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A good many fish showing along the stretch, but particularly in Vanstone. Hooked a good fish in the Dog Hole, unfortunately the hook pulled after some 5 minutes, and then hooked another smaller fish by the Stones, which again the hook pulled. Very frustrating!

Slightly coloured salmon of about 15lb from Maddox at about 9.00 am on a Cascade. Fished till 6 pm, but no other takes. Saw a lot of fish in Vanstone and several of the upper pools - mostly a bit coloured, but the odd fresh looking one.
The access to the upper pools has vastly improved since I last fished this beat in 2013 - well done WUF!

1 Salmon

This is the lowest I have seen Ty Newydd. Made it far less intimidating to traverse! Warm, cloudy day with plenty of flies hatching. Mainly upwings, some sedge and the odd yellow may. Didn't really get the fish rising though. Caught 4 wbt all 10"-12", two on nymphs and two on dries.
Several salmon making hefty splashes in the pool above the hut late afternoon. Wonderful sight. Need to review my tactics on the next visit.

4 Trout

6 x trout 6-9 inches, various dries. Fish seemed strangely spooky on my way up the stream this afternoon. Quite a few refusals. I was struggling, perhaps because of the low water conditions, or so I thought, and then I saw a fresh footprint in bank-side mud. Now I know for sure, since reading catch returns - JL from Bristol had done it just ahead of me and good luck to him!

6 Trout

Just a few hours, 2 wbt 6/8inches both on blonde Wulf. Tricky casting, lots of twists and turns in the lower section and getting quite a canopy. Pulled off before the upper stretch.

2 Trout

One 12" brown trout caught and released. Plenty of activity. Dry fly. River conditions perfect. Beautiful specimen. Will definitely be coming again.

1 Trout

Most fish between 8" and 10" although a couple smaller and a couple larger at around 12", all to Adams. The river was very low and very clear so the going was quite tough in the morning. The fishing definitely improved in the second half of the beat where there were deeper pools with faster flows. It also wamed up in the afternoon and the wind dropped, so the weather helped.

14 Trout

15 trout 6-10inches to a para adams. Wonderful bit of river and probably the best days fly fishing I have had. Abundance of life along this river and probably the most agressive trout I've come across. Will definitely be back to this beat at some point.

15 Trout

13lb fairly fresh cock fish taken on a small Toby.

1 Salmon

Fished 11am through till 3pm, then had to leave for a meeting in Brecon. Very much an exploratory visit, and I thought that I would blank until, quite suddenly fish started to feed at just after 1pm. There had been fly (including a few Mays) before then, but no rising fish. However the very low water made them easily spooked and I put most down at the first attempt. A size 14 dark olive fooled 3, each about 10". The rise stopped as suddenly as it had begun, just after 2pm. A very nice beat, though campers might be a problem at the top end.

3 Trout