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Bright sunny day with just a few little clouds. Wind about 3Bft SE. I fished from the west bank and started with a wet and a buzzer under a strike indicator made out of yarn. I saw fish rising but beyond casting reach for me. I kept casting in the direction of the rises but I was about 30 feet short. When I noticed that trout was attacking my strike indicator, I changed to a bushy black dry and I got one serious strike, wich I managed to miss because I tried to set the hook by lifting the rod in stead of striking it with my fly line in the water and keeping contact that way. So, I didn’t land any fish, but I had a great day casting and one big adrenaline rush from a violent strike and all that in a stunning scenery.

(NB 11th June not my booking.) An enjoyable day between the showers , little fly life showing , only a couple of fish rose .
Hard going, however my fishing partner took 3 good WBT 12-14 inches.
Will be back

3 Trout

Great fishing as always but have heard of several instances of poaching at Talybont. Have found thick mono on the banks in a couple of locations which would suggest either night lines being set up or people spinning/worming. Always keep an eye out when I’m up there but might be worth asking NRW to also look into it but aware they are very under resourced.

8 Trout

Conditions great this morning. Cloud cover and rain and wind :) small lures with a Intermediate polly tip on a floater with 6ft of tipped 5lb. Slow Retrieve! 6 fish landed and all returned, C&R

6 Trout

1 lb lovely brownie. A few other small trout jumping. Lovely evening.

1 Trout

No fish caught - only fished for an hour before being blown off the reservoir by really strong winds and heavy rain, bit of waste of time and mis-spent funds. Not clear why in the case of Talybont why the Wye & Usk charge 30% of the fee as an admin cost (booking fee)... If this is just to raise money for W&U then just say so versus passing this off as a booking/admin fee which has been out ruled in most organisations. Instead of book fee call it W&U funding contribution, I'd be happy with that.
WUF Note: The Fishing Passport is non-profit making and any fees are to cover the costs of running a booking office, credit card charges, website etc. They are not a Wye & Usk Foundation funding contribution.

Fantastic scenery but no fish this time. Will be back.

Weather overnight changed so poor conditions in the morning. After lunch improved a little but wasn’t until late in afternoon saw several fish rising. No luck but easy to get too and pleasant day fishing.

No fish again. It's me not the Reservoir.

Fished 11am to 4pm, with traditional wets and dries, really hard going with the weather so hot and bright, and not quite enough wind. The odd fish showing, but no significant hatch to talk of. Still, a lovely place to blank and get sunburnt, will give it another shot sometime, hoping for more cloud and a bit of a chop.