Feedback & Reports

32 grayling size 9-18" cought on dry Adam's Irresistable (brown/black) #12 during the first 5h session, swiched to nymphs after break, we had further catches including over 10 brownies size 9-15" from the weirs. Low and clear water with fish rising very well. Very enjoyable day, will be back soon. All fish safety returned.

Four of us fished Vanstone/Corner Tree/Maddox swims. Total catch four barbel to 8ibs and three chub. I fished Vanstone pool and I agree with another report about the snags. I was also not impressed to find discarded tackle (hair rigged hooks, swivel links) plus several long lengths of monofilament in the mud and bushes and even a collection of beer cans deposited in the bankside undergrowth - all removed.
My next purchase will be an Anglers version of an Exocet missile to prevent yet another kayaker (the majority of whom were pleasant and "exchanged waves and good luck") doing demonstration rollovers about four feet from a friends rod tip - the deliberate, boorish behaviour was a disgrace and ruined what should have been a pleasant session even if the fishing was hard. We will probably not visit this beat again.

Yesterday I was fishing a pool which I knew held a salmon but despite my best efforts, it remained firmly in its lie, unmoved by my tempting offers.

I sat on a stone to consider my next cunning plan which undoubtedly would deceive this difficult adversary when a band of howling banshees descended upon the river in the form of the dreaded day tripper canoeist. There were seven or eight vessels and the occupants were clearly having a wonderful time splashing, shouting and shrieking their way downstream in a tight group.

The commotion aroused my salmon from its slumber and it charged around the pool leaping from the water, finally landing in the foot well of a canoe at the centre of the mayhem. After a couple of minutes chasing a very slippery customer around the boat they finally claimed their prize and sportingly returned the fish to the river.

Moral of the story? It's clear.... I will have to buy a megaphone and canoe to keep in the "special tactics section of my tackle box.

WUF Note : Not a Booking Office beat.

First time users of the Passport and certainly wont be the last. Enquires to the Passport Office have always been very very helpful.
Day 1 - Hotel Cammarch Upper and Middle Beat. There are three beats and more than enough for a full day for two rods. The Hotel is very helpful and the coffee was most welcome. Very varied selection of pools, glides, wooded and faster stretches. Water appeared low and was gin clear and very enjoyable day despite only one 8" Grayling being taken and one feisty brownie lost. See Day 2 R9 Aberbtwan

Caught 2 Barbel 6lb each and 1 small chub. Vanstone extremely snaggy and fish not present in numbers. River lower than I've seen it in probably 40 years (though some of those years are a bit hazy). Spur of the moment booking as I saw that I would have the stretch to myself.

Met Adam the friendly and helpful bailiff, who suggested going back to Vanstone pool (where I had caught the first barbel) until dark (which I agreed with totally. Immediately had 2nd barbel first chuck, well before dark, but then spent the rest of the evening tying hair rigs as I was losing a hooklength every other cast.

If fishing this area, I would advise against using bare hooks, as it was the hooks and not the feeder which was getting snagged on the rocks. When I eventually gave up hair rigs and using meat with hook buried, I stopped getting snagged but no further fish came , except for a small chub which nicked my meat from about 5ft out as I was packing up.

Hardest fishing I've known on this stretch. Desperately needs monsoon, and soon. Apart from that, Peregrines, Buzzards, Dippers, Pair of Kingfishers, loads of salmon leaping while leaving the upper end of Vanstone pool heading upstream, but no biggies. And millions of fry which were eating everything I put in the feeder.

Rain please, and lots of it. (Lovely day though.)

6 grayling 1 trout. Seen a salmon jump in the fast water at the bottom of the stretch. Lots of fish rising. Beautiful stretch of water and a great day out.

Lots of small grayling and half a dozen 12 - 18" trout and grayling. Beautiful warm day and all taken on dry fly.

The water was very low and clear restricting the choice of swims. We fished from the concrete croys for most of the day with just a few chub on pellet and bread. We moved downstream for the evening and had a good couple of hours, taking 6 barbel to 8lb 8oz to end the day on a high.

Started out at around 10ish spotting and dropping some bait in likely areas. Chub up to 4lb seen a'plenty and the salmon were giving it some welly leaping around. Started at the very under fished bottom end where the water runs shallow to wade but dont be fooled. You can easily be out of your depth in the many gullies that hide under the weed!
Had eight chub up to 4lb between us in the afternoon for a very pleasent day. At 3pm we started the walk along the baited areas but the barbel were still very well hidden.
In the end we ended up with five barbel from 3lb up to 9lb from all over the length. Had one, then moved on.

Beautiful day, weather, wildlife and good company.

On a side note, many of the canoeists get a bad press but everyone of them were polite, friendly and held back when playing fish. Never had that before. Some even glided upon approach to avoid spooking in the clear water!!!!
Thank you.

The river was very low and clear, difficult for the Barbel during the morning and afternoon with only 3 caught before 18:00 pellet and paste doing the trick. Chub fishing was better though with 10 taken from 2.5lb to 5.10lb caught on sweetcorn and pellet. After 18:00 the Barbel started to show with 5 being taken in the last hour all fell to pellet, some nice fish too, 3 over 9lb unfortunately none quite made 10. A very enjoyable day dispite the low water levels.