Feedback & Reports

Sunny day but cold wind blowing. Glad I had thermals under the waders! Smattering of flies about, but no sign of any fish and I blanked having used weighted nymphs in all likely places. Still, plenty of active birds to see and spring flowers out. Also on the way back met the chap who has the fish farm - he has now closed the business and his house is for sale. Keen to give me his views on supermarket buyers, Welsh Assembly and the Welsh water authority...

Very difficult with very easily spooked fish. The water level was low and flowing clear with mainly bright sunshine and an occasional down stream breeze all combined to make life difficult. A few fish were rising so I tried duo and pricked two fish with the nymph. A single nymph proved ineffective. A notice down stream of the fish farm would be helpful.

After a few days of very heavy rain I returned to this beat for an evening session (5.30pm to 8.15pm) hoping to find some more water and fish on the feed. Surprisingly the level was only a few inches above last time - with just a bit more flow and water still gin clear. However this was enough to switch the trout on. In the first pool I landed 2, and missed 3 more. 8 were brought to hand, including several nice 12 inchers, with most at 9 - 11 inch. At least 3 times as many were missed, pricked or lost- all on dry parachute adams. Great sport for a few hours!

8 Trout

I arrived in a downpour which coloured up the already swollen Honddhu. It cleared by about 3pm and a few fish began to rise sporadically. There were quite a lot of flies at this point, including a number of mayflies! I caught 6 on a small grey klinkhammer. The best were 11" and 13", both rising steadily in very sheltered spots. Given the initial conditions and the strong downstream wind I was well pleased with this result.

6 Trout

A few hours 3.30pm - 7.30pm. A glance over the bridge at the start of beat will give you an idea of size and quantity of fish in here. There is a great head of fish. They are however incredibly spooky, and river level was extremely low. Recent rains had obviously had little if any affect here. The soft landing of a dry fly was often enough to send them bolting round the pools in a panic. Landed one 10 incher, lost another 2 fish, one of which was clearly well over 2lb. Unlucky today. 2 large salmon parr were also caught. On a good day, with a decent flow of water and a fly hatch some great sport could be had here.

1 Trout, 2 Other

Lovely here but water very low. Not much insect life and only a few trout rising. Fish very easily spooked.

Only managed an hour at about 6pm. Although it is low, it is worth fishing. I rose two fish on a dark cdc and missed both.

Nil return. Wind and squally showers made this a challenging day. A few fish rising, especially in the pool above the weir where there are some sizeable, but easily spooked, individuals which were more than a match for my rusty stalking skills. Didn't make it to the top of the beat which looks pretty wild from not far above the first bridge by the ford. Kingfisher, dipper, nuthatch and wagtails made up for the blank.

A tough day due to the cold rain, but the river was in the finnest form I've seen in some time. A number of fishing moving and taking dries in between the gusty winds, and a lovely 14" male fish brought to the net after taking an olive paradun.

3 Trout

Dry fly, Red Spinner, 3/4 lb brown. Low water conditions. Large herd of bullocks keenly interested in angling methods.

1 Trout