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River was colured and falling fished the top peg which produced a 8lb 9oz Barbel which was the best fish of the day moved to the bottom of the beat for the afternoon. Lots of well looked after pegs to fish and easy access to the river very good fishery.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

5 Trout

Two of us worked quite hard, fishing from 2.30 to 9.30pm. Five trout, only one of which was over 1lb. But nice to be back at Dinas, and to see that changes to the river since last year.

5 Trout

Good insect hatch but the trout didn't seem interested. Fished dry, to little avail. Retired to pub.

2 rainbow trout

2 Trout

River in nice nick, not a lot rising and managed to fluff up most of my chances. A lovely, strong 10incher on small dry saved the day.

River was up from previous few days by around 1 metre but falling on the day. Couldn't fish the woods, so spent time in the upper and lower fields. Majority of chub caught on meat; ranging between 1.8 and 3.12. No sign of barbel!

A bit of swim maintenance would benefit the angler; some beats are better cared for than others, and a little work here would open up a few more swims on this beat.

15 Chub

6 Trout

The weather forecast was sunny and hot. No problem, I’m far too cunning to let that stop me.; The Clettwr gorge will be lovely and shady and it’ll be nice and cool down there.
At this point in August the sun shines directly into The Clettwr gorge all afternoon and early evening. It reflects off the surface of the beautiful, clear stream and burns your retinas clean out. It’s too bright for the trout so they hide. But I did find the odd shaded pool, and I caught a few of the lovely fish that live there. I don’t keep records, but I think one of them may have been my best fish from this wonderful little river.

4 Trout

River was about 9 inches up when we arrived and dark brown. The colour was unnaturally dark for the water level. We had not seen this depth of colour even when the river had flooded the Holme Lacy meadows upstream.
The fish were incredibly shy biting and this was despite the beat being lightly fished over the last month. We switched baits regularly including meat cheese sweetcorn boilies and bread.
The beat is superbly maintained and had been recently strimmed. We fished most swims and the best fishing was in the middle section both under the willows and close in off the croys.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Other