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Fished the runs through Merthyr Town. Very urban part of the river but plenty of wild fish to nymphs and dry fly up to 2 1/2lb.

High amount of different flies rising. Not one trout seen even mooching along several miles of fishing. Very disappointing.

With Pontsticill reservoir over flowing now is the time to fish our upper Taff beats. The Taf Fechan fishes well on downstream wets when the reservoir is over flowing. Use small flies 16 or below.

There is not enough information given to get the best out of this stretch of water. We fished the Merthyr stretch first which is littered with rubbish and caught two small wbt. This is not the usual pristine river you would associate with the Wye and Usk Foundation. Then we tried to find access roads to the rural beats without success. Overall this was a disappointing day.
I would urge anyone thinking about fishing this water to wait until there is more detailed information available regarding access to the upper beats.

2 Trout

Arrived lunchtime and fished from Cefn Coed up to Pont Sarnarn. Hot and sunny, low flow in the river. Small fish spotted and some bigger ones in inaccessible spots. Nothing rising but persevered with dry fly and mid afternoon found a pod of risers. Caught 3, biggest 10 inches on something small and black. Lovely day in beautiful surroundings. Note: Poentsarn inn pub has been closed for some time and a hot walk in waders to the red cow in Pontiscill. First time using online booking and found it very easy.

3 Trout

Fished the Taf Fechan. A lovely little stream high up in the mountains, full of Brook Dunns and Large Dark Olives. Managed to catch well over 3 dozen small fish ranging from 4 inches up to 8 inches. Great fun on a single dry fly picking pockets and runs.

36 Trout

Wild fish, most 8-10", best 14" on dry fly olives/upwings.
Warmish day, river quite low, upwings about all day in modest numbers but no major hatch so sporadic rising.

10 Trout

Fished the stretch through Merthyr Town from Rhydycar up to Brecon Road with a friend today. Strong winds but lots of LDO's and Brook Dunns on the water with trout feeding happily. Caught several fish each, all on dry fly patterns up to 2lb. All the fish were wild (No stockies).

12 Trout

I made the mistake of booking a days fishing without taking time to familiarise myself with the river and therefore did not get the most of the day.
With so much river to choose from, I did not know where to start and finding where to start was the real problem. There seemed to be only 3-4 places where you could access the river and I failed to find a spot where I felt able to "set off from". I realise this is my own fault and would welcome suggestions from anglers more used to this beat.
The bits of water I did see were clear, although sadly lots of litter and abandoned bikes etc as previously mentioned.
Some small fish seemed to be feeding happily in the sunny conditions, but this was on the edge of a trading estate, so I gave that spot a miss.
For the price and with the knowledge, this could represent some great value fun fishing.

A few small wild fish and FAR too many stock fish. Lots of evidence of poaching and pollution. Quite dissapointing.

30 Trout