Feedback & Reports

An excellent stream that is literally full of fish - approximately 15 from 6'' to 13'' today. Lots of fish missed and spooked. Almost every little pocket, pool or pot can produce a fish. We fished nymphs under a klinkhammer or on a french leader. The Fechan fishes best after some water, so a good option when elsewhere is flooded.

15 Trout

Bought a day ticket from The Bait Shack in Merthyr Tydfil, fished from about 12-4 pm, with lots of fumbling around and being hungover and having lunch.
Cycled up to trefechan and accessed the river from there.
Its a beautiful location to fish, the river is narrow and overgrown with lots of trees for you to lose your favourite flies on. Water was very clear and low, day was warm and sunny.
I fished with a tenkara rod and started off with heavy nymphs, and then switched to a dry foam beetle. Both methods caught fish equally as well in their own way.
My impression is that the river is teeming with small fish, the ones I caught were all less than 20 cm long but very athletic. I lost around half a dozen fish mostly due to having to work around lots of obstacles and trying to be as careful as possible with such small trout.
My impression is that the river is teeming with small trout but its not easy fishing.
The trout are very spooky and I’d often see them darting around pools as soon as I was in eyeshot, even when I wasn’t close or I was on a high bank. I saw a few dog walkers so I can see why, from the trout’s point of view human = incoming dog.
Am likely to return as its really nice fishing. If I can, with a shorter rod (mine is 12ft).

4 Trout

River level was low, did not see a single fish or any activity. Park at Vaynor Church and walked upstream and down stream, enjoyed the location but no sign of fish.

Parked at the hotel and walked down the hill to the stream. Fished upstream, lost about 5 nymphs in the trees. Very overgrown.
Then tried downstream there’s a few larger pools but nothing happening, didn’t even see a fish. It was a cold morning and the water was very clear.

1 Trout

Fished the stretch above the viaduct at Aberglais Inn - fast flowing, nearly all rocks, some deep pools, hard wading. My old legs were knackered by the time I reached the footbridge! Managed to land 6 at 6 -9" having tempted many more to at least have a look at the small para adams and rust klink. Interesting that all the feeder springs and tiny streams were still flowing.

6 Trout

After fishing the Beacons reservoir in the morning I decided to have a first look at this beat as I was so close . I parked at Vaynor church and fished a couple of pools by the footbridge. Good numbers of Olives hatching when I arrived around 2 pm and saw a fish rising just above the bridge. Caught that one on the second cast then hooked and lost another shortly after.

1 Trout

Great water and lovely fish, but tough going in places. Pity about the rubbish and litter on the banks and in the river. Rising river and heavy rain at intervals made for a tricky day. Three small WBT all taken on black and green bead head nymph and safely released.

3 Trout