Feedback & Reports

Late afternoon/evening on the Honddu. I got to the river to find the water was a good height after recent rain, but horribly coloured - basically chocolate. Only hope was to fish streamers. This worked well, with plenty of fish willing to attack a black leech pattern tied on a jig hook. Bumped and lost a good few. Most of the fish were fairly small (6 to 10 inches) but there were a good handful from 12 to 14 inches.

20 Trout

First time on this beat, or indeed any on the Honddu. Didn't arrive until just before midday, so not the best time to be fishing.
Very hot, strong sun, and clear water. So wasn't too hopeful. Only fished for 3 hours, and only made it to the field above the barbed wire strung across the river. Here I was met by a herd of cows and calf's in no mood for my intrusion. So being a complete coward I retreated.

Landed 1 trout on a ptn New Zealand style and lost a good fish on a klinkhammer in the run just below the rail bridge.

1 Trout

Lovely bit of river with fish caught all along and some surprisingly big trout for the size of river.

8 Trout

A few rises but difficult fishing. Extremely large bull in the field opposite the weir, which led us to make it way down through the river to the railway. Beware!

Still quite a lot of water, with a a bit of colour, so despite reasonable hatches, including the odd Mayfly, only saw 2 rises. All fish caught on nymphs and several hooked and lost ( unfortunately including some good ones!).

5 Trout

Good water level and lightly coloured. My first time here, Nice beat even if the cows are very friendly. There was a bull in the field where I passed the trout farm but he stayed well away while I put best foot forward. Three or four bites in about 6 hours. Lots of flies coming off but generally no sign of fish. Tried lots of things to get some action but no luck.

An absolutely stunning day - river looked in prime condition dropping back down, plenty clear, hatches galore, dappled shade to aim at, bushes giving my fly back unscathed... but no sign of any fish whatsoever!!

Didn’t see a single rise from 10am-1pm when I bumped into a terribly helpful and insightful fellow angler, who assured me the river is in fact teeming with fish ???????????? (he’ll probably post a Cath report of 23 fish despite fishing behind me!)

New to the wild streams, I absorbed as many tips as I could: 12ft leader, 3lb max tippet, degreased, look for flatter water etc etc. Carried on my way thinking he must have been pulling my leg about the number of fish, before seeing a rise almost immediately! Unfortunately even the new rig didn’t work and saw no more fish. Could be the fact I was wearing a blue shirt

Nonetheless a wonderful day ????

3 Trout

River carrying a fair amount of colour but fishing well. Best an absolutely super fish... Can't have been far short of 2lb and gave me serious run around on a 7'6 3#.

5 Trout

Another bright cold day.
Decent hatch of various upwings early afternoon but very few fish moving.
Water level low,clear and very cold.
Rose a trout to a DHE but missed it and that was the highlight of the day.