Feedback & Reports

Arrived at 6.45am & fished through The Rocks & The Chine with small salmon flies. No salmon seen or any takes except for a large trout which was no match for a 14 foot double hander!
Swapped to a little 3wt for trout later on & took a couple on a tiny gold head pheasant tail fished duo.
A very big salmon rolled in the slack water at the back of The Chine Pool about 11am but given the low clear water I wonder if it was stuck there & had been in a while. Still I tried covering it with all sorts as it clouded up later, but no interest at all.

3 Trout

A great days fishing on a beautiful beat. I took my Brother in law (American) fishing for Barbel as I promised him over a few too many beers at Christmas!
I set him up and even before my bait hit the water he was into his first ever barbel, a lovely fish of about 7lb. I was made up for him. He was thrilled.
Long story cut short he ended the day with 2 barbel and a chub while I settled for a beautiful 12lb barbel (my second best) and an 8lb barbel.
Wind picked up late in the afternoon so we up sticks early to head off. A great day - thanks to WUF!

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

Fly fishing - a few fish moving but didn't hook anything.
River rose very quickly on Friday with cold water, not great conditions. Nice part of the world.
Catch records suggest a better chance with a spinner.

Three Grayling to 17" and a nice trout to 15" were the picks of the day. Heavy nymphs in morning then klink & dink around midday and a few on the dries prospecting in the afternoon. Beat in fantastic condition as usual. Love this fishery. Thank you.

6 Trout, 10 Grayling

10 Barbel

Fished 6am til 2pm. 8 Barbel, 2 Eels, 1 Chub on pellet and meat.

8 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

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