Feedback & Reports

1 Trout

Overcast day, slightly breezy, water cool for August after some rain in the last few days. Plenty of water. Just the most occasional fly coming off the water and almost no fish seen on the surface all day.

3 trout to hand, at least 3 more on and off, plus some other nice takes. All on weighted pheasant tail variants fished across and down or (on my very first outing with my new Euro nymph kit!) Euro nymphing!

Always interesting to see how the river has changed from season to season. The bottom end feels as fishy as ever all the way up - although there looked to be an otter / mink at the top of the "island' (too far away to see properly). Two fish from there in the morning. The bank is much eroded next to the field though, and there aren't as many ways down as there used to be!

Top end was full of fish with one landed and lots of is on and off, especially half way down the top run and then into the pool / bay by the outfall.

There middle of the beat is much changed with the appearance of a new pool (or certainly to my memory it seems new this season!). That looked fishy but despite a good take we had none landed there.

We noted the gate to the upstream car park couldn't be opened with the normal combination - perhaps just us?

3 Trout

Great day. River was high and coloured, with lots of fly life. Two on nymphs, one on the dry, three on the streamer. Strangely the fish weren’t interested in the hatches up top. Still enjoyed a super day.

6 Trout

No risers, caught on hares ear nymph under sedge dry.

2 Trout

10 Trout

Water very dirty - I suspect a problem at the Brecon sewage plant.

1 Trout

Both on nymphs, another tough day, very still, not much movement. Lower end of the beat has faster water and more takes.

2 Trout

Blank afternoon. Loads of bugs but no rises. Nymphs not working. Frustrating conditions

It should be made clear that there is a sewage treatment works at the top of this beat. If the wind is in the wrong direction, as it was in our case, the smell is overpowering. We could only last a few hours before it became too much and we left.

A cloudy day with occasional showers. The river was up a bit and coloured. Nymphs did the job today, especially a Walt's Worm variant and the Gasolina Perdigon. I fished until about 1430.

22 Trout