Feedback & Reports

River conditions looked good on arrival , x 2 trout then the river rose quite sharpish, time to go home.

No Salmon seen.

2 Trout

River in good condition in spite of the recent rainfall, however fishing was very slow throughout the day, Barbel not caught till 6pm .

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 Trout

We took note of comments by previous anglers and left the car inside the top gate, in hindsight a good decision given the rain towards the end of the session. We doubled up in the second peg up from the downstream end. Given past feedback comments we decided against using meat as bait in order to avoid the chub as much as possible. All fish were caught on a mixture of dumbbell boilies and pellets. We hooked 12 barbel but lost three of them and also landed 12 chub. A rope and dogspike are recommended especially in wet weather. It was great to find that steps had been cut out in the steep bank. A thoroughly enjoyable day on a new venue for us.

9 Barbel, 12 Chub

A slow start. Having yesterday fished opposite lucksall caravan park using soaked barbel elipse pellets I thought the same would work here. After a few bait switches it was back to the ever faithful glugged meat side hooked in 10mm. A flurry of chub, one lost barbel and one landed barbel of 5 to 6lb with a small kink on its right side...all fish back safe. River pushing through but weather was pleasant.

1 Barbel, 5 Chub, 1 Other

Morning session in rain and gusty winds. No fish caught at Frongoch on the dam so moved to Rhosrydd. Fished along the eastern bank and caught 3 brown trout the largest being just over 2lb on a black pennel.

3 Trout

After the recent heavy rain and high water levels, safety on the banks was paramount as it was extremely slippery under foot. Despite this, the river was falling and was spot on for a bite. We all settled into swims in the woods but the expected bites were slow to come. One of the trio moved swims further back downstream. The resulting move returned 3 hard fighting barbel, whilst the other two rods stayed put and returned 1 barbel each and a chub between them. The venue could be better if more effort was put into making swim’s available. Finally, if you do not have a 4 x 4 in wet conditions, DO NOT attempt to drive down to the river as you will almost certainly not get back up.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

Great days fishing on a thinning down section with over 20+ chub between 2, 4+ lb and 3 barbel to about 7lb all taken on the feeder
We shall look forward to returning later in the week.

3 Barbel, 20 Chub

Caught nothing but had a good time.