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Beautiful sunny day with moderate Easterly wind. With water levels below 1 ft point on the Brecon marker we knew it was going to be a struggle and so it proved to be the case.

Spider and nymph fishing in some promising runs proved futile. Just a short pull and that was all. Just after 1 pm we saw the odd olive and some March Browns at the top of the beat. There were 3 or 4 fish that rose tentatively. We managed a small but fully finned brown and missed one more take.

We spent the afternoon below the flyover bridge observing some isolated gentle rises, the type you get when fish are feeding on midges. Couldn't see anything hatching. Tried a few casts and had two quick takes which were missed.

No more action, but a glorious day to be out and fantastic scenery!

1 Trout

15 Trout

A few LDOs sporadically coming off that trout were rising too but nothing prolonged. Didn't have much interest in dry fly offerings and all fish were taken on nymphs.

3 Trout

A bit of an odd day, conditions were flirting with being ok. It was chilly and a little windy but a warming sun appeared and there were small upwing hatches spattered throughout the day. The fish didn't really respond, we worked hard for 6 fish, on caddis nymphs and small olive/March brown dries. A lack of quantity was made up for by quality, one at 17", 2 at 13", and smaller fish at 12, 9, and 8". Some other heavy fish were lost.

It's a nice and varied beat, some of the lovely streamy water that did nothing for us this time will come into its own later in the season. We will be back again.

6 Trout

Water quite high and a cold wind made for tough conditions. Lost a good fish early morning on PTN. About 2pm there was a very brief hatch of March Browns, lasted no more than 15 minutes but landed one 13 inch fish on the dry. Followed by another good 15 inch on a weighted Prince nymph in some faster flowing water. Nice stretch - will return.

2 Trout

Washed off and did not fish

Didn't fish.

Nine trouts, catch and release all on small olives and PT nymphs. Lovely day

9 Trout