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River in spate and unfishabke

River in spate and unfishable

Trickle hatch on LDOs from late morning with a reasonable flurry of March brows late on. A few rises here and there but generally the fish were not very switched on. Quite a chilly downstream wind had turned them off I think. Lovely to be on the water again though. A few canoes coming through the pools.

4 Trout

None caught but lost one and bumped one off

4 Trout

5 wild brown trout caught on PTN fished upstream. Water was lower than expected for this time of year (the reservoir was high so clearly that required to be raised before releasing more water to the river) so it was hard work. Biggest was around 1lb.

5 Trout

17 Trout

4 Trout

The day had a questionable start when I noticed my buddy's new 11ft, 3wt nymphing rod with a fancy green butt end stop. Hmmm, I thought, that's two extra feet of reach (one rod and one line) over my 10ft rather shabby piece of equipment. But I reassured myself - size doesn't matter, or so they say. The day was overcast and the river in good condition so I looked forward to good days euro-nymphing. He has always been, and probably always will be, a better river angler than me but by the end of the day we had 11 fish to the net and only one of them was mine! Of course, I blame the rod! Was my humiliation complete? Oh no. A wading misfortune left me not quite feet up and head down, but very close. Oh the indignity!
On a more serious note for the WUF administrators - I started my fishing at the downstream limit of the beat. The map shows that the beat finishes at a stream inlet on one bank and a canal overflow further downstream on the other. I entered the water within the Dinas beat, waded to the middle of the river and fished the opposite bank from the canal overflow upstream. After a short while I was challenged by another fisherman and told I was fishing his beat - the next one down stream from Dinas. I didn't want to argue with a fellow angler so I left the water and showed him the map. We parted on good terms wishing each other 'tight lines' . I resumed fishing upstream and he fished his beat. I promised him that I would raise this with WUF to ensure the accuracy of the map, which I now do. That said, would you advise me whether in similar circumstances, where the fishing rights associated with a beat end in a staggered way, is an angler entitled to wade to the limit of the beat and fish towards the bank indicated on your map which offers the longest option from the middle of the river?

Fishing Passport Note : Fishing more than half way across the river (at single bank fisheries or where staggered) does happen, but it is usually an agreement that fishery owners have between themselves and a certain amount of etiquette normally applies whereas anglers will not fish across if the opposite bank is occupied. Technically, however, it is illegal to fish more than half way.

9 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout