"...It's wonderful to be back on
my favourite river in the world"
Gliffaes Hotel fishing book
Gliffaes has a long fishing tradition that has seen many satisfied anglers coming back time and time again. Don't just take our word for it though, you can see for yourself by browsing through the entries in our online fishing book.
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Previous Years
2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001 / 2000
| Date | No. of fish | Fly used | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept | 1 | Pheasant Tail Nymph | Tony MairRiver low but good flow. Hope FMD controls come off soon to ease pressure on waters still open. Sad day...have to wait 6 months now! |
| 29 Sept | 1 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear | Amelia Fawcett |
| 27 Sept | 4 |
Pheasant Tail Nymph & Adams |
Geoff DoddGosh, you have to quick on the strike. |
| 19 Sept | Salmon 10lbs | Spinner | Colin Coburn |
| 19 Sept | Salmon 9.5lbs | Spinner | Robin MinterkempOvercast |
| 21 Sept | 1 | Gold Head | MillsDark and still |
| 21 Sept | 2 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Emerger | John RollasonFish very picky. One or two rises from much larger ones than I caught. |
| 18 Sept | 2 | Tupps & Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Emerger | John RollasonNot many rises, perhaps a bit cold. |
| 9 Sept | 1 | Dry Daddy LL | Sea Trout moved in! |
| 26 Aug | 2 | Green Olive | Karen JonesFish jumping everywhere. |
| 26 Aug | 1 | Green Olive | James JonesHad a day and half with Jimmy and we finaly scored. Lots of fun-saw an otter. |
| 25 Aug | 1 | Brown fluffy thing!! | James JonesVery dark, lots of fish around. |
| 24 Aug | 1 | Red Sedge | Karen JonesThrashed the water to an inch of its life. Miracle I caught a thing. |
| 23 Aug | 7 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear & Pheasant Tail | Chris DuffyNymphing all the way. |
| 21 Aug | 1 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear | Mimi Knapp |
| 21 Aug | 2 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear | Jason Clarke |
| 20 Aug | 1 | Blue Winged Olive (16) | M.C. WilsonCaught one lost one. water brown & Cloudy making wading difficult. |
| 17 Aug | 2 | Hare's Ear | Saw some salmon jump. Fishing difficult-poor evening rise. |
| 16 Aug | 6 | ? | Nigel ParkerA dream come true. |
| 15 Aug | 1 | Prince Nymph | Calvin HarrisLost another good fish on a size 14 Olive Parachute |
| 15 Aug | 2 | Olive Midge Dry | T.R. HarrisSeverel additional good strikes. |
| 15 Aug | 3 | Black Spider | J. ScottBest fish was 1lb. Rain stopped play. |
| 25 July | 3 | Red spinner | Tony Bostock. |
| 24 July | 7 | Red spinner | Tony BostockRepeat of yesterday. Saw a salmon leap at the falla and an otter. There is more to fishing than catching fish. |
| 23 July | 7 | Red Spinner | Tony BostockA good number of fish rising at dusk. Fly size 18-20. They liked it small. |
| 22 July | 5 | Spinners | Abe MotoI tried to catch salmon but found it difficult. |
| 20 July | 2 | March Brown | Simon MoormanSunny. What a sexy river! |
| 15 July | 1 | gold head | Salmon jnr and Jimmy Devoysunny |
| 15 July | 12 | Small Olive, Goldhead and spider | Jeremy HerrmanDownstream dead drift! |
| 14 July | 1 grilse | wet fly | Uniynhi Sumiisunny |
| 14 July | 7 | Midge(20), Panacer(20) | Jeremy HerrmanAll 8-10". Missed the big ones. |
| 11 July | 1
Salmon
9.5lbs |
spinner | Jimmy DevoyCaught at Llandetty |
| 11 July | 3 | gold head | Jimmy Devoy |
| 8 July | 1 | black gnat | Greg Daviescaught at dusk & returned. |
| 9 July | 3 | wet | S Shelhtercloudy morning |
| 8 July | 3 | spinner | Jimmy Devoy |
| 8 July | 1 | wet | S Shelhtercloudy morning |
| 2 July | 5 | dry & wet | Jimmy Devoy & Simon Ward.Fished till 11.45pm. All returned. |
| 1 July | 1 | sedge | Julian LefevreSunny & warm |
| 28 June | 1 | Red Buzzer | D WailesWindy and mild. |
| 25 June | 1 | Barry Welham Nymph | Ted MastersCaught on up stream nymph in rough water. |
| 25 June | 1 | sedge | Hot with no wind. |
| 23 June | 1 | sedge | Ben BlowerDry. Late at night. |
| 23 June | 1 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear | Brian Bonnett |
| 23 June | 5 | Klinkhammer & CDC Haresear | Matt HarrisThanks for a lovely couple of days. |
| 22 June | 2 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear & CDC Olive 16 | Matt HarrisBeautiful, beautiful river will definitely come back. |
| 21 June | 2 | Humpy Sedge | Richard Nicholson |
| 21 June | 2 | Barry Welham Nymph | John PhillipsUp stream, short frequent casts with little line out. |
| 21 June | 1 | Giant sedge | Matt HarrisFished 9pm - 10.30pm and lot four other fish |
| 20 June | 1 | Hare's Ear | Gregory HobdenBeautiful |
| 20 June | 1 | May fly | Alexander CullenAn utterly charming day |
| 18 June | 3 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear | Dr & Mrs McLearyCloudy and warm |
| 15 June | 3 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear (wet) | D H MickeyShowers am. Thunder and torrential rain pm. Water coloured after rain. |
| 14 June | 1 | Olive Bead Head | Bill PriceRain. Two on in the morning. Showed 'em some Pacific NW standards. |
| 14 June | 1 | Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear (dry) | D H MickeyPartly cloudy |
| 13 June | 4 | various nymphs | George & Irene JonesWe had a marvellous and enjoyable day of fishing. Many thanks |
| 9 June | 1 | Gold Head | J BaileyCloudy |
| 9 June | 1 | Gold Head | Caroline Clist |
| 1 June | 3 | Greenalls Wet | Ian MackintoshThanks for looking after my rod all year! |
| 1 June | 2 | Blue Dun | Steve DaviesSunny but cool. |
| 30 May | 1 | Gold Head | M Sawyer3 fish lost to, but a good day. |
| 29 May | 1 | Olive | M SawyerSunny, caught at dusk |
| 29 May | 1 | Gold Head | Alexander BirchSunny |
| 19May | 1 | Alexander | Peter BartonMuch clearer |
| 18 May | 1 | Hare's Ear | Peter BartonBrowning Water 7 cold |
| 16 May | 2 | Blue Dun | "Nil Desperandum" |
| 9 May | 2 | Pheasant Tail Nymph | Cool & overcast |
| 4 May | 1 | Blue Dun | Fished from 11-2, very few duns hatching. |
| 27 April | 1 | Pheasant Tail Nymph | Tony MairExcellent water, but cold and nothing moving. |
| 26 April | 2 | Large Dark Olive 7 Gold Head | Tony BostockWater was clear, but very high. Very few fish rising, just a few Olives hatching |
| 7 April | 1 | Gpld Head Nymph | Robert KniselCloudy & Light winds. |
| 31 March | 2 | Partridge Orange & Usk Naylor | Jeremy HerrmannNo early hatch yet and no rise. Fish in fastic condition. |
Gliffaes Country House Hotel, Crickhowell, Powys NP8 1RH +44(0)1874 730 371
