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A few fish rising but nothing caught in 7 hours of fishing.

The day was downcast with frequent showers, however, still a warm day. No fish rising and no indication of any hatch.
Beautiful setting, although care must be taken due to wet and slippery bank - also lots of pot holes covered by grass and some rather difficult terrain on the opposite bank.
Casting was very difficult - great for short cast, but to get out over 15 meters, false cast will be hooked up either by trees or over grown shrubs (lost 5 flies, but did manage to find one hooked up on my boot).
Great location for tube fishing, more likely to find the fish; otherwise fish finder would be a great tool.
All in all had a great workout traversing around the muddy lake, throw back to my army days running up and down the Beacons.
No fish caught; would I fish there again? Most likely, especially either early morning or sun set when a hatch is happening close to the bank.

Two Brown trout caught on Red Diawl Bach.

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No fish killed.

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Tough. Hot and sunny, large reservoir. Tried all tactics to no avail. Nothing happening all day and most of the evening. We had lost the will to live by 8pm, knowing we were likely leaving an hour or two too early.

1 small brown trout on a buzzer nymph returned, very heavy rain and quite breezy. when I arrived i saw 5 Eastern Europeans fishing they was not using flies they were spinning I could not phone the emergency line as I didn't have a signal, they left after about 20 mins and 3 of them had bags that were full of fish. I know you cannot patrol 24/7 but on the last 4 times I have been fishing I have yet to see a ranger. Poaching is going to kill this Reservoir just like they killed Cantref.
WUF Note: This report has been passed to Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water. We hope that they will be able to step up ranger patrols at this reservoir.

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Lovely setting, weather overcast, light winds.
No fish caught. No fish rising, plenty of bites from mosquitos though!

Very difficult going. Not so much as a take.

A wet day - drifts of rain from light to heavy downpour blowing across the reservoir. Nothing moving during the heavy spells, early afternoon saw a better couple of hours and fish jumping. Managed 1 Rainbow of 1lb 12oz, 2 Browns around 1lb, 2 small browns returned, all on 'midge buzzer' types from the shallow north end of the reservoir.

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Caught three brown trout, two undersized and returned, one kept, 14 inch. There were foreign anglers there using non fly methods, did not see any bailiff. If this is happening then no wonder the fishing was hard going but an enjoyable day!

WUF note - This has now been reported to Welsh Water. Should anglers come across any poaching or suspicious fishing practices, please contact the NRW Emergency Incident Line on 0800 807060. Some areas such as the Brecon Beacons can prove testing for a mobile phone signal.

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