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Fishing Report -

A look back at the 2007 season by Cerith Booth

April -

Opening day was Sunday the 1st, and although not many anglers fish the Tywi at Llangadog this early, one local angler was rewarded for his early activity with a salmon on the opening day at the Road Bridge Pool. April on the whole was a dry month with settled conditions and although there were a few fish seen in Crewil Pool and down the Groins during the month, I have no reports of catches.

May -

This weather for May was very unsettled, with fluctuating river levels making night time fly fishing difficult. There were reports of fish being caught on all methods, with the worm in particular proving its worth during the small spates.

June –

This is the month that usually produces sea trout in good numbers, but because of the unsettled weather, catching the sea trout proved to be difficult on all methods especially at night on the fly. There were reports of fish showing at the Car Park Pool, Crewil Pool and down the Groins, and I also have a report of a double figure sea trout lost on the 9th down the Groins.

July –

The month started as June ended with the river in flood and this pattern continued throughout the month with the river not settling to summer level due to all the rain. July turned out to be a complete washout for night time fly fishing, with the best chances of catching a fish on a spinner or on a worm. The rain at the beginning of the month did bring a lot of fish up river from the lower beats, unfortunately due to the continued high water the fish moved through as quickly as they arrived. However there were reports of a number of fish caught during the month including a 15lb 5oz sea trout for local angler Cerith Booth on the 2nd to the worm, one of ten he caught during the week. Guest member Wyn Richards also reported good catches on a spinner during the first week.

August –

The month of August was much more settled with the river running at summer level or just above for most of the month. The night time fly fisherman welcomed this settled period at good catches were reported throughout the month. Guest member Andrew Holmes and his brother in law John caught 4 sea trout of 2lb, 4lb, 5lb and 7lb between them on the 11th down the Groins, and Andrew followed this up with another 2 sea trout of 4lb 8oz and 6lb 8oz the following week. There was also a report of a run of grilse during a small spate on the 15th with local angler Cerith Booth catching one of 7lb 8oz on the worm at the tail end of Crewil Pool.

September –

As the summer came to a close and the river Tywi welcomed in the autumn, reports of fish being caught slowly dried up. There were still sea trout around, and in between the coloured fish the odd nice fish was caught. Guest member Chris Morris catching a 5lb sea trout on the 21st on a spinner at the Churns.

October –

With the season ending on the 7th,October gives you little time to try and catch a salmon, and with no floods during the last week of September to push the salmon up-river it did indeed prove to be a disappointing end to the season. The season was extended to the 17th of October strictly catch and release, but I do not know how many anglers used this extension period and I have no reports of fish caught.

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