Feedback & Reports

Late afternoon start on a warm overcast day. Started off with the klink and dink method that produced 3 healthy 10" fish in quick succession, all on the hares ear nymph. A baron 2 hrs came to an end with a lovely 16" fish, again on the nymph which lept out the water at least 6 times before tiring and being netted and returned safely without any hand contact. As the sun dropped the spinners were on the wing and the fish were obliging. 5 more 10" to 12" fish returned and many more lost or missed. I love evening this time of the year.

9 Trout

Stunning beat, we'll definitely be back. Fished the duo through all the riffles and seams. This was my friends first fly fishing experience and after we spent a bit of time perfecting his casting in the morning, he hooked and landed 3 WBT. The first of which was about a pound-a stunning first fish! The others were both much smaller but a very good first day all in all! I tried a bit of dry fly fishing but there was only the occasional very sporadic rise. All fish caught on a gold headed hates ear nymph below elk hair caddis.

3 Trout

River a bit dirty after overnight rain , clearing in the afternoon. Fishing picked up afternoon, 3 browns on dry fly.

3 Trout

No sign of any fly life at all yet beautiful day. Managed five fish but hard earned, catching on size 18 + 20 nymphs.

5 Trout

1 small brown trout caught on a dry fly. Many missed! No fish taken. Beautiful beat and a fantastic day out.

1 Trout

A nice day on this beautiful stretch of water, although there weren't many fish the scenery made up for it. Look forward to returning.

2 Trout

A pleasant afternoon fishing. Good access in a great environment. Had a number of takes and had one 1lb trout on a ptn.

1 Trout

Arrived late morning bright and sunny 15 degrees, encouraging to see hawthorns on the wing (but not on the river) and a few rising fish to flies unknown so decided on a dryfly afternoon but couldn't tempt any to variety of offerings. Switched to ptn for almost immediate small wbt but persevered with dries, breeze came up to hamper presentation but could still find sheltered spots. Lots of variety in the odd flies coming off but went cool about 5:30 and a hoped for rise didn't materialise. Water clear and lowish. Lovely day in lovely surroundings despite few fish, buzzards, wagtails & otter.

1 Trout

What a cracking day on a beautiful spring day. Started a little later than normal as it was due to be cold early. Arrived on water at 1000hrs to find a few stoneflies and March browns on the wing so started with a parachute March brown of my own design with a small Prince nymph suspended from it. Two smallish fish in the first run, one to each fly. A few missed takes on the March brown then ldos started to hatch so I switched to a solitary olive f fly that produced many more fish and just as many missed. Finished till four as I had other commitments, but the fish were still rising. Biggest being about 16" thank you.

10 Trout

We were very disappointed - it had rained heavily the day before when we were on the Abercynrig beat and today dawned with more very heavy rain. We visited the beat but decided to give the conditions best. The river was running fast and a bit silted - thigh waders would certainly not have been adequate. So we did not even put up the rods and had a very wet journey back to Oxfordshire.
We will come again...!! Geoffrey Bailey