Feedback & Reports

First day of the season! Snow on Pen y Fan but sunny weather with a chilly breeze. River running clear but still a little high (0.7m on the Brecon gauge). Fished 11:00 - 15:00; water level dropped significantly over the 4 hours. No hatch and did not see a fish rise. Water running fast over the shallows so focused on a beaded PTN in the slower, deeper water of Llanobery Pool. Lost one good fish at the net.

Last day of the season! River in great condition with the Brecon gauge at 11”. Fished the afternoon working from the bottom to the top of the beat. No hatch but winkled out 4 WBT with a PTN. A good end to a very difficult season!

4 Trout

It's been 15 years since I first went to Abercyrig, then Dinas & Abercyrig. I'll never forget that day; late September doing my last ditch trout fitshing for the year, when the river rose, and I saw my first salmon run. THere were fish swimming through and we had maybe 40 or 50 sightings. It was that day that lead me to become a salmon fisherman.

Here we are, years later, and today, I did not see a single salmon. The water was quite high but dropping and, in this respect, good for salmon, but nothing. I think it's wrong to even bother trying.

5 Trout

1 Trout

8 Trout

River still high (15” on Brecon gauge); running fast but clear and cold. No self respecting trout was going to waste energy in the fast water so worked down the beat exploring the pockets of calmer water with a PTN - without success. Focused on the deeper pools. Some olives coming off which attracted the attention of the occasional fish - but nothing for me. One more trip before the end of the season!

1 Trout

Caught one and lost another. Seen a few fish at the middle of the beat but couldn’t convince to bite. Later came back to the same spot to find a cormorant and not a single fish in sight. Hope the fish got away!

1 Trout

River in perfect condition; weather damp and muggy with no wind until late afternoon. Sand martins have started to head for sunnier climes. Fished from 11:00 to 17:30. A dribble of olives coming off throughout the day, peaking between 14:00 and 15:00. Some smaller fish rising in Llanobery Pool but were not interested in my offerings. PTN around the edges of the faster runs also unsuccessful. Retired defeated and frustrated - with only a month to go to the end of the season!

River in perfect condition; sunny periods with a brisk breeze which swung from upstream to downstream over the course of the afternoon. Occasion olive coming off but the martins were high - feeding on terrestrials. Fished from 2pm. PTN on the edge of the fast water. Tried the pools but no sign of any activity. Two fish in rapid succession from the top of the beat

2 Trout