Blog — clywedog trout fishery

When you fish Clywedog reservoir in early June, there is probably one thing on your mind - the Coch-y-bonddu beetle. When this beetle falls onto the water here, it really is something else ! People travel the length and breadth of the UK, to fish here in June, for this spectacle, and I was no different this time round. The first couple of days were windy, and there was very little sign of any beetles on the water. Armoured withy 3 rods, a floating line with a black beetle, and size 12 black daddy, another floating line, with a fab...