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A Siberian like day at Caradoc. Wind chill down to -11 making spinning for long periods impossible. The beauty of Caradoc being drivable was regular fresh brews in the shelter of the vehicle.
Still a stunning day and managed 3 trout and 2 well mended kelts. So many kelts in the river this year. No sign of fresh fish. River gone quiet for now.

3 Trout, 2 Other

First time fishing Caradoc. Nice long beat with some nice fly water. Saw a few kelts jumping during the day and one well mended kelt of 9-10lb landed on a black and yellow tube. No sign of any Springers.

1 Other

No salmon caught - a couple of Kelts moving. Met 2 other Guys after Salmon - seemed they had more patience than me as they stayed after I left to go and watch the Rugby ! I hope they had some luck.

Started at first light in zero degrees in the deep water at the top end of the beat. Caught barbel of 6-12 and 7-10 in the morning, on pellets. No action in the afternoon, but the sunny weather more than compensated.

Arrived again to find the river pushing through hard and the colour of chocolate - it rose 2 foot whilst we were there! Only 3 barbel caught by CW (I blanked again!) all on pellet in a very short feeding spell at dusk.
One day, Caradoc will be kind to us....

Rod 1 - 4 Barbel 7-8lb.
Rod 2 - 2 Barbel 7lb, 3 Chub.

Arrived early afternoon, river high, coloured and fast. Selected a peg but nothing after a couple of hours, moved 20 meters downstream and fished a further 3 hours catching two barbel, one chub and was snapped by a barbel. All on pellet over hemp. A great beat, would be fantastic when the river is more sociable! Thanks to WUF for allowing us to fish these amazing beats.

Once again the conditions conspired against us and we found the river very high and heavily coloured. Not knowing the stretch and having zero knowledge of favoured areas, depths and bottom type, we were literally fishing blind. We were very pleased to find 10 barbel up to 8lbs 6oz, 4 to KC and 6 for GP. We viewed it as something of a triumph in the conditions. One day we will see this stretch at normal level.

River running high and coloured, but managed to eventually find some fish. 5 barbel upto 8lbs and 4 chub to 4lb. Caught on a mixture of pellets and boilies.

River running high and coloured, but managed to eventually find some fish. 5 barbel upto 8lbs and 4 chub to 4lb. Caught on a mixture of pellets and boilies.