I fished the Dee yesterday AM was fishing for 06:00 and stayed till 10am,was just above Corwen,didn’t see a thing all morning,was a Salmon caught on the beat the day before and a few seen

I had a couple of ST off the Conwy the morning before but they were only small,I didn’t see a salmon there either the whole morning which was strange as you usually do

I might go to the Dee this evening but if I do I’ll only fish till dark and I’ll go lower down river somewhere!

Good luck if your out 👍

 

I caught this one about 23 inch plus reckon 3-4lb on Top Pool Llangollen Tuesday night about 9.30pm on size 14 Butcher dropper. Was a big fight and had to bank it. Was meant to fish next day also but river went up a foot and muddy! Bumped into someone spinning next day said they had two ST from Taylors pool so certainly plenty getting high up system

 

I fished below Bangor this morning, no luck but I did see a fresh salmon and a sea trout. Both came out of the water so I had a good view.

 

I tried again tonight, no sea trout seen or troubled the fly. I did pick up 4 nice grayling early on fishing a couple of spiders in the faster water.

 

Fished Wednesday Dongray hall. Walking miles fishing here and there, very quiet one small grayling for my efforts. Did not see anything decent. Guy float fishing for coarse fish had a few tiny fish.

 

I fished on the opposite bank to Dongray today, 4 grayling, a brown trout and a parr. All in the fast water.

 

I’ve been out a couple of times since Friday to various stretches of the Dee and the Conwy Thursday night-was a few fish showing on the Conwy.
Other than a couple of pulls I’ve had no luck so far
A friend of mine had one at Llangollen Friday night and a couple of friends had one and lost a couple up around Corwen Sunday night.

I’ll try again tonight up at Corwen.

 

They are like needles in a hay stack at the minute! I’m out tonight but it’s bank work, strimming and cutting willow

 

I caught 1 and lost 1 last night at Corwen about 1.5lb
Was plenty showing as well which was good to see.

 

Well done, at least you found them

 

Good to see you Tim
I lost one on the sink tip after you left and then had a nice one on a surface muddler
It’s been pretty reasonable for the sea trout on the Dee so far this year
Hope tonight produces for you

 

Great to see you too 👍🎣
No joy last night,the river was very quiet
I fished every inch of it,I even waded down the whole long straight right to the bottom
Of the beat.(it’s easier to do that actually then get in where I said) (just gets deep for a little bit but it’s mostly just knee height,then I got out where I got in the night before,fished a bit below that then waded back up to get out)
I got a decent grayling on a surface lure(half way down) and 3 splashes at it(all from similar place as night before)but I only saw 1 fish jump the whole night and I stayed till 2!

Should really have the night off tonight…….

 

3 of us went out last night below Carrog
Saw 1 fish but the river just seemed dead.
We had a couple of half hearted pulls but that was it,might be at the mercy of the weather this week but I’ll get out when I can

 

6" of water on now, I'm out doing bank work tonight so no fishing but I'll keep an eye out.

 

Just got back from the Dee above Corwen,I saw 3 really decent fish as it got dark then absolutely nothing until I left around 00:30,only thing I hooked was a tree on the far bank and lost my favourite surface lure in it,even my usual good spot didn’t seem to have any life in it tonight 🙄
Tomorrow’s another night so I’ll try again a bit lower down,they must be somewhere.

 

I didn’t go Monday night in the end
Went out last night, kind of last minute to just above carrog but below the chain pool.
The river was dead,slight breeze,but cooler than Sunday night but not cold.
No joy to normal flies and I tried a couple
Put on a surface lure and by some miracle I got one about 4.5.lb,was a hell of a fish,really coloured though so it had been in a while
I missed a couple of others before and after it
Left about 01:15

I’ll go again later and maybe tomorrow

 

Result. Well done Tim!

