Feedback & Reports

I am pleased to report that this is probably the best beat I have fished on the Passport scheme. Access is good, though the short part below the footbridge is a bit overgrown. A very nice river, though on the day I was there there did not seem to be much fly life about. I hooked 3 on the dry fly, lost one, broken by one and landed a nice little trout about 8". A nice day on a pleasant river.

1 Trout

Too windy on the majority of the lake for fly. Found a sheltered spot at the end of the day for a 1.5lb rainbow caught on a large olive with gold head.

1 Trout

Mild weather to start but with a cooler downstream breeze later.
Very little in the way of fly life about and consequently most of the fish were deep down, hiding in the stones. Managed to tempt a few fish from the lower half of the beat before the breeze picked up and made presentation difficult.
4 trout between 5 and 8 inches. 4 salmon parr.

4 Trout, 4 Other

After the brief flood water dropping fast but good colour, well coloured 10lbs cock at Glangwye on fly returned and 3/4 lb trout fancied the salmon fly too. 3 cormorants also flying around!

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Took a trout fishing mate with me today, he was keen to experience the pull of a barbel. We got there around mid day, over cast and a little blowy, water up a foot and running dirty but clearing steadily. Set up on the far bank I fished the pellet and my mate, the spam both on the lead. I fished 15m upstream of him with the open ended feeder full of ground halibut, 8mm trout pellets and giant hemp, hoping this would draw the fish up and to where his spam would be on offer....this took about 2 minutes before his rod's bait runner screamed off. 7lbs of fit clean barbel netted and a real happy angler. One good eel fell to the spam and 5 barbel of similar size to the pellet. Fish came at hourly intervals. Oddly it died around 6pm, no other bites ensued and we left at 8pm. No chub at all? Good afternoons angling at a nice venue.

6 Barbel, 1 Other

Lots of fish rising and a few hatches throughout the day but didn't manage to connect with any fish. Still, a beautiful beat and a great day on the river.

A return to a favourite stretch of mine, not an easy stretch with difficult conditions underfoot and being left handed would be an advantage...which I'm not. But I love the challenge it always provides. Struggled for a few hours but stuck to the plan, my reward being a 2.5lb grayling plus over 10 fish in the 6-10 inch bracket. All returned.

5 Trout, 8 Grayling

First trip on this stretch, which is another lovely piece of river. The river dropped rapidly (2ft) overnight and a further foot during the day. Water very coloured to start with, but cleared as the water dropped.
Fished the end of the beat, as others (and Don) advised. Nothing in the morning, but had a nice 8lb barbel and 3lb chub in the evening on pellet. Both pristine condition and the barbel fought incredibly hard.
Plenty of canoeists between about 9.15am and 5pm but all very civil and did their best to skirt around my line for the short time I was fishing alongside them. River was still running at full width, so that may have given them more space than recently.
Loads of wildlife and a stunning dawn on the river, with mist rising through streams of sunlight - makes it all the more enjoyable. Will definitely be back.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River up and coloured from previous day's torrential rain, which was an improvement on previous low levels. Masses of debris made it impossible to fish beyond the near margins for most of the day before clearing late afternoon. Found quality barbel up to 8.5 pounds in one swim, plus the unusual feat of foul hooking two eels (both safely returned).

8 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

A difficult day on a rising river complete with all the usual debris making it difficult to hold a bait in position, there are no slacker areas on this stretch to target when conditions are like this. Guess we went a day to early!