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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
13 Oct 1 , 5lbs Red Spinner

Colin Coburn

Clear good level but overcast. Coloured cock - returned.
8 Oct 1 Grilse, 5.5lbs Black & Yellow brass tube.

Caspar Bowes

Ideal water, falling and clearing after spate. A coloured hen - returned.
6 Oct 1 Grilse, 6.5lbs Usk Grub

Simon Evens

Dull, high water. Fish returned. Hen been in the river about 4 weeks. Lost another and saw about 20.
3 Oct 1

Capar Bowes

CascadeBlowing a gale and raining. My wife lost one after a 15 min fight. This fish very red, a cock fish, returned.
30 Sept 1 - 10.5lbs Monroe

Robert Sullivan

A good fight, caught at 7pm on the fifth cast. Dry day after wet morning.
25 Sept 2 March Brown?

Mitchael Harrison.

Edge of dusk - dry after a showery day.
25 Sept 1 Grilse 6-7 lbs Black & Silver Pennell, dbl hook

Chris Windsor

Cock fish with signs of earlier injury from either a net or a heron.
24 Sept 3 Small Mayfly ,orange pattern

Bob Tyrren

Sunny, water high and a bit murky but falling.
9 Sept 4 PTN

Chris Medlar

As below.
7 Sept 2 Grey Duster , PTN

Chris Medlar

Hazy sunshine and caught at midday.
9 Sept 1 Hornberg

David W Jagger

Early morning fish.
2 Sept 1 Grey Duster

Bob Tyrell

Caught around 2.30pm. Quite a fight.
29 Aug 2 Wickham's Fancy, Hare's Ear

J Hathaway

Just above the fall on the Green Drive, large fish which put up an excellent fight.
28 Aug 4 Ginger Quill, Gold Head, PTN

Paul Simpkin

Few rising trout and fewer tempted by fly but a wonderful fishing experiance.
26 Aug 3 Ginger Quill

Caught at 8.15pm, water quite high and close into the bank. Just getting dark
26 Aug 4 Silver & Gold Invicata, Grey Wuff

J Hathaway

Excellent sport with some tricky trout to get at but well worth the effort.
22 Aug 1 Ginger quill - dry

Gill Lewis

First river brown trout
7 Aug 2 Gruff's Gnat

D.O'Nei
26 July 1 Gold Head

J.Crook

Warm, muggy & overcast
16 July 3 Nymph

Vincent Meade

Confirmation of the "Martin Leger" technique.
16 July 15 Nymph

Neil Patterson

Fished the small poolets, felt like a pick-pocket. All returned.
15 July 1 Nymph

Neil Patterson

Only lasted for an hour. Returned
8 July 2 Sherry Spinner

JR Parker

Excellent sport. Fish rising, but too fast for me.
8 July 5 Pheasant Tail, Rusty Spinner, Elk Hair Caddis

Very skilled . long tippet on dry fly 7x. Missed many.
6 July 7 Greenwells Glory

D. Gren

Slow start but improved by dusk.
5 July 2 Pheasant Tail , Butcher

J. Hurd

Lots of fish feeding this morning, but v.tricky. Missed quite a few bites.
3 July 5 Gold Head

Max Gear

Cool day some rain. Only a few fish rising, 8 caught in total. 3 got off.
29 June 5 Red Quill

Nick Fenton

Very few trout rising - little insect life.
28 June 1 Grey Wulffe

Nick Fenton

Sunny, downstream wind.
28 June 1 Gold Head

J.Cope
27 June 2 & 2 par Gold Head

J.Cope & G.McBride
27 June 1 Butcher
26 June 4 Grey Duster

J.Cope & Jimmy Devoy

Overcast & wet
25 June 4 PTGN

J. Cope
25 June 12 Parachute Duster & Gold Head

Jimmy & Frosty.

Good day spent between Llandetty and the Top Beat.
25 June 1 GRHE

M.Leonard
24 June 1 Gold Head

F. Davey

Windy
24 June 1 Beaded Hare's Ear

Wind made it very difficult to cast. Caught one as I raised fly for re-cast. Missed 3-4 other strikes.
24 June 3 Gold Head

Jimmy & Frosty.

Windy but bright.
21 June 5 Spider

Ted Masters

Gold head red nymph failed to interest larger fish.
20 June 8 Tupps

Damien Cooper-Smith

Bright day and a good night.
20 June 4 Parachute Grey Duster 14

Nick Brabner

Nothing rising to start with. Main rise about 8.30 - 9.30pm.
19 June 2 PTN

Ted Masters

Generally no rising fish and not much response to nymphs.
18 June 1 Tupps

Ted Masters

Very few rises in spite of good fly hatch.
17 June 2 wets

N. Mague

Both caught on wets. Overcast
13 June 3 Pheasant Tail , Black Gnat

Julian Siddons
9/10 Jun 6 Beaded Nymph etc

Jimmy Devoy & Veronica Gibbs

Hot and humid some cloud.
9 June 5 Olive (wet)

Michael Muldoon

Caught between 5.30 - 7.30am. in broken water just after turbulent runs. Tremendous fun - and besides the five, lost two, one of which was BIG! Take fly repellent or you may come back with anaemia.
7 June 3 Hare's Ear

12 noon two fish, 7pm other fish all on swing downstream.
5 June 1 Butcher

John Hoggard

Caught around 10.30pm in the deep pool at Llandetty.
5 June 2 Gold Head

Dave MacLean

Caught at the top of Llandetty, early evening.
5 June 5 Light Olive

All caught in broken water at upper end of salmon Pool. One even caught on the retrieve.
5 June 1 Iron Blue Dunn

John Hathaway

Trout very fickle today, tried more than 6 patterns before finding one that worked. Otherwise very quite all-round.
4 June 3 Coachman , Sherry Spinner

John Hathaway

Excellent sport with some good sized Browns very active. Two of the fisf caught let the fly pass them completely before snapping at them with aggression.
1 June 1 Water Boatman

What appeared to be slight rises along the far bank turned out to be substantial browns. Sic transit gloria  piscis.
1 June   Black Gnat

Spencer Johnson, Fairhope Al.

