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A fresh, slightly breezy day - mainly sunny. Virtually no signs whatsoever of fish rising. Fished, nevertheless, with dry flies (as nymphing is something of a dark art, to me)
Both my companion and myself are inexperienced which I am sure counts a lot to the fact that we caught nothing.
Had a pleasant day nonetheless, with lots of experience of casting both into and across the wind.

Fished for a couple of hours in the evening. Plenty of fