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The river level was still quite high and slightly coloured due to rain the night before but was fining off during the day. Managed to catch 7 fish, all good sizes 1/2lb plus - with one over 1 lb.
Weather was good - sunny with some cloud cover and the air temperature was about 14 degrees C.

Sadly no fishing as the water was too fast, full and dirty...another time maybe !

Sadly I couldn't choose the day of my visit to the Lyepole beat as I had to fit it around work. The weather was beautiful but unfortunately the river was very high and coloured. Wading was unsafe and the fishing was impossible. Tried everything but a nil return. Still beats work though! A good hatch of olives late on but only I could see them!

No Salmon caught but three clearly seen close to both banks (one being less than 20 feet away and 4 feet from bank) on The Maddox and Corner Tree and another on The Electric Lines. A dry day in the middle of many wet ones with bright conditions and a level river (rising slowly in evening). One Sea Trout caught & returned (end of Maddox).
Left bank access was V difficult but otherwise a wonderful 12 hours thrashing the river to a foam :-)
Thanks to all at WUF.

WUF note: This was when the river was running around 4ft above summer level. At anything below 2ft on the Fownhope gauge a stone walkway is visible that provides easy access to the left bank of all the lower pools.

Fished for 1.5hrs in afternoon catching a 8lb colouring hen from very tail of Gravel Catch on a size 6 Bann shrimp. Saw 2 others running through. River 2ft 3" and 3ft visibility with a bit of Ithon water coming down.

Lovely day on a new beat to me - plenty of fish up to a pound and a quarter or so but some interesting wading :)
Thanks WUF!!!!

River running very high and strong but a great days fishing on this beat. 7 trout caught to about 11" all on a dry adams fished in the slower sections. Some great sport in the lower beat under the trees, very tricky wading though!! Plenty of fish rising, just hard getting in a position to cast to them. Quality beat.

The river looked a perfect height - to me at least - so persisted with continuous optimism. Having said that, no fish seen or caught.

Rainy start to the day but cleared a bit by mid morning, level showing 1'4" on the brecon gauge. Returned 2 browns both about 11" taken on an olive paradun during one of the sporadic hatches about halfway down the beat. Rain started again late afternoon so headed home. Lovely stretch of river.

15 trout caught by JR, 10 were around 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound. 2 grayling, one a fine grayling of 2 pounds plus.
TR 4 trout around 1/2 to 3/4 with the largest 1 pound. Size 14 to 16 gold head H/E, PTs 16, wet flies size 12.
One salmon seen. A great days fishing with some good fish lost as well.