Feedback & Reports

8lb pike caught in margins on float, fished smelt no other runs fished dawn till dusk. Pete caught 2 chub in the morning and 2 as dark fell. River quite clear. Very enjoyable day. Will be back thanks WUF.

4 Chub, 1 Pike

Fished with Roger Smith of Malvern. Had a slow morning but got into the Grayling after lunch and had over 60 fish between us on maggot from Stone Catch. Biggest Grayling 16". River very low and clear. Cold day with blue skies and very light breeze. Work on access point much appreciated.

10 Trout, 60 Grayling

Fishing for pike. Nil caught. Shame as conditions seemed perfect. Many thanks to Terry Ward for advice beforehand. Beautiful beat.

I chose a guided day as I had not fished this area before and I wanted to see how the experts went about it. The river was clear and not too high. After an hour trotting with maggots we hadn't found the fish, so moved downstream where we found them. Caught a few grayling with trotting tackle, then switched to weighted flies on a short line which produced a couple of takes but none in the net. Oliver introduced me to a Tenkara rod, and this with an indicator and single maggot proved most effective. The grayling were from 6-15 inches and in fine condition, also one oos wbt. Thanks to Oliver Burch and WUF for a great day on this lovely beat.

27 Grayling

Wind,rain,sun. Hard going fish caught on fly and trotting but still a beautiful days fishing. Happy Christmas all.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

River was very clear and it was cold. Fishing was hard with not much happening during the day. I covered all the area I could with deadbaits for not a sniff. My brother fished a maggot feeder with not much interest except a small trout. When it started to get dark I managed to avoid the blank with a double figure pike which fought hard and my brother managed a couple of decent chub up to 4 on cheese paste.

1 Trout, 2 Chub, 1 Pike

Dramatic stretch of water in a beautiful setting. The middle to lower section of the beat presented quite a challenge to a 64 year old with a bad knee but well worth the effort, just nice to be out and fishing in glorious late Autumn weather. 1 grayling caught around 2pm on sawyer killer bug.

1 Grayling

8 x grayling 10-14 inches, 1 x out of season trout 10 inches, trotting. A late start on a very cold day. Water 1 ft 6 inches at Llanstephan and very clear. As it was, it was well after lunch before the temperature rose enough to make trotting possible without rod ring icing. Finally found a few feeding grayling before dark.

8 Grayling

River clear but flowing strongly when we arrived about 09:30am. Temp below freezing. The ice in the margins didn't melt all day and it was still below freezing when we called it a day when the sun dipped below the hills. The grayling are there as other catch reports confirm but we were not minded to risk kamikaze wading to get into a position to fish the deeper holes where we suspect they lay. Two rises seen in the midday burst of sunshine but we mainly stuck to deep nymphs with little success. One oos brownie obliged and a shoal of grayling rewarded with three hook ups but only one to hand. On the margins temperature wise for us older chaps to be deep wading. time to invest in a trotting rod!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished from 10.00am till 3.30pm, the water still quite high but could wade with care although there are some tricky spots if you don't know the river. Cold with a brisk north-easterly wind and no sign of life until midday when I found 3 grayling the biggest around 13", all taken on goldhead nymphs. In the final pool of the beat I had the last fish 14". All the fish were surprisingly docile and came with little fight. Cold but productive day and good to be out...thanks to all at WUF.

4 Grayling