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I didn't catch anything or see a fish all day. I got the feeling that the beat is not terribly well looked after - the path down to the beat was overgrown and the walkway, which is referred to in the beat publicity, is in need of considerable repair. There was also very little detail on the beat map as to where to fish, where the lies and "hotspots" were etc. The other thing that did not please me was that there were a number of other people fishing the beat with their spinning rods!! I feel pretty confident they hadn't paid their £35.00 for the privilege!!All in all, not a great day.

WUF note - There has been an increase in poaching effort in this area recently so please ring the office immediately on seeing anything suspicious.

No Salmon although one good fish lost, snapped flyline leader. 2 Brownies to Salmon Lures 12oz & 1lbs both returned.
Meeting another vehicle halfway down the track to the parking would be interesting!

Caught 1 small sightly coloured salmon and lost another around the same size (about 5 pounds) when reaching for disgourger. All salmon caught on CD7 brown trout. Saw a few salmon moving through the beat just above the island later in the evening. About 7 - 8 small browns rangng from 7 - 10 inches caught and 1 larger brown of about 2 pounds caught on CD5 rainbow trout.
All fish caught were released. Very nice beat with varying water and easy access. Booked through the evening tickets scheme.

Very nearly didn't bother when I initially saw the state of the river; high and coloured like a strong builders brew. Having travelled hundereds of miles I decided to stick it out and was rewarded with about 20 nice brownies up to 1lb in horrible and difficult conditions. All on heavy nymphs, not a single fish rose. The river here is deep and unwadable in parts. An interesting beat but I'm not sure it justifies a hefty price tag, nor the claim that the average fish is 1lb!!

On a seperate note I witnessed a nasty mink on the far bank decimating the nest of Sand Martins. It killed three chicks in 1 hour! Also saw a guy on the far bank with a spinning rod who looked as though he was about to start fishing until he saw me.

No salmon seen or caught.Very little trout activity either.

I found this beat a bit intimidating, lots of very high vegetation, fastwater and some very high banks. Not a beat for a novice. I caught 2 small browns on 16 mayfly patten.
I missed 3 or 4 what looked to be good fish. I think this is a beat for the experienced fisherman, otherwise go with a friend to be safe.

No salmon caught or seen. However one sea trout approx. 1lb caught on a Silver Wilkinson. The river was settling in to very good condition by the time I left at 7pm.
During the day I observed two men spinning illegally from the left bank just above the Glan-y-Cafn stretch; one of them looked like an opportunist poacher type and the other was wearing waders and had proper equipment. When he saw me sitting on the bank opposite him he moved off downstream, to the next beat below.
WUF Note: Please report any illegal activity to the EA on their incident number: 0800 80 70 60

Filthy day, fished for a couple of hours, 4 browns caught, all returned.

Fished one rod in the end and caught 7 WBT, all on pheasant tail nymph and all at the top end of the beat. Things went very quiet after around 3pm. All fish under 3/4 pound but lost a couple of better fish. Saw a fresh dead salmon half eaten by (probably) an otter. Looks to be good fly water for salmon in the right conditions. In over summer flows wading the bottom end (best dry fly water) is a very deep wade!
Will fish this beat again.

River high, flowing very fast and murky. Heavy rain! Good conditions for a first timer!!!! Only waded knee deep as I was a bit intimidated by the speed and height of the water. Fished for three hours but ...... caught a small brownie of 6 inches on a olive nymph and another about nine inches on an Adams dry. Both returned. So all in all had a great time.
Thanks W&U Foundation.