Feedback & Reports

Another dry warm day, but the flow was reasonable, perhaps because of releases from the reservoirs upstream. After a long chat with Oak, who runs the Doldowlod caravan park and is himself an enthusiastic angler, we set off for the river full of optimism. In spite of what appeared to be good conditions, however, we struggled to catch and the final tally for the day for three anglers was only 3 grayling and 3 trout, the biggest of each at about 13 inches. They were taken on small dries and nymphs. The beat, however, is set in stunning surroundings, well worth a trip.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

Bright sunny day. The occasional rise but dry fly fishing hard going. In the end a marabou lure fished down in the fast water got me 4 fish.

4 Trout

The river was very low but there were still plenty of pools to search on a warm bright day. Plenty of fly life with noticeable hatches around noon and again around 5pm. There were fish rising in most of the deeper pools but they were hard to tempt in gin clear water. We finished with 4 fish, all on dry fly. A beautiful venue with some very difficult wading!

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

A pleasant warm sunny day, river a bit low, and very clear.
Watched a couple of otter cubs at play. We also scared a pair of mergansers. Barely any fly life and few rising fish
The grayling to 15" came mainly to tiny dries, while the trout to 14" were mostly taken on nymphs and spiders. A great day.

9 Trout, 5 Grayling

Um, interesting.
Although I had 6 fish, they all came from the same pool (Lower Craig Llyn) with not so much as a touch from the rest of the beat. All fish on a tungsten nymph; four on the way down river, two on the way back up. Possibly a day too late/too soon; as the river was running low and gin clear. Said clarity made the vertiginous drop off on the Lower Craig Llyn Pool even more scary; 18 inches to 10 feet (or more) in a single unwary step - frightening.

6 Trout

Picturesque setting, lovely area but not many fish apparent. Caught nothing but enjoyed the experience immensely.

A beautiful stretch of river with some lovely pools. Had some some nice trout and grayling up to a pound and also dropped a few nice ones. Fished New Zealand style and had the majority of the fish on the dry fly. Well worth a visit to this beat. You definitely need either felt or studied soles though to get the best out of this stretch. Fished all the named pools twice and had fish from them each time. Finished the day off watching an otter in one of the top pools.

6 Trout, 6 Grayling

Three Grayling to 17" and a nice trout to 15" were the picks of the day. Heavy nymphs in morning then klink & dink around midday and a few on the dries prospecting in the afternoon. Beat in fantastic condition as usual. Love this fishery. Thank you.

6 Trout, 10 Grayling

This is the first time we have fished the Wye and were impressed with the online booking system and detailed map of the beat.
River conditions were good, with clear water dropping from the previous days heavy rain. Saw and cast to a sizable brown trout in Bend Pool, but no luck.
Fished the entire beat with occassional knocks but no fish rising. The long gliding run below Abercymryn Pool didn't fullfil its trouty or grayling potenial, with my one and only trout of the day yielding to a weighted grey shrimp.
Upper Craig Llyn Pool produced the only other trout of the day caught on a gold head pheasant tail nymph.
Look forward to trying other beats in the future.

2 Trout

Sunny, river dropping, perfect conditions. 6 brown trout to 12", 5 grayling to 17". Also had 2 at 15", all on dry flies. Nice day.

6 Trout, 5 Grayling