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River was higher than I expected and the cynrig Brook was very dirty flowing into the main river , very little in the way of fly life for the day did get one on the dry after a 10 min mini hatch . Picked up most of the fish on match brown and endrick spiders and a couple on a streamer all in all a good result on a quiet river .

8 Trout

One 2 pound, one was 1 and 1/4 pound, one was 2 and 1/4 pound and one small. All returned.
All caught on spiders.

4 Trout

Didn't fish due to car breakdown.

Bright day, cool light wind. Nothing rising so nymphed and spidered with no joy. March Brown hatch @2.30pm for 45 mins ish when sporadic rises made life interesting but no connection - missed three or four takes. Sand Martins in abundance.

Heavy cloud, 10C maximum temperature, no wind. I was banking on the fact it had not rained in the previous 24 hrs but on arrival, the river running high and fast - but relatively clear. Webcam at Brecon at noon was showing the river at 1'10". Spent four hours working a weighted PTN around the eddies and the slacker water under the bank without any success. No sign of any fly life so left, defeated at 15:30.

Washed off / unfishable

River quite high and in full flow. No hatch and I didn’t see any rising fish. Made contact with 3 or 4 fish using heavy nymphs but none stuck.

Very cold still, 4 degrees at 1100 and snow on Pen y Fan. Sunny breaks forecast but none materialised. A very small number of olives tricked off at lunch, but no decent hatch yet and no rising fish. One 14” BT on the Euronymph rig from the deepest lower pool.

1 Trout

First day of the season; had to be done! Dressed for skiing rather than fly fishing - but the temperature did peak at 4C. Overcast, but no wind. River at summer levels after a very dry February. No sign of any fly life all day and only the occasional movement from small fry. A day for tungsten bead PTN’s. Nothing on the shallows or in the deeper pools but lost a good fish fishing the crease in the fast water at the bottom of the beat. Persistence paid off and got a BT of a little under 1lb with the same tactics. Fish in excellent condition for so early in the season.

I have had worse starts to the season!

1 Trout

no catch. river still low. many methods tried but no takers