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Difficult fishing in hot sunny conditions. River running low and clear. Spooky fish, some which looked very large. Very sporadic rises, didn't manage to tempt any of them. Few flies, difficult to tell what the trout were rising to.

4 Trout

8 Trout

3 Trout

Levels even lower than yesterday. Sun even brighter. Virtually nothing showing until dusk. 3 anglers. 3 small trout

3 Trout

Very bright day with lots of fly life but nothing rising until very late. 1 fish on dry mayfly , returned. . Matters not helped by kids swimming in the river .

1 Trout

Tough weather conditions with river I would imagine at summer low levels. Managed two small brown trout. Olive pattern and emerger.
Stunning piece of water, left bank upstream of the bridge. Would definitely pay another visit.

2 Trout

4 Trout

Another hot, sunny day in Talybont-on-usk which was great for everyone except those who want to catch a fish. No activity and nothing caught. Still a lovely place to be. Stayed the night at the YHA.

My first time at Dan Y Parc - a long beat with some great flats dry fly water. Late May, still, warm - should be perfect conditions? It was a bit sunny but after 7pm this mattered less. So yes, it felt like the fishing gods had decreed today would be a good day. But it was not to be . Fish were rising and in range. But I just couldn't work out what they were taking. Parachute Adams, olive emergers, sedges, olive dries, mayflies. All ignored. The very still air did mean the surface of the (low) river was glass-like and very unforgiving of flylines and leaders. Never felt so humbled. But it felt good to be on the bank of a great beat and pitting my wits against rising trout. Turns out they had the wits...