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Water levels low and clear. Numerous takes to Adams, cdc emerger and gold head hares ear nymph, but none brought to hand. Beautiful sunny day which made spotting easy but they could also see me.

A challenging but enjoyable first attempt at Welsh wild stream fishing. The water levels were low and clear, the fauna was in a 'catch-all' mood and the fish were spooky. One of us used a dry fly on one rod while the other used a Klink and dink.
Under the guidance of Oliver Burch, my brother and I learned a lot on how to go about fishing these charming waters. A very enjoyable day's fishing. Would recommend a day with Oliver to anyone - Thanks.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Only small trout caught (6-8 inch). Fished this beat a couple of hours, but will come back if there is more water.

4 Trout

River low and fishing hard! Fish taking mayfly duns but not my imitations. Nymph caught the fish - biggest 12". First time I've finished this beat to the very end - it's well over a mile methinks. It's also v overgrown for the last few hundred yards (unfishable really).

3 Trout

First time on the Llynfi Dulais, beautiful beat. Good mix of runs and deep pools. PTN and Hares ear caught, only the odd fish rising.

7 Trout

I was taught a lesson here last time, decided the beat didn't warrant a net, you can be so wrong sometimes! No need today though, just a couple and several missed, again! An enjoyable few hours.

4 Trout

This is a really good beat with several very attractive pools which I remembered fondly from a previous visit. There were freely rising fish all the way up and mayfly patterns worked well. We caught a few salmon parr as well as a very nice grayling and 16 trout was a great reward for a relatively short session.

16 Trout, 1 Grayling, 4 Other

Spent a few hours after lunch on this lovely little stream. Lots of flies including quite a few mayfly and fish rising throughout the beat although they didn't seem to be too interested in the mayfly yet. Fished a small para Adams and had some great fun but be warned, if like me you spend too much time day dreaming, watching the wildlife and generally not paying enough attention then these lightning fast little trout will make a monkey out of you as they did to me today!!! Must of missed at least 5 times as many as I caught!!

4 Trout

Washed off. I booked speculatively two days in advance of my journey west. This time the gamble didn’t pay off. Heavy overnight rain meant I was greeted by water looking like angry, hot chocolate. It’s a beautiful setting and I hope to return later in the year.

9 trout to 8 inches. River low not much hatching. It would be helpful if the beat map was more detailed as I was unsure of the boundaries i.e. where is black bat bridge?

9 Trout