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River very low, cold windy day. No sign of fish or insect life. Total blank packed up after 3 hours. Such a difference to other days I have had on this beat. Pray for rain.

Low but flowing clear and the deep dubs well filled. Windy with little fly about apart from a few gnats, some E.danica mayfly and olive spinners. Very few fish rising and just four trout tempted to take some emerger patterns and black F Fly. Caught nothing on weighted nymphs and saw few spooked fish in the tails of the pools. I also saw one female goosander, no doubt having had an easy time of it in such clear and restricted water. Rather worrying.

Caught one 16in chub and 28 trout to 13in on March Brown.

Fished from 9am to 1pm - sporadic hatches in between the gusts of wind. Caught 6 brown trout to 12" all on copper john nymph. Stunning beat, easy wading, mouthwatering stream features. Must be some big fish lurking around.

Huge beat, lots of opportunity. Good mayfly hatches, had 8 trout to 10" in a very short session (1hr). Could have stayed all day and caught till my arm ached I reckon! Seemed to carry a good flow when all the other streams were suffering badly. e.g looked at the Escley and the Honddu first, ended up on the Dore - glad I did!

12 Trout to 10" , all on mayfly. Acrobatic fish!

Nil - two big fish (2lbs+) hooked and lost. Beautiful bit of river.

First visit to Talybont - reservoir very low, very breezy, lost two with a caddis. A large caddis hatch occurred from 11am to 4pm. Worth a visit.

Fished as guest of the owner in the evening. Low water meant the 300m below bridge was easily wadeable and combined with a steady hatch of BWO's which brought most fish to the surface made for a memorable short session. Had fish on 1st and 2nd casts! Over next hour brought 9 more to hand most between 10" and 12" with a couple around 15". Lovely fishing.

Excellent day despite bright and breezy conditions. A little colour in the water following the recent rain probably helped. 8 WBT to the net + 1 salmon parr. All safely returned. Most WBT in the 6-10 inch range, but I netted a spectacular specimen that was at least 16 inches. A variety of flies proved to be successful - olive klink, copper john and yellow may spider during the daytime; parachute adams in the evening. Missed loads of takes so could have had more. Was snapped by another large fish also. Fantastic day!