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Blank. Little fly-life, one fish seen, no feeding activity. Disappointing.

With a forecast of further rain I arrived at this beat for a 7am start. Access to the river here is very easy and even after some overnight rain it was possible to get the car to the fishing hut on the lower beat.

The river was running at a good level and had some colour. It was just a case of how much fishing I could got in before the gathering clouds brought further rain and tipped the balance.

I fished a pair of nymphs French style to start with and after 2 or 3 drifts I had my 1st WBT to hand. The fish being a modest 1/2lb but it gave me the encouragement that the chosen method was appropriate. 6 more WBT were taken and some lost using this method over the next couple of hours, the pick being a hard fighting fish of a touch over a 1lb. All fish were returned to the river safely.

The heavy rain did arrive shortly after 11am and lasted about an hour. I continued fishing during the downpour until I was soaked through. I was feeling rather damp so I decided to pack up on the lower beat and get some lunch - the Fish & Chip shop in Crickhowell providing a hearty meal that this hungry angler had to close the box on with a good portion of chips remaining.

Access to the upper beat was again very good but unfortunately the extra water in the river had coloured it badly. A strong downstream wind had also developed and after about an hour and a half's unsuccesful fishing it was time to call it a day.

A great beat but it was just a shame I wasn't able to get the most out of it on the day.

7 - 8 fish including a couple of salmon parr and a 1.5lb chub. Best trout was around 1 lb but lost a couple of much larger ones. All caught on a flash back nymph strung under a dry sedge. Cool with a strong downstream breeze. Few rising fish and no evening rise although there were a few medium sedges about.

10 x trout 6 -13 inches. Mostly small fish on various dries and spiders. A very hot, bright and difficult day with the water now extremely low. Spent some of the afternoon trying unsuccessfully to stalk chub on the shallows.

My own resolution while the weather stays like this is to concentrate on the late evenings on the main rivers, and spend the days on the shady small streams, some of which are fishing extremely well at the moment.

Very low water, 3 small fish 8inches or so 1 to klinkhammer 2 to nymph under indicator fished in very fast water as it came over stones and pushed in to near bank. If you want a very good B.B Park Place Guest House tel 01873 810878 is right on the river at Crickhowell.

Bright day but with a cold wind. Very little signs of rising fish. Not a great deal of fly life. Nothing caught.

An enjoyable day at Dan-y-Parc on Monday. A heavy grannom hatch in the morning left us scratching our heads as we failed to trouble the scorers, but in the afternoon the olives started and fish were still rising to them as we packed to leave for home at 6.30pm. In total 6 superbly conditioned trout fell to a jingler, with many more missed due to poorly timed strikes. All were over 1lb with the best more than 2lb. Great fishing on a fabulous beat.

1 no Brown trout – 12in – returned