Feedback & Reports

1 Trout

Another great sporting day at Bugeilyn , bowled up at about elevenish , greeted with a lovely westerly breeze , and intermittent sunshine , perfect conditions ! The surrounding hills were splashed with purple from the heather , now in full flower , and the odd Dady long legs was flying out of the boggy grasses from around the lake , some landing in the marginal water , and hastily chased by Bugeilyn residents . . . . . . . . .

I used roaming tactics , with the usual floating line , on my five weight rod , and the few flies I tied from Plu Stiniog worked a treat , so I thank you Mr Evans. Ringing the changes , I did have four lovely fish from the westerly shore on a dry detached body Daddy long legs , very splashy savage takes . The very top end of the lake was good today , and had six on a mix of my home tied wets , the majority of them taking the flies with black in them .

There was a quieter spell around two for about an hour or so , which historically I've always found happens in the afternoon here , so took some time out to chill , and have a wonder around the local area . . . . Spotting a cormorant on Llyn Cwm Byr . . . . Hell these pests get everywhere !!!!! A well placed .223 me thinks ????

Sport again picked up late afternoon , and finished the day with fourteen crackers to the net , all carefully released , a real fun day , as always , and actually the last two weeks have been varied to say the least , with regards to fishing , had two excellent days on Claerwen Reservoir , with some beautiful wild brownies caught and released , and a fun afternoon on the Claerwen river , again catching small feisty brownies on nymphs , so all in all had a good dose of fly fishing to last me a few days . . . . . . . . Well perhaps until next week !!!!!

WUF SAFETY POINT : Just out of interest for folks that may need phone reception , I happened to look at mine , as it beeped !!!! On the track over the bridge between Bugeilyn and Cwm Byr , walk up that track about two hundred yards and you should get a decent reception . . . .

14 Trout

4lb Grilse at Chapel catch with Japanese Lure for Cherry salmon.

1 Salmon

Some half decent trout but no salmon, the river was on the rise throughout the day and looked good however

4 Trout

Overall, given the strong reputation of this beat, this was a disappointing experience.
The upper areas with the faster water are mostly unfishable due to overgrown banks and the number of closely growing mature trees at the river's edge. Half hour lost investigating upper beat. Drove to lower section, found two fishable swims with any depth/speed of water.
Bearing in mind £25.50 ticket price, it's not unreasonable to expect better choice and quality of swims - this might explain the fairly low number of bookings on this well known stretch of water.

1 Barbel

Lovely couple of hours enjoying the river and the solitude.
Rose six (they are so fast) and lost one at the net, all on a Wickhams Fancy....so a zero return.
Few Mayfly still coming off.

Had difficulty finding access point on left hand bank (looking downstream). Suggest walking up the road (that parked on) around the bend and past the barn and then enter the first metal gate on left after approx 200yds.

Cracking day with big numbers of fish boiling on the surface. My son had 4 on the bottom taken to worm I had one on worm and as I wasn't having the same luck as him switched to spinning, bagging a lovely 3lb 8 ounce rainbow on an Abu minnow lure. The fish fought really hard on light gear jumping clean out of the water several times trying to shake the treble!!!
My only concern was on arrival there was a car parked in the bay with a Polish reg plate the occupants were asleep at 5 am and it looked as if they had fished overnight which to the best of my knowledge is not allowed on the res. Other than that the fish seem to be most active at sunrise/sunset.

WUF Note: Night fishing is not allowed on the reservoir, if you see anything suspicious please report it to the rangers immediately. Fishing hours on the reservoir, as stated in the beat notes, are from 8am to half an hour after sunset.

6 Trout

Hooked 18 netted 15, trout to 12" grayling 14" missed many more. Brown Klink for the dry and various nymphs, bead size 16.Fished 12-6.30pm. River slightly coloured, sun, cloud and rain. Beautiful beat no problem with access, great day.

7 Trout, 8 Grayling

5 barbel to 6lbs4o. 1 chub
pellets and swim feeder.
river low and clear.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time at this beat and there are some wonderful stretches of water. There were only a few parr rising in Lady Margarete's and no sign of salmon anywhere. Very few other fish seen.

I like the Edw pool very much. I wondered if the WUF Gardening Elves could pay a visit.... The very top of the beat is heavily laden with Himalayan Balsam and pretty much inaccessible... There are a couple of small trees on two jetties that could do with being removed. Any chances?!

4 Trout, 4 Grayling