A lot of action below salmon pool, no takes. I'll be back.
1 June   Olive Nymph

Saw a number of fish lying up, looked like salmon. Several takes but no firm hookings. Limited hatch.
31 May   Black Spider, Olive Nymph

Water colour high, quite voluminous, several rises in the morning to Black Spider. Mayfly hatch changed to Olive Mayfly. No takes.
30 May 6 March Brown Nymph, GRHE

Dr Dyer-Smith & Mrs Richardson.
28 May 13 as below

C.Menz, B. Douglas-Dale, Duncan McLaren

A lot of Mayfly between 3-5pm. Showers all day.
27 May 10 Iron Blue, Williams

C.Menz, B. Douglas-Dale, Duncan McLaren

Fish from 8-16 oz, sunny and breezy.
27 May 6 Klinkhammer & Grey Wulff

Ray Kuramotie

All returned
27 May 4 Humpy, Wulff

Peter Tyjas
27 May 4 Usk Grub, Greenwell's Nymph

Charles Morton

All returned.
26 May 8 GRHE

P.Carruthers

All returned
26 May 5 Green Duster & GRHE

Arran Shaw

Warm but no sun, all returned.
26 May 5 PMX

Overcast
26 May 1 Gold Head Nymph

All fish returned.
25 May 9 Crippler

Colin McPherson

Had 5 at Llandetty in the am, 4 more below the hotel pm. All returned.
25 May 6 Gold Head

Dennis Rees & Jimmy devoy
24 May 4 Weighted Nymph

Neil McPherson
24 May 4  

John McPherson
24 May 11  

Colin McPherson

One fish of around 3lbs, all returned.
24 May 4 Gold Head

Dennis Rees & Jimmy Devoy

Sunny
23 May 3 & 1 salmon Parr Gold Head Hare's Ear, Mayfly

Graham Rowbotham & Jimmy Devoy

All released on wife's orders.
22 May 1 Grey Duster

Mark Donet
22 May 2 Gold Head Daddy

Jan Van der Heiden
22 May 2 GRHE

Tim Coles & Richard Walker
22 May 1 Gold Head Hare's Ear

Graham Rowbatham
22 May 1 Yellow Klinkhammer

Powell

Bright day
21 May 2 GRHE

Downstream takes, 1830-1900hrs. Not much rising.
9 May 1 (12lbs?) Usk grub

Nick Brabner

Very fresh fish, (sea lice). Swum away strongly.
8 May 3 Greenwell's Spider

All caught downstream, very quick takes, several fish lost.
8 May 1 (8lbs?)  

Mimi Knapp

Caught while fishing for trout with light tackle. 25 minute fight.
8 May 1 Invicta

Jason Clark
7 May 1 Gold Head

Jason Clark

Caught around 3pm
7 May 7 Gold Head & Greenwell's Spider

Brian Kirkwood

3 caught between 10 & 1 on Goldhead , deep. 4 caught between 2 & 4.30, large hatch of small olives at 3ish
2 May 1 Gold Head HE

Duncan Rush

Hazy day with cold breeze from midday.
1 May 1 Gold Head HE

Toby Frears
1 May 4 Greenwell's', Gold Head HE

Jonathan Chippindale

Flies - smaller the better.
1 May 3 Greenwell's, Dark Olive

Duncan Rush

Nice lunch time rise, very small dries.
28 April 1 Hare's Ear Nymph

Guy Phllips

Small fighting fish, a real treat, great reminder of the fun of fishing
22 April 2 Green Nymph

Peter Withinshaw

Lovely bright fish
22 April 1 GRHE

A. Shaw

First of the year, lovely fish.
17 April 1 March Brown

Anne Slade

Fish returned
16 April 4 Med & Lg dark olive

G. Lee

Good hatch of LD Olives all the time I was on the river. Stopped about 4.00pm
15 April 2 M.O. Nymph & Med Olive

G. Lee

Steady hatch of large olives from about 12.30-4.00pm.
14 April 1 Med Olive

G. Lee

A few fish rising to a hatch of olives.
11 April 1 14 adams

Neil Lloyd

Short rise to hatch of lg dark olives at noon. One caught one lost.
8 April 2 Gold head

Calum Marshall

Good day's fishing with Jimmy.
6 April 1 GRHE Veregated

David Mee

Caught at 10.30, 5 mins after starting, no more takes. Excellent fight. Sporadic hatches from 3pm.
3 April 1 LRHE dry

Chris Kinrella

Lost a salmon on the salmon pool.
2 April 1 GRHE Nymph

Hooked a kelt and smashed rod. Such is life. Few LD olives coming off. Water clear.
30 March 1 Gold Head HE Nymph

Nick Dover

Lovely wild fish, returned. Downstream, wet fishing. Good hatch of large dark olives, few rises though. River very clear.
17 March 1 Silver Stoat

R Minter-Kemp
14 March 1 (10lbs) GRHE Nymph

Chris Lacey

Kelt on trout tackle - 20 minute fight.
11 March 1 Taff's Emerger

Gavin Whyte

Rising all day. Cold but sunny.
7 March 2 Klinkhammer & March Brown

Greg Davies

Cold, sunny & Hailstones!!! Short rise, about 30 mins at 1.30.
3 March     Season opens


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