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River at 0.62m. Hammered down with rain all day. Quite a few uprights hatching including Mayfly, Yellow May Dun, Light Olive and Blue Dun. Trout were taking the latter and a 2lb+ brownie obliged by taking a dry Blue Quill and fought like a demon. Highlight of the day, however, was when an otter popped its head up and gazed at both of us on Rock pool. Left with river rising and colouring.

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The river was perfect! 8 on the gauge, a little colour. Overcast, pressure rising. I arrived at about one and fished until 6. It's beautiful to be out on the river. A few olives hatching here and there. All the signs that we are well into spring. Orange tip butterflies, bluebells and wild garlic. Sadly no fish for me. Perhaps just too busy enjoying nature!

This is a lovely beat and has some really good looking sections. Fishing was tough however, with the river low and clear. Little hatching throughout the day and only a handful of fish were rising sporadically. Managed 5 trout (biggest about 14") and one suicidal salmon smolt that took a DHE just as it started to drag at the end of a drift.

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Lovely sunny day - but no fish.

Lots of water, so wading out of the question downstream. However, upstream, had great fun 3 rods caught 6 between us. Also some trout parr under the bridge. Lovely stretch of river.

6 Trout

One small brown trout caught and released. No salmon seen. Water was gin clear and very low.

1 Trout

First visit to an interesting and contrasting beat below and above Chainbridge, plus tempting Inn on the river. Wind direction ensured I had more tangles than usual and seemed to limited surface activity despite warm bright day and sporadic hatches. My Lunns Particular persuaded several wbt to surface but I missed the bigger ones and had to settle for lesser specimens promptly returned. Didn't manage to cover the whole beat so I shall look forward to returning to the convenient parking space beside the bridge to complete the task.

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The river looked lovely. There was a strong cold wind which may have kept the fish down. When I arrived there were grannom on the wing, and a hatch was under way. I saw 5 rising fish, but failed to entice any of them. The hatch ended and there was no sign of fish. I kept on my dry fly on, as I was keen to try and catch a rising fish. At about 3pm the grannom started hatching off again, and a few trout started rising, but once again they ignored my offerings. A lovely day, though sad I never solved what the trout wanted.
This beat at this height of water ~ 10" on the Brecon gauge is a seriously deep wade. I had water to within inches of the top of my waders, and I'm a big lad. Worth noting if your planning to fish Chain Bridge.
No trout, but many questions !

Arrived at 10 a.m. with a hatch of olives all ready underway. March browns hatched at midday along with a huge hatch of grannom which went on for a couple of hours. Very few risers. Had pulls on olive, march brown nymphs and green sedge pupa at appropriate times but none landed except a runt of a salmon parr. A glorious warm and sunny spring day with temp nudging 70 degrees.

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Assisted David McP on trout using similar methods and flies as brought success on Monday and guess what, hardly a bite!! We both worked it hard for two tiddlers each. water about .55m as on Monday and weather almost same. Thats why we keep doing it!!!
Thanks for the hospitality David, I enjoyed your company. Lynn

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