Feedback & Reports

It would be useful to have a better map of the beat - possibly alongside an OS sheet? We saw no fish, but did see two glorious kingfishers.

3 trout on spinner

3 Trout

Excellent day on a great beat. Normal hotspots not available due to river condition. Biggest barbel 8.2. Grateful to my experienced colleague who provided excellent advice and support!

6 Barbel, 3 Chub

A very good day fishing. Some very nice fish and good company. Thought I may not make it up the hill to get to the car but thankfully did!

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Very enjoyable day at Goodrich. River around .52 at Ross, clarity not bad but an odd brown tinge (chicken farms???) and very little weed in the river which is a bit concerning. Despite only seeing one small fish show in the morning, I landed a 15lb hen fish from the Vanstone Stream in the afternoon. Fish took a 1 inch Willie Gunn tube fished on a floater with an intermediate tip. Fish was still quite sliver and swam off strongly after a few minutes resting in the stream. My thanks to Mick (ghillie) for his expert advice. I would strongly recommend his services for anyone visiting the beat, particularly if it’s a first visit.

1 Salmon

Lovely first day. First time fishing on the beat would definitely come back

8 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

1 Grayling

4 small perch at returned alive.

1 Trout, 4 Other

3 Trout

My memory must be fading – was thinking it had been too long since we had one of our red letter days on a main river beat but checking feedback it was only 2018.

We were very hopeful today – it hadn’t rained for a week and the day dawned softly with light grey cloud cover – usually a good omen. All that was needed then was for there to be some insect life and the fish to co-operate.

The previous evening the river was at 1ft 7ins on the Llanstephan gauge and it hadn’t dropped much by the time we arrived. This meant that the water was pushing through and wading was so say the least challenging – right at the limit of what we are comfortable with in fact, although it dropped to 1ft 4ins by the time we left. There was a mixed hatch in progress when we arrived and there was a golden period of a couple of hours when despite there being no rises to the hatch a dozen fish came to hand – a pretty even mix of wbt and Ladies. After that there were a few rising fish but nothing consistent – yet we managed a final tally of 22, with the best wbt a 14 incher and the best lady a solid 17 inch fish. There was a much more intense hatch of small olives as the evening approached but no real response from the fish.

We also had the pleasure of the company of the fishery owners who were glamping in their wooden caravan idyll at the river side. A real pleasure to chat and put the world to rights. Here’s hoping for tight lines for you the next day and good weather for the rest of your stay.

12 Trout, 10 Grayling