Feedback & Reports

Catch return is for 3 anglers. The beat fished brilliantly with most fish coming from the upper half of the beat. The pool just through the gate was fish a cast. We fished spider patterns most of the day, black bodies with a red foil rib was the fly of the day. The river was coloured and 1.05 m at the Erwood guage.

32 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

Was very slow for the first few hours with only c. 2-3 feet visibility following the recent rain, nothing rising at all but managed to get three on nymphs with bright colours; then from late afternoon onward it started to clear, there were some sparse mayfly and midge hatches and caught four more to 14" on dries - small olive and black gnat patterns. Very beautiful, wild beat but the wading is tricky in places with large round boulders, bedrock sections and some big changes in depth - was very glad I had studded felt soles on even a few feet from the bank in many places, I would definitely recommend those and a wading staff would be a good idea too! The bankside path was also tricky along the western half - at least four trees had fallen across the old path, and part of the steep hillside has had a landslide removing one section of path entirely. I did manage to fish all of it to the end but slow and difficult going there. That section is worth it though if you can scramble - as the guide sheet said some nice nymphing water amongst the pockets and fast runs, the first three on nymph all came there. I would also recommend a through-action bamboo or fibreglass rod as in many spots you have tall trees immediately behind you - roll casts were essential in many swims, with a fast carbon rod I would never have made the distance to half the fish. Some lovely widlife around - sandpiper nesting on the far bank I think and very busy, song thrush singing above me much of the day, and lots of other bird activity including kingfisher, heron, and grey wagtails and chaffinch darting out to snap up the odd mayfly mid-air! I loved the wild nature, seclusion and challenge of this beat, thanks for a wonderful day out and I hope to return soon!

7 Trout

Caught 5 on dry fly and 4 on wet flies. All but one small healthy fish, one large one. Not much rising. One angler caught all 9 using the same methods and flies as the other. Guided session with Oliver Burch.

9 Trout

3 Trout

2 Trout

one on nymphs, one too spiders and one one dry during brief hatch in the afternoon

3 Trout

very wet morning water high .caught and released 2 small brown trout. caught on copper spinner

2 Trout

6 Trout

Mixture of sunshine and torrential rain. Constant downstream wind. Water carrying some colour. Couldn't find the fish

2 Trout

Only a foot on the Llanstephan gauge this morning but the river was quite coloured.
Two of the trout on salmon gear early on but no salmon seen. The others came to assorted offerings in the flats early evening. A decent hatch of BWO’s got them looking up after a particularly heavy shower.

8 Trout