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Short afternoon session. Caught in a hailstorm, but once you're in the river there's not much point in getting out. 2 WBT on heavy nymph.

2 Trout

River low but cool, plenty of spring flows coming in from the hill sides and well shaded. A good number of small fish about 6 to 9 inches, with a feisty 12 incher being the best of a couple of hours. This short stretch flows through a campsite, so don't expect peace and quiet in the middle section. Sad to see rubbish and food items discarded into the river here. It does however have some excellent pools with a good depth to them. Spooked an extraordinary amount of small fish, bodes well for the future.

8 Trout

Camped next to river Honddu at 'treats'. A family outing so not really a dedicated fishing trip. Fished for about 2 hours, landed 5 with a few lost, best about 14oz. Some nice deep pools here but the best ones are at the campsite and are disturbed constantly by dogs, swimmers etc.

5 Trout

Very quiet. No signs of activity. Access is a bit tricky with very limited bank access - good job the waters not cold for wet wading!

No fish caught, due possibly to my inexperience. River clear but a little low, however lovely day Ina beautiful environment.

Fished for 2 hours after fishing Half Moon. This beat was more overgrown and casting was more tricky , caught 4 trout 11" one on a dry mayfly the others on a small black bead head nymph.

4 Trout

Not really worth fishing at the moment. Very low water only one point of easy access from what I could tell and Ill defined area for this public ticket. Feels like trespassing wherever you fish! Over grown even now with fallen trees and a lot of detritus. Didn't even get the rod out, just waded down stream a distance to where I estimated the public stretch ended. Permits are no longer available from the next villages petrol station as they once were and nobody is sure where to now get them from so you're reliant on using the online system when the valley has no phone or Web connection. So hopeless for spur of the moment opportunism. Also seems that you can't book fishing on the day even if it's marked available? So this area needs forward planning but there's probably not much to go at even then. Local informs me it once was stocked but no longer. However some large brown trout have been had in the past.

WUF Note: Wild stream beats are just that - wild. Often the fishing is much smaller/more enclosed, but can still provide good sport. However we will look into the clearing schedule and add this beat in to ensure it doesn't get too overgrown. The booking system for wild streams is designed so that permit holders are able to 'roam' on available beats that haven't been pre-booked, this means that they are unavailable to book on the day, as stated on each beat page.

Again a very hot day and although some fish were seen none were taken.

Nice stretch with some surprisingly deep pools but fish not responding to dries or nymphs.

Small wild brown.

1 Trout