervous about the rain having been on a rising Irfon before, but I think the Cilmery gauge stayed around 5.3 all day. Managed eight Grayling all when Czech nymphing - 3 tiny, 3 average and 2 large, the best of which measured 16" - when I hooked it I was dreaming of much more such was the fight! All came to guess what?... Pink Shrimp... on middle dropper, until I lost the last of my regular bottom droppers on a snag and tied on a Tungsten Orange Bug which promptly attracted the last two fish - what does that prove? I honestly don't know....