Feedback & Reports

1 Trout

Very windy and low water levels due the the damn race being worked on made this a washout day

Very pleasant day but very little sign of any fish

Bright, warm day with the reservoir very low. The concrete features at the top end were exposed. Had a great follow right up to my rod tip in the top end river mouth from a leviathan of a trout which in the end failed to commit but left an impressive wake!
Ended up with just the one of about 8" from the place where the stream comes in by the bridge pillars.
Lovely to be out in the wilds nonetheless. I still can't believe such a great fishery is only just over an hour from Bristol.

1 Trout

Never fished Talybont during the Summer. Water levels were very low with much of the bank exposed, but it meant we could fish the far wooded bank. Fished it hard. Covered a lot of water. Didn't get so much as a pull and my mate picked up a single brownie right at the end of the session. Beautiful location and, despite blanking, a really enjoyable day out.

The reservoir is fishing very well - 26 trout caught and released over 3 short visits recently. I've found average size to be excellent at 14 to 15 inches (1lb+) with a couple at 18'' and 19'' both over 2lb.
However you will be wasting your time fishing in the middle of the day at this time of year. Either go very early morning (7am till 10.30am) or late evening (7.30pm to dark) it is then that the fish feed and can be found in the shallow marginal areas.
If you must go in the day time, choose a windy wet day for it.

28 Trout

First trout on a Green Peter second on a Wickhams 3 more takes which I failed to connect with wind completely died at 3 o'clock lovely golden brownies

2 Trout

Very strong wind. Difficult conditions. Nil return

Cold day. Couple of tugs but little else. Just needed the fresh air. Plenty of that!!

One smallish trout took a dark spider at 11am. Frustratingly it was not hooked for long, but judging by the rod bend it was about half a pound. There were some fish rising intermittently. This was about three quarters of the way up the reservoir from Tal Y Bont.
Later I fished the top end where the sedge banks were flooded and hooked a much heavier fish on a brown damsel fly which gave a very good account of itself but again shed the hook! That was at 2pm.
The weather varied between balmy to chilly when the wind picked up. The fish I lost has definitely given me a taste to go back. Superb scenery! So, no fish landed but a very exciting day and there are some big wild ones in there.