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River a few inches lower than yesterday and less coloured, fancied my chances but no fish, but was lucky enough to find SMS as he was playing a strong fresh fish in the upper Heirag. Lucky really as I thought I had lost my wallet somewhere and he kindly lent me some petrol money to get home! It turns out it was on my Kitchen Table> Idiot.

Success! After what seems hundreds of man hours, I'm happy to say I'm off the mark. First Salmon on the fly. I thought it was about 12lb, but at 34 inches maybe slightly heavier. No lice and very slightly coloured, dropped the fly in the net and swam away strongly.
Just under 2 ft on the Gauge and coloured, taken in the Cottage Pool on a Large Double Cascade tied by the one and only Jean Williams of Sweet's Tackle Shop in Usk. Bless you Jean!
Still an awful lot to learn, but nice to get some reward for my efforts, hopefully the first of many.

1 Salmon

Flogged the water from 6am till about 4pm with no Salmon seen, hopefully the rain of the next few days will change that.
Got the dry fly rod out for the last hour and took 3 trout to half a pound on yellow Mayfly Duns.

3 Trout

Blank.

Conditions pretty much perfect, but no fish caught. Many thanks to Simon for his help, need all the help I can get!

Was hoping to find a bigger river but not to be. No fish seen.
But at present, it's all about learning and I did that, a lot more confident with a Salmon Rod after a long day. Walked both banks and fished Upper Llanstephen, so crawled to the car, my bad knee screaming at me!

4 Trout

The river was quite low and the weather was cloudy with occasional sun and slightly colder than it has been. Arrived around lunch time and almost immediately hooked a small fish on a weighted nymph which I lost at the net. There were small sporadic hatches and some surface activity. Managed to catch one trout on a dry which was very rewarding. A better angler than we would, I suspect have caught much more. The final massive tangle of the day prompted my exit at around 6pm. Great value. (I've recorded 2 trout but that latter one looked suspiciously silvery with very few spots. a quick Google back at home suggested a smolt?)

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Saturday proved to be a good day despite the varying weather, not many hatches were showing but fish were rolling under the surface. Czech and standard over and across proved to be the best methods. The fish were holding deep. In Total 4 trout were taken with one being decent size 1.5lbs and a Grayling approx 9"taken on a gold bead head nymph. Lovely beat with very deep pools for holding salmon however known were seen.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Cold NE wind. No sun. Bleak. Little fly hatching. Very few rises. Nymphs failed to work,but got 3 trout on Bastard Adams, dry. 10"and 11". Stayed at Three Wells Hotel, Bach Howey. Very isolated and quiet.

3 Trout