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River very low and bank had dense vegetation. Only fished for about an hour down stream from the bridge and had 1 small OOS trout on nymph.
Saw a chap in waders whilst returning to the bridge and thought I had some competition - then his mate appeared! Not anglers but Welsh Water surveyors doing river flow measurements. Said the river was in drought and serious rain was needed this winter.

1 Trout

Good flow of water in river after recent rain. No rises, one small grayling taken on a hare's ear nymph.

1 Grayling

Fished from midday until 5pm, walking river from downstream end to top of beat. Very few fish rising and all but one caught on gold head nymph fished under various dries New Zealand style. Water at good level and cooling down after rain. 8 brown trout, one at 1lb 9oz and another at 13oz, remainder between 6 and 10 inches. Two taken.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very few rising fish. Grayling - when located were quite obliging. Smallest fish was half a pound. Biggest a pound and a half. Trout in 8-12" class. All caught on small goldhead.

6 Trout, 6 Grayling

River very low. We gave up salmon fishing and turned are attention to trout at the end of this beat. This beat really does have some potential to be a nice place to fish. The thing that spoils it for both myself and fellow rods is the canoeists. It's all very well us fisherman having rules to address canoeists by, and rightly so, but who educates them. Everyone paddled right through the pools and infact my father in law who is a little hard of hearing nearly got mowed down by one lady cannoeists whilst he was trout fishing. The chap is 6 foot 3 with a beacon of white hair so not sure how she managed that.
We enjoyed catching the fingerlings on pheasant tails but called it a day after about 3hours.

3 Trout

Challenging but enjoyable fishing. River low in places and very bright - combined with the first chilling of autumn provided few rising fish. Would recommend fishing the lower section later in the day where sun falls and there is more fly life.
We recorded six cormorants feeding in the middle section.
Quite stunningly beautiful scenery in which to fish - one of the country's gems. Other river users, walkers etc, very polite and considerate.

1 Grayling

2 Trout

The river was so low that you could see most of the river bed at the end peg up from the railway piers. Unable to lug my gear up to the top of the beat for deeper water, I gave it a couple of hours before moving off for pastures new.

Water was coloured and river in spate after overnight rain so I gave up after an hour. Transferred to Claerwen Reservoir instead and caught three pristine wild brownies!

The Gods were against us. The coldest morning of the year (3 degrees) and pouring with rain. We walked the walk but didnt talk the talk. When we arrived at the swims, exhausted, we knew there were fish there because a Cormorant was busy eating them right in front of us. DC junior lost two Barbel on the snags and caught a 5 pounder on the last cast of the day. I caught an 8 pounder from my only bite of the day.

2 Barbel