Feedback & Reports

My first time on this beat and a lot of new water to cover. Fished from bottom to top and eventually found some fish in a fast riffle. Landed 7 but missed as many takes again. All fish taken on French leader tactics as I didn't see more than a couple of rises during the day.

One note of caution - the report from the previous day referred to some poaching activity. Whilst sitting down enjoying my lunch I saw a guy approach from the upstream end carrying a rod. As soon as I stood up intending to introduce myself he turned foot and walked away at speed. Rather suspicious !

7 Trout

The river looked in great shape, a foot on the Brecon gauge and a nice bit of colour. I fished from 2pm to 7.30. Very few fish moved during the day but I had two nice trout on a weighted shrimp pattern fished dead drift - one fish was about a pound, the other 1 1/2 pounds. I fished the single-hander for salmon for a while without an offer. I was diverted in the afternoon by a small bat which was catching flies in the sunshine along with the swallows and martins, and spent the best part of an hour trying to get a sharp picture of it. I was also diverted by a brace of poachers who pretended they didn't know the beat was private - I photographed them too, which was much easier. Report submitted.

2 Trout

Beautiful day - 1 medium size trout on a ptn

1 Trout

Arrived at 11.00am water quite dirty but managed 3 trout in first two hours but water level was rising rapidly until water was too muddy to fish in afternoon.

3 Trout

2 x ~0.5lb brown trout taken on barbless PTN

2 Trout

Found it tough. Missed a couple on ghe nympth

5 Trout

6 Trout

Tough fishing, river still low and bright sun all day. 4 brown Trout netted, 2 came up to a dry and 2 on a nymph long leader.

4 Trout

Water extremely low, of course. All four fish were caught during a lovely 20-minute spell between 8 and 9pm, on downstream nymph. They were only between 6 and 8oz; hooked one that felt bigger, but could get him into the net.

4 Trout