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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.

Had a great day on the river? Whether it was your first catch or your hundredth, you are welcome to join in and post about your experiences fishing at Gliffaes and become part of something special.

Previous Years

2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001 / 2000


Date No. of fish Fly used Comments
17 Oct salmon Flying 'c'

Colin Coburn

Cool and overcast
16 Oct 11lbs Salmon Toty(?)

Denniford

Cool. Water clearing after a lot of rain on the day before.
29 Sept 3 Gold head , Olive

Chris Minall

Sunny
25 Sept 2 wet olive

Bob Tyrell

Sunny
16 Sept 1  

Robert Lewis

Dry but overcast
14 Sept 1 Pheasant Tail

Andrew Dunn

Sunny & very warm.
12 Sept 1 American Bloody Mary

Peter Davies

Overcast, warm & humid. An amazing hatch
12 Sept 6 Taff's Emerger Orange Klinkhammer

Neil Gibbs

Warm & Sunny - great hatch
11 Sept 1 Pheasant Tail

Trevor Bowman-Shaw

Warm & Sunny
11 Sept 12 Olive Dunn

Tony Bostock

Total bag about 8lbs. Super evening. Lost another 3 fish, quite a number moving at dusk

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8 Sept 1 Pheasant Tail

Alan Jeffreys

Evening and clear.
7 Sept 1 Tan and White dry

Amelia Fawcett

Sunny & Cool
6 Sept 1 Grey Dunn

Paul Povey
5 Sept 6 God Bless Peter Arlied

Paul Povey

Wonderful morning of rising trout, missed more than I caught.
3 Sept 12 Pheasant Tail & Gold Head

Alan Jeffreys

Lots of help from Jimmy.
2 Sept 2 Grey Wulf

Chris Lee

Deeper runs more succesful, rising after 7pm.
31 August 7 GRHE & Tups

Darren Howe

Sunny and low water. You've got to be quick.
25 August 1 Yellow Humpy

Mark Irvine

Dry to rising fish half hour before sunset - perfect.
24 August 2 Black Gnat & DDD

Mark Irvine

Hard work, caught both near (under) bridge at top of the Green Drive.
24 August 4 Green Montana

Ed Frogeatt

Caught in the shade in bright sunshine, misseda hat full. Wonderful!
16 August 4 Black Dunn

Caught in the in the evening at lower end of Top Beat. Smashing day
16 August 4 Gold Head

Jonathan Brown

Great help from Jimmy
15 August 4 P.T.N.

David Lewis

Largest Brownie 3/4 pound on the middle beat. All returned. A great day with nature, Wonderful!
15 August 1 P.T.N.

Malcom Mitchell

Caught at 2pm. Saw Kingfisher. No other fish but v.nice day.
15 August 1 Iron Blue

Anthony Evens
11 August 4 Partridge & Orange

Bart Boerdemdat

Overcast
11 August 4 P.T.N.

Mark Donet
11 August 2 Gold Head

Robin Fairlie

Overcast. Great help from Jimmy.Both returned.
10 August 1 Purple Body

David Bevan

Overcast
9 August 1 Purple Snipe

Trevor Bowman-Shaw

The river was wet when I sat in it.
8 August 9 Red Spinner

Tony Bostock

Best brace 1lb+. Super evening, fish in excellent condition. All returned.
7 August 4 Olive dunn

Tony Bostock

Best fish 1lb, river very low. Few fish moving.
4 August 12 Gold head  
2 August 2 Gold head

