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River was the lowest I've ever seen it. A steady hatch of small olives and a few autumn duns. Fishing very tough. Hooked and lost 4 good fish! All on PT nymph. A thoroughly enjoyable day nonetheless.

1 Trout

Dry fly

1 Trout

Started off well on the lower part of beat, clear water making stealth important but fish responding well to heavy nymph on French leader in pocket water. Later in the afternoon the water clouded up. No rain, really sunny, fish now not responding. What caused the cloudy water?

10 Trout

I had hoped the extra water would improve the fishing but if the fish were feeding I couldn't find them. Did hook and play one lovely trout of about 15inches but ended up practicing a very quick catch and release at the net lip!
All turned a bit summery in the afternoon.

A great day on Saturday - fair bit of water running off the Beacons from Friday's downpour and water fairly brown in the morning before clearing around lunch. Very light intermittent drizzle in the afternoon which brought the fish on - missed a 1.5llb on the run before Vicarage pool and touched another four smaller fish or so. Took one 0.5lber. Beautiful setting and the wading was manageable even with a good current.

3 Trout

Reasonable conditions, river clear and a fair hatch. Located one or two rising fish in a few awkward locations but couldn't manoeuvre into position stealthily enough!

Remembering some cautionary words from the Booking Office about tricky wading and the likelihood of ending up with a wet arm or worse on Fenni Fach, I tackled this beat with sleeves well rolled up and full knee and shin pads from Frank at Guide’s Choice Flyfishing Tackle (no commercial connection, just a very happy customer).
By getting right down and crawling stealthily (and safely!) across the bedrock shelves in the middle of this beat, I was able to creep up on the trout with dries and a Lucas-style presentation leader. I blew a couple of chances on good fish - including one where I hooked up briefly and then got the long rod tip stuck in an overhanging tree - but I was pretty happy with 7 trout to about 12 inches. And now I know where the really big ones live…

7 Trout

2 Trout

Low water, nil caught.

Another enjoyable day, albeit a blank. The river level was reasonable for this time of year and some activity with respect to rises in the evening.