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8 chub from 6oz to just under 4lb. A lovely stretch of river.

Only fished in morning but was disappointed not to see a fish in this usually productive stretch. It is still a lovely stream and we all have our 'off days'.

Wonderfull to be back on the river after twelve months,
no rivers in Jersey. 3 barbel caught and one lost straightening the hook, for us a good start on the river.

Foggy start leading to a bright sunny day. 12 Barbel and a smattering of Chub mostly caught top end to middle of fishery on pellet and groudbait tactics. A little disappointing end result, perhaps we should not have such high expectations of both the River and our own angling skills. Thanks to WUF for giving us the opportunity anyway still a wonderfull place to spend a day with friends.

Around a dozen brownies all in the 9 inch range, all taken on olive cdc emerger bar 2 which were taken on nymph early on. Water conditions were perfect crystal clear. Hooked upto and lost several more, one of which was pushing well over a pound.

One brown trout, weighed around 1.5lbs caught on Daddy Long Legs. Hard going in bright sunshine but nice beat. Good service.

A last minute booking by phone, glad I did! Arrived 5:30 and had a barbel on the bank within 20 minutes (8lb). Two more barbel towards dusk (2.5lb and 7lb). 2oz Feeder (3mm halibut pellets and groundbait with a glug of halibut attractant) with twin 14mm halibut pellet on a hair, long hooklink. Quite a bit of weed but river now quite low (according to Don).
Thanks to Don for his advice on where to fish, and for helping cart some gear along the bank for me! Superb evening - back soon!

1 x Grayling on a Grey Wulff. No fish taken.

One salmon abt 8lbs at 19.15 to stripped Flamethrower, Boat Pool, lost one other and failed to hook another Willow run. I saw six fish, two other fish seen evening wood stretch and at least six fish seen along Legg meadow last two days.

My last visit to Glan-Y-Cafn on a dank day in June was memorable for the quality of the fishing and the fine fish I caught there. Morevoer, it's a beautiful and atmospheric place. This time the sun was bright the temperature about 20c and little to no wind. I arrived late at 3pm thinking to fish the back end into dusk , only to find a group of lads throwing stones into the pool I planned to fish first. They did move on but not long after a few more lads with a couple of dogs turned up and began to play fetch the stick in some of the other pools! This was followed by the appearance of a friendly canoeist who paddled over to see if the fish were biting! I told him in a polite friendly manner that he was not supposed to be canoeing in this stretch. He apologised and said he thought folk could canoe anywhere they chose. Despite my being in a general recreational area on the day, I did manage 3 diminutive WBT on nymphs but nothing to dries. A few fish were rising to olives inbetween disturbances. I left feeling a tad disgruntled by comparison with my last visit to GYC, the day had been a bit of a shower but it was, nevertheless, a lovely afternoon in a lovely location .
PS - I also met a chap with a dog who said he used to poach on this same beat!