A.Madrell
1 August 6 Pheasant Tail, GRHE

A.Madrell

Bright
1 August 1 Beacon Beige

S.Pugsley
31 July 2 Gold head, Montana

Tatsuo Kotaki
30 July 5 Gold head, Pheasant Tail

Tatsuo Kotaki

Cloudy with showers.
26 July 5  

Terry Bumford

Bright and hot.
23 July 5 Adams

Richard Wothers
23 July 3 Adams

Paul Morris

Cool and overcast , all fish returned. One fish over 2lbs.
21 July 3 Gold Head

William Hance & Hazel MacDonold
20 July 7 Gold head, GRHE

William Hance & Hazel MacDonold

Bright and warm.
19 July 2 Greenwell's Glory

Richard Body
19 July 5 GRHE, Olive CDC

Richard & James Wynne

Grate day's fun, thanks.
13 July 2 Sea Trout dropper

James Hall

Dipper flew through rod, saw 5 grey wagtails.
10 July 1 Pheasant Tail Nymph

Freddie Wheeler-Booth

Sun and showers
10 July 1 Hare's Ear

P.B.
10 July 1 Silver Vindicator

Wyndham Bevan

Sun and showers, my first fish (age 9)
7 July 4 salmon par  

John Lawrance

Another great day's fun. Where are the big ones?
6 July 4 salmon par  

John Lawrance

My first day on a river, success thanks to Jimmy the Ghillie.
6 July 6 Gold Head & Olive Popper

Amelia Fawcett

Best fishing I've had in years. 2 very large fish near top of the Top Beat got away and still there.
6 July 4 Black Gnat, Gold Head & GRHE

Goeff Burling

Dry and overcast, caught in early afternoon.
6 July 5 Gold Head & GRHE

Dylan Williams

Late afternoon to evening
5 July 1 Gold Head

Geoff Burling

Showery, no wind caught around 10.30am
28 June 2 Olive Nymph

Chris Medler

Bright sky, high clouds, both returned.
26 June 1 GRHE

Chris Medler

Sunny eveing caught at 8pm & returned.
28 June 2 Light Olive

M.Davies

Sunny
25 June 5 GRHE & dry Gnat

Chris Medler

All caught between 10.30-11.30am. All returned.
26 June 2 Barry Welham Nymph

John Phillips

Gey/brown fly life boding well for late eveing.
24 June 4 Sedge

Ted Masters

Late evening, calm & mild. Considerable activity from 9-10.30pm
24 June 13 Griffiths & Gnat #22

Kieth Saunders

Excellent evening's sport, all returned.
23 June 2 Sedge

C.Norton-Smith

Sunny
22 June 12 Pheasant tail and dry Sedge

C.Norton-Smith

Two fish over 2lbs, lovely bit of water.
23 June 6 Hare's Ear  
22 June 1 Hare's Ear

L. Lloyd
23 June 6 March Browns

John & Claire Cooper, Philip & Cordelia Edmondson

Sunny spells, two mink and two eels seen.
22 June 5
grilse 		Hare's Ear, Goldhead

Harry Lloyd-Gardner (age10)
22 June 3 March Brown

Philip Edmonson Alex Walduck John Cooper
22 June 2 Black Mossy #22

Phil Savoie

Overcast, both returned and mink sighted.
22 June 1 Hare's Ear Nymph

John Hooper
21 June 3 Gold Head

Robin Minter-Kemp

Late evening rise. End to a good day.
21 June 1
11.5 lbs		 Spinner

Robin Minter-Kemp
21 June 1
4.75lbs Grilse		 Spinner

Colin Coburn
21 June 1 Gey Wulff

Colin Coburn

Low water and clear. Fish returned.
20 June 1 Grey Wulff

Iain Summers

Good weather.
15 June 2 Greenswell & CDC Olive

A. Leonard

Cold again today.
14 June 5 Greenswell & CDC Olive

A. Leonard

Cold and windy, still a nice day fishing.
11 June 2 GRHE (N016)

Lars Carlsson-Brandt

Caught on the middle beat.
10 June 1 Goldhead

Jimmy Devoy

1.5lbs returned.
9 June 3 GRHE & Mayfly shadow

D.Botsford

All under 1lb but in very good condition. Very small GRHE (size18) and Mayfly(size 14). Small hatch at about 10.30am.
8 June 3 Dry Adams

