Guided Salmon & Trout Fishing & Monthly Betws-y-Coed Area River Report
Monthly river reports for the Betws-y-Coed area-EA Yearly Report 2010,-The best in Wales!
Fishing is available locally on rivers and lakes,
prices on application.
A local guide is also available to help with advice on conditions, bait, tackle hire etc.
Salmon, Sea Trout and Brown Trout are to be found in the rivers, and Rainbow Trout in the lakes.
Fly fishing for Sea Trout at night is an experience never to be forgotten!!
The local guide can be contacted and fishing and accommodation arranged through this website by telephone and the email facility, or you can telephone him directly for more information about the fishing on ;
TEL: 07920106558
Guide cost per day £60
Rod & Tackle Hire per day £25
Licence and Permits extra
Bait to be arranged
For accommodation rates please see our Tariff page.
Monthly River Report
This is the first river report for 2011.
Last years catches on our three local rivers
Conwy,lledr and llugwy were the best since 1990.
Catches numbering around the 400 mark for Salmon, and Seatrout in excess of this number.
We have had four good spawning seasons in a row and as Salmon are in a four year cycle, I am expecting good grillse returns this season in the four to six pound bracket.
The last two seasons I`ve noticed a large amount of Seatrout arriving the 10th April,
you can set your watch by these fish so I`m looking forward to their return. The average weight of this run is quite large around four pounds.
The three local lakes are well stocked with fish to around five pound (over wintered) and will provide great sport when the season opens.
Elsie lake is any method, Buchan and Godion some superb Brown Trout on the dry fly, with breath taking surroundings.
These reports will be updated on the 25th of each month.
Any questions or advice please ring Bob
on TEL: 07920106558
27th February 2011 Fishing Report
Hi all,
No snow melt and no floods this month, the river has settled back now and a river walk reveals the winter flood damage.
Trees down, fences ripped up, bank damage! but nothing that my dedicated team of baliffs cant put right.
Saw a very big dog otter dead by the side of the road, looks like he popped up from a drain then crossed the road he was about forty inches long.
The winter fishing on the local lakes has been excellent, not a blank day!
The season opens on the 20th March, and if its as good as last year we will be seeing a lot of happy anglers.
31st March 2011
Hi all,
The season got off to a very good start on the lakes with rainbow trout in the 21/2 to 3lb class being caught on lures and nymphs depite the odd cold day.
Spring is well and truly on its way,the river is at a low summer height at the moment with salmon and seatrout kelts splashing in the pools.
A spring run of salmon has entered the Dee system so fingers crossed for some early spring fish in the Conwy.
STOP PRESS .......
The salmon have arrived in the Conwy caught a beautiful sparkling silver spring fish on the 6th April approx 5lb.
A well presented dry fly or bearded nymph could find some nice brown trout in the river, but with the daffodils out and sand martins having returned its just good to be out.
29th April 2011
April has been a scorcher!
The river is at summer level and we are waiting now for the big tides coinciding with fresh water to bring in some early Salmon and the much anticipated Sea Trout!.The biggest Sea Trout last season weighed 23lb caught by Otters!
The lakes are really fishing well at the moment with limit bags quite the norm, flys vary from tiny black buzzers to black or white sunk lures, all are catching fish from 1.5lb to 4.5lb, Rainbows with some nice Browns being caught as well.
King Fishers, Swallows and Sand Martins are out on the river, and if you are lucky you will spot an Otter or two.
31st May River Report
In the last month we have had 3 floods which have scoured the river and brought it back to a fine condition.
Seatrout are running in numbers and a fair few have been caught, the best being
31/2LB.
The fishing for the seatrout will now come into its own, flys to use are black & silver, blue & silver or tandem lures. A most exciting way of fishing for them is a surface lure, if you have never tried this method then I suggest that you do so.
Some double figure fish have been spotted running the river which holds great promise for the fishing, the Conwy being famous for its large seatrout or sewin as it is locally known.
We are having an amazing run of early salmon, one of our rods caught 4 salmon and 2 seatrout spinning in a morning.
The biggest salmon last month (May) was 22LB caught by myself.
Fish have been running on every flood with double figure fish being spotted and all in superb condition.
A nice 2LB brown trout was caught on a fly the other day, these fish are in very good condition and are great sport on the dry fly.
We are not the only fisherman on the banks as Otters are regularly being spotted.
June Fishing Report.
It`s been a good month on our rivers with good catches of salmon and sea trout.
The lakes are fishing well with very good catches of rainbow and brown trout.
The best catch this month was a wild brown trout of 3lb, and regular bag limits of trout on both dry and wet flies.
For information on fishing and accommodation in the immediate area, please contact Rob on 01690 710497
July Fishing Report
Seatrout fishing has come into its own with the low water height in the rivers.
Fish in the 2 to 3lb range are common with a sprinkling of big fish splashing about in the pools at night.
The best fish so far 91\4 lbs caught by myself on a secret homemade fly.
Seatrout fishing at night is truly the creme de la creme of all game fishing.
Fish being caught on a variety of flys with black and silver being dominant.
A lot of seatrout have been caught on the floods that we had had on spinners, one guest caught 10 in an hour.
The lakes are fishing well with rainbow trout being caught by a variety of methods.
Otters have had young and mums are busy chasing their yougsters of a night on the riverbank.
Mink are not as prolific as they were, I put this down to them predating on the mink.
Due to good weather the swallows have had two clutches of eggs.
A Grilse run is expected on the next flood.
Salmon have been about but not prolific as yet.
For information on fishing and accommodation in the immediate area, please contact Rob on 01690 710497
Bob the Baliff.
Tight Lines!!
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