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A wonderful day; both warm and sunny and the river lived up to its name, as it was 'abounding in fish'! Unfortunately we didn't catch any! We could not figure out what they were taking. We both tried every fly known to man, and even some fairly heavy handed casting didn't dissuade them.
There are a few lovely pools where one would expect to see salmon, but there were none in evidence.

Water low and clear. Very few fish rising. Some fly activity mid afternoon otherwise very quiet. Three small fish taken during the afternoon on wet fly (march brown) fishing downstream in wide run towards top of beat.

3 Trout

Nice water, only sporadic rises so went to nymphing. Missed at least a dozen on PTN, these wild trout are quicker than I am! Picked up 3 on dry around 8.45pm. All fish around 6".

3 Trout

We went for the evening rise but unfortunately the temperature dropped quickly after a perfectly clear day and the hatch and rise were brief. A few fish were showing but the action was not what the day had promised and we finished the evening with just a couple of fish. The river level was 6in on the Brecon cam, the water was gin clear, and the scenery spectacular. Next time...

2 Trout

Lovely beat and better weather. Caught 6 trout to 1lb. I caught 5 to 1lb, my friend who fishes a lot only managed one. But that is fishing. All fish were caught on nymph, very little surface activity.

6 Trout

4 Trout to nymph and three to dry fly. Little surface activity other than the three fish caught on dry fly. I only saw another couple of rises all day. All fish returned.

7 Trout

Rain, Rain and more rain. This coupled with the wind didnt help matters. Unfortunately no fish caught and no rises, this is the second time I have been here, the first time was a washout, I doubt I will be returning.
Access to the river is quite hard especially when the water is slightly coloured as you cannot see the bottom and are unsure how deep it is in places, approx halfway upstream there is a barbed wire fence which cannot be crossed the only solution is to drop into the water from a very steep slippery bank. This may need rectifying

Rained all day and very windy so the hatch was minimal. Mainly exploring with nymph, but little success except 2 small trout.

2 Trout

Not much in the way of fly hatching so on went the goldhead PT, size 14 fished upstream. Fourteen mainly smaller fish were caught, with another five around the 8-10" and one beauty of 16"(two pounds?). Heavy morning rainstorms coloured the river a little in the afternoon, and the river entering from Talybont had a strong sewage smell. Overall an interesting beat with some very large fish spotted.

20 Trout

A lovely beat, this one. One of the best three I imagine. A poor day though. It rained solidly and the water was very high and coloured. Not safe to venture in, in most parts! No sign of salmon, but trout started rising mid afternoon. Some mayfly in still in evidence.