Feedback & Reports

Mostly small WBT, 2 at 1lb

9 Trout

First time on this beat and really enjoyed it. Parked by the church and fished from the bottom of the beat to about half way up. Picked off individual fish here and there but didn’t locate any concentrations of grayling.
Fished Czech nymph style with red tag and PTN. Best fish were trout and grayling of 15 inches with others from 8 inches upwards. I didn’t keep precise count but also caught at least 25 immature grayling and parr, a nuisance at times but great to know the river is so healthy.

As others have noted, the bedrock was treacherous, even with felt soles and wading staff. Also, access in and out of the river was not always easy.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Same conditions as yesterday on Gofynne but breezy & therefore leaves. Expected less & got it. However I didn't find the beat as user friendly. Parking okay. I walked upstream well over a mile in all, fishing
where I could,but access into the river was generally poor & actually a struggle at times, then fishing up river wondering if I would be able to get out.
A scary prospect if confronted with deep water & an overhanging bank + thick undergrowth.
Waders & carbon fibre rods cost money. A few safe access points to the river would be good & not just for
Salmon fishers of which I am one at the right time of year.
I noted that the owner (in the paperwork) wanted to keep the riverbank in its natural condition as far as
possible & I saw plenty of evidence of that ie. No concession to the fee paying fisherman & in my mind just
an excuse for doing nothing at all as far as I could see. I won't be back.
DD

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Beautiful wild beat, but very cold when I went. A few rises from grayling but the river was very quiet. Called it a day after three hours with nothing accounted for.

3 grayling and 4 brownies. all except 1 grayling were caught nearer church end of beat. At church catch also spotted an otter in tree on bank opposite gravel patch. All fish returned.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

A very hot, bright, and humid day made it tough going. Numerous parr and 'fingerling' grayling were caught throughout the beat (counted as 'other' in the return). Very little fly life and very little rising, so we persevered with nymphs and managed 2 trout and 3 grayling between us. We found access easiest upstream of the church - downstream section proved too difficult to get to the water.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling, 12 Other

Beautiful day. Lots of kingfishers. No fish. Enjoyed it immensely!

Cold windy day, lots of recent rain but the Irfon does drop and fine down quickly and it did exactly what it said on the tin.
Small mixed hatch, trickling off throughout the day. Dry fly for a couple of hours and rewarded with 2 wbt and 1 grayling. All around 10". Went very quiet so decided to kink and dink and took two more feisty grayling on the klink!
Have become a bit of a small stream man over the last few years but today Cefnllysgwynne reminded me how exhilarating it is to hook and play a decent fish in a wide, deep, pristine river amongst stunningly beautiful landscape.
A spectacular beat. So much variety and so much to learn. Definitely a work in progress for me, I'll be back.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Did not fish, the river was up and colored from the heavy rain. So fished the lakes up in the Elan Valley. It probably was fishable so did not ask for a wash of.

A very hard day. No fly = almost no rises. The wind probably didn't help fly emergence either. About half of the few fish caught were risers, the rest not. Nothing on nymph. Virtually all fish were taken on size 20 dark or pale HE emergers. Trout from 9-13" and grayling from 10-15". Sadly, the largest of the grayling had probably the most serious, likely FEB damage on both flanks, that we have seen. Hopefully he will repair. A plucky fellow for sure.
We also caught a lot of small 3-4" grayling which, it is to be hoped, is good news for future stocks. A lovely beat as always.
P.S. We would strongly recommend, if parking at the middle of the beat, and after fishing The Grandstand, to avoid attempting to walk up the old path alongside the river to access the upper part of the beat. The felling of the trees two years ago, and consequent absence of tree canopy, has let so much light in that bramble growth is rampant = serious trip and wader hazards! Instead, by-pass this by walking back to the car park and taking the track upstream instead. If the owner / river keeper don't do some strimming / spraying here soon, this will quickly become a very productive and very large bramble patch!! Tight lines.
(WUF: Noted)

8 Trout, 7 Grayling