D.B. McLeary

All fish returned.
8 June 1 Goldhead nymph

H. Lancaster

My first fish.
6 June 2 Goldhead

Amelia Fawcett

Slightly misty and drizzly.
6 June 2 Goldhead

G.Barker

Jimmy's great.
5 June 1 Goldhead

G. Barker

First brown trout, thank you Jimmy.
2 June

1

10lbs

 Spinner

M.Tebbutt
2 June

2

8.5 & 10lbs

 Orange C

J. Tebbutt

First attempt at salmon fishing. Thanks to Stewart an excellent Ghillie.

1 June 1 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear

Nick Jeffcoat

Success at last after two blank days. Some fly but no rises; fish caught deep.
29 May 1 Dragon fly nymph

R Scott-Webb

Good hatch, no risers.
16 May 2 Pheasant Tail Nymph & Iron Blue Dunn

D. Furnell

Fantastic hatch, virtualy no fish rising.
16 May 1  

John Whitell

Amazing hatches, few fish.
16 May 4 Dry Red Quill

Tony Bostock

Good fly hatches but not a lot of fish rising.
15 May 4 Dry Red Quill

Tony Bostock

Loads of black gnats on the wing. Fish in excellent condition.
11 May 1 Dry Parachute

Takayuki Terashma

Perfect
11 May 1 Gold Head Nymph

David Williams

Generous hatch of fly, including Mays, but not much surface activity by the fish.
8 May 2 Lunn's Particular

Geoff Lee

Good catch of Olives from 2-5pm
6 May 1  

John Lefevre

Top beat, cloudy morning.
5 May 1 Greenwell Spider

R.A. Mullholland
5 May 6 Blue Dun & Adams

George & Erik Brits

Top Beat. Cloudy.
5 May 1 Gold Head Nymph

Howard Green

Jimmy's dropper tips paid off.
5 May 1 Bonefish Fly (shrimp)

Philip Lefevre

Taken below the falls on the Green Drive
4 May 5 Blue Dun

George & Erik Brits

All fish 8"-10"
4 May 2 Gold Head Nymph

Geoff Cooke
4 May 1 Grey Duster

Rose Davies

Caught on Green Drive
26 April 0  

Colin Brunton

Excellent fishing with a tiddler to show. Jimmy tried hard but is clearly past his prime! (not really true as Jimmy is the best in Wales)
26 April 4 Black Spider

Tony Mair

4 tiddlers . Jimmy failed to find us any real fish - had to fire him! (until next time)
28 April 1 Goldhead

Charla Tubb

Wet and windy
20 April 2  

Patrick Brook

Too bright!
14 April 2 Greenwell Spider

Derek Rippengal

Top beat
14 April 1 CDC Midge

Jeremy Herrmann

Fish Rising in flat water
13 April 4 Quill Gordon & Olive

Dean Lippold

Caught on the middle beat
31 March 0  

T.Hayatju

Fish started feeding after1pm. None interested in my fly
30 March 3 Greenwell's spider

T.Hayatju

12" brown on Bibio
30 March 3 Greenwell Nymph

Larger fish had a 1.5" beetle in its throat. All fish caught between 12.40 and 1.20pm.
26 March 1 Green Nymph

Mark Donet

Very clear, hard day again.
24 March 1 Grey Duster

Mark Donet

Hard day overall.
23 March 1 Snipe & Purple

Chris Lacey

Warm but easterly breezes. Lost a good fish.
23 March 2 Green GRHE

J Van der Heiden

Light mist and warm.
16 March 1 Prince Nymph

P. Tyjas
16 March 1 Gnat

R.S. Kuramoto
15 March 2 Green Klinkhammer

P. Tyjas
15 March 4 Grey Duster

R.S. Kuramoto
10 March 1 Goldhead

F. Miller

Lost another three


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