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The day was downcast with frequent showers, however, still a warm day. No fish rising and no indication of any hatch.
Beautiful setting, although care must be taken due to wet and slippery bank - also lots of pot holes covered by grass and some rather difficult terrain on the opposite bank.
Casting was very difficult - great for short cast, but to get out over 15 meters, false cast will be hooked up either by trees or over grown shrubs (lost 5 flies, but did manage to find one hooked up on my boot).
Great location for tube fishing, more likely to find the fish; otherwise fish finder would be a great tool.
All in all had a great workout traversing around the muddy lake, throw back to my army days running up and down the Beacons.
No fish caught; would I fish there again? Most likely, especially either early morning or sun set when a hatch is happening close to the bank.

Hard going today with just the one chub.

1 Chub

2 fish caught, 1 at 6 inches and a larger fish at 10inches on a dark-winged deer hair sedge type fly and a sedgehog respectively. Plenty of bibio flies in evidence round the margins. I had quite a bit of interest but my timing was off.
The day started still and damp and gradually became sunny with a strengthening breeze. Both fish caught on the western side of the Llyn, where I also lost one estimated at around one pound. Grrrr.

2 Trout

Water was very clear. Only dry fly fishing, the fly of the day was a small klinkhammer with black body. The 5 largest trouts were about 14 inches or so. I fished from 10am till 5pm. Thank you Wye & Usk Foundation, especially to Allyson.

18 Trout

Thunderstorms prevented me from more than a token cast on this wonderful beat.

From Kerne Bridge to Marl Bed approx. 600 yards I saw only 2 swims that were anything like fishable, the rest is completely overgrown with no way of accessing the river. We eventually arrived at the area I guess is the marl bed..a big area of gravel which saved our day. As we made our way down to the river we noticed 2 big blacks of rubbish and cans strewn all over the area and what looked like where a fire had been. Had a tidy up as best we could but observed the tins of food etc had foreign writing on them so guessed the fishery had been visited by East Europeans? Other than this area to fish, I walked upstream another 2-300 yards and found only 1 other swim at a salmon croy where a ladder would be useful to get down safely to said swim. As suggested in my other report at Sugwas, some sort of work party would be beneficial as there are so much river that could be explored and enjoyed instead of just a limited number of spots. With regards to the fishing, my wife had her best day fishing the Wye for the last couple of years, 5 barbel up to 8lb. We also managed 5 other barbel and 5 chub on pellet boilies and cheese. A lovely stretch of water and surroundings with the friendliest swans I have ever seen, not bothered by us anglers at all. Definitely a place to revisit, hope my observations make a difference for others.

10 Barbel, 5 Chub

River was at 1'6" on gauge when I arrived at 10:30am and it was running clear. Had about 20 minutes fishing before the heavy showers arrived and decided to sit in the car until they cleared, which they did but by then the river was running chocolate brown so that was that for the day.

3 x 8 inches.

3 Trout

1 Barbel

Low water, spooky fish, a vicious downstream wind and a pair of otters chasing each other up and down the river all sound like excuses for not catching much today – but they probably all played a part!
Word to the wise: the island and concrete croy shown in the picture of the beat are at the bottom end of the beat, right at the tail of a very long, deep, impassable pool. Bushwhacking through thick willows and Himalayan balsam may be necessary!

3 Trout