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Weather cloudy and temperature 18 deg C water .7m and steady, clearing from a beer colour. Looked good for salmon and so it proved, landing a 5lb grilse cock fish at about 11.45 from the stump opposite pub. Fish taken on single hook black FC with gold blade. Hook detached easily and fish returned safely.
No other fish seen up to 2pm when we had to leave. Sadly John Lewis fished hard for 3 hrs with no result. He deserves one for his efforts but has not had any luck landing fish hooked, some of decent size.
Left the water to SM with the hope he does well this afternoon.

1 Salmon

Arrived at mid day buoyed by news of L.T's morning success. River again perfect. Fished for a couple of hours below the bridge but no sign of salmo salar. Just one 8 oz trout took exception to the Reverend Mole and almost made the double handler waggle. Moved up to Rock and by the second time time down Groundhog Day sprung to mind after the previous blanks in perfect conditions.
Was just considering calling it a day when felt a strong pull by fallen tree. After 2 minutes a strong fish ended up directly below me and angry head-shaking dislodged the hook.. Returned to the upper platform to start again when a fish approx 5lbs showed above me.
Decided to leg it up to Upper Rock to see if the fish would stop there. Got a take after a few minutes and after a lively 10 mins landed a colouring 12 lb cock fish which swam off strongly on release. No action for days then an electric couple of hours. That's salmon fishing!

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Fishing by 7.30 a.m. after an early start. Greeted by a resident showing on Rock. River in a word - perfect. Worked very hard with the double handed but not a fish seen. Very surprising. More rain and some big tides needed ?

Water coloured and about .71m when I arrived. Decided spinner better than fly. John Lewis had arrived earlier and had no luck before lunch spinning with red and gold fc. He returned to the car at the lodge and decided to have one lat try, changing to a yellow and gold fc. Bingo, an immediate take and he's into an 8 lb fish which immediately jumped and detached.
I persevered with red and gold and fished the rock with SM. No luck there, so SM moved to below the bridge. I followed half an hour later and changed to a black and gold fc. This produced an immediate take behind the large boulder midstream.
SM obliged by landing a surprise sea trout of around 3lb. Only the third such fish I have caught on this beat in 20 years. Thanks Stuart.
The river began to rise and colour up so I did some trout casting with Charles Rouse before leaving at 8pm. Water beyond .8m at that point.

1 Sea Trout

Arrived at 7am with 0.76m on the gauge and the river heavily coloured but just fishable. Quiet at first but saw a few fish show at pub decking and cables. River clearer and had dropped 5cm at lunchtime. Unusually no fish seen at Rock all day. River picked up a little more colour by the evening as a result of more rain at Brecon. Had very enjoyable afternoon in L.T's company and was pleased to net a sealiced 3lb sea trout for him. River should fish well tomorrow.

Thought I might be in luck, but alas saw no fish. Lovely water, will be back.

Fly fishing for salmon. Very little flow to move fly properly. 3 salmon seen, but nothing moved to fly.

3 Trout

I fished this delightful beat between 4 and 6.30 pm. I fished dry, mainly Adams and Sedge, but the anticipated rise never really materialised. It was a lovely stretch of river however and I will certainly return.

River dropped to 0.58m overnight but still carrying nice tint. A couple of fish moving on Rock. Saw a fish rush from under the rock to chase S.B.'s fly but turned away at last minute. A couple of shows at the pub. Fished for 8 hrs. Just one good pull each of indeterminate origin.

Whilst no salmon were caught several were seen running up stream. Fished both fly and spin. Water level relatively high and coloured from recent rain. Overall an excellent experience.