 

So against my better judgement I went again last night-the river had risen to 560 from 530,that’s a lot of release water-it must be more than usual to be keeping it at 530 as it is-but I’m no expert on this controversial topic shall we say so I’ll shut up about it 😅

Anyway I fished above the bridge at Corwen on a “prime” beat I was booked on!
Fished all the main pools,1 I fished through 3x with no luck with various different size flies.
In the end I stuck on my trusty surface lure,the main pool if you like,was dead
Decided to wade down the long straight which was hairy at best! Nothing was interested in it at all,towards the bottom end of the beat though I did get a small ST on for seconds and then 2 other small fish go for it and miss but it was really hard work-then I lost my lure in a tree on the far bank and I only had smaller ones on me-I gave up about 01:15
I did see 1 really big fish jump above me but might have been a salmon but this was around midnight so I’m not sure.
River was definitely colder last night compared to previous nights but like previous nights it was also dead
I’ll probably leave it till Sunday now,rains due next week so might be the end of night fishing very soon if it rises too much and stays high but we’ll see.
Good luck if anyone’s out,I’ll post again after my next trip 👍👍

 

I went last night to same place at Corwen-was short lived really,it got really misty by 11:00-I stuck it out till 12ish then came home
There was a few small fishing showing as it got dark around 9 but that was it.
I can’t go again till later on in the week and the weather looks all over the place,so have to see what the rain does.
Good luck if anyone’s out tonight 👍

 

So I ended up going last night 🙄 got a few things on today and work all day tomorrow but I thought I’d soldier on.
Went to the same beat and pool I got the fish from last week,the river was dead.
Fished with a sink tip and then tried every size surface lure I’ve got-managed one small fish splashing at it around midnight. I left not long after!
I think once it’s rained and freshened the river up there might be a good night or two left yet 🤞
Good luck if anyone’s out
I’ll be out again Thursday 🎣

 

I spent last Saturday on a working party removing willow, fished Sunday evening with a 5wt. Plenty of grayling and dace but never saw a sea trout or salmon anywhere. At least it's raining today.

 

I was out last out night above the bridge at Corwen,
I got 3 small ones about 1lb at best,I lost/missed several others all on a surface lure,I did hear a few big fish jumping above me
Then the river just went dead,I stuck it out till about 01:30 then left

 

Well I gave it another go last night up around Carrog area-first cast i got a decent grayling,but that was it,I had a few plucks at my fly and then I tried a surface lure and had something small splash at it but it just didn’t get dark last night at all,it was a full moon and then it started blowing a gale so I gave up around 11ish

Hopefully we get some rain now and we can focus on salmon fishing-has been a couple caught lower down the river

good luck if anyone’s out 🎣

 

I have a friend from Wrecham who is a PA member and he said the Dee has been very low on fish this year. Quite the opposite of the Mawddach that has been stuffed with fish

 

It was bright and clear, salmon and grayling from now on.

 

I went out Saturday to chirk and newbridge but it was Pretty coloured by the time I got there and didn’t touch anything

went yesterday to Corwen and the river was fine-I saw a couple of salmon when I arrived about 8am but that was it,
I got 2 ST a Grayling and about 10+ brownies on the spinner,everything but a Salmon

Try again tomorrow but I might be being optimistic given the weather!

 

I went out Tuesday above the bridge at Corwen-didn’t last long the river was almost in the fields (1080 and rising)
So I went over to the Conwy in the end and I got 3 small ST-worryingly I didn’t see a salmon the whole time I was there and the water was perfect!

I went yesterday to Carrog-spinning 🙃
I got 4 ST,best was 5-5.5lb (others were all around 1lb
2 Grayling and countless brownies up to a 1lb but no salmon-I believe there was 5 caught from the town waters though just above where I was,the water was perfect yesterday on the Dee even for the Fly

I can’t go today as I’m working but I’ll try and go tomorrow and Monday

good luck if anyone’s out

 

I went out Tuesday above the bridge at Corwen-didn’t last long the river was almost in the fields (1080 and rising)
So I went over to the Conwy in the end and I got 3 small ST-worryingly I didn’t see a salmon the whole time I was there and the water was perfect!

I went yesterday to Carrog-spinning 🙃
I got 4 ST,best was 5-5.5lb (others were all around 1lb
2 Grayling and countless brownies up to a 1lb but no salmon-I believe there was 5 caught from the town waters though just above where I was,the water was perfect yesterday on the Dee even for the Fly

I can’t go today as I’m working but I’ll try and go tomorrow and Monday

good luck if anyone’s out

That's a lovely sea trout Tim, well done. You've put the effort in and had a decent season.

The Conwy seems to have gone a bit quiet for salmon. Not surprising really, as they had quite a few summer floods to move the salmon in.