I'm planning on making a trip to the welsh Dee tomorrow but read on the river updates section that the levels are low at the moment. Would that affect the trout and grayling fishing or has that just been posted for the salmon and sea trout anglers?

Also, if anyone knows the Llangollen waters could you let me know where might be a good spot for a relative beginner to try? Any advice on methods and flies would also be appreciated.

Cheers.

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Hi Mctrout,

I llive a few miles away and fish another river in the area, the Conwy. Yes river levels are low at the moment, but as you've rightly said that mainly affects the salmon fishermen (night sea trout fishing is still ok), it shouldn't affect trout or grayling though.

Hi', McTrout.
As Stuart rightly says, water levels are mainly of interest to sea trout and salmon anglers. Sea trout fishing by day is generally better when rivers have a good flow, and some of the slower salmon beats only fish well when the river is running at two foot and more above the summer zero level.
Little streams almost invariably fish best when carrying a nice clearing water, or a little colour, while the main effect in the larger rivers is to make them more difficult to cover. Low water in such rivers may concentrate fish in the pools and deeper flats and glides, and they will not be as widely spread out, generally.
Riffles may well be too shallow to attract fish during a hatch unless they have good holding gullies, pots, weedbeds etc.
Good luck with your fishing. TerryC

I was fishing the Maelor section on Tuesday and Wednesday, the grayling were very good. Apparently last Saturday was very good for trout, but the water had turned colder mid week which had inhibited the browns.

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Thanks y'all. I thought that was the case but wanted to check to make sure I wasn't making a wasted journey.
Good point about the distribution of fish in low water, I'll concentrate more on the glides and pools, cheers.

I expect that I'll be fishing across and down for the most part as my upstream fishing has been absolutely rubbish so far, I struggle to fully turn the fly over at short-medium range and also cant get my head around detecting takes when using this technique.

Your point about the riffles Terry - Why do they attract fish in normal conditions when there's a hatch? I'm aware that its a good idea to cover riffles but have no idea why. Do the fish feel safer there due to not being able to see out of the water properly (cover) or something?

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actually, I'm pretty sure its because the riffle is created by a submerged obstruction like a rock or something and therefor there is cover there.

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plus faster water is more oxygenated, and often a conveyor belt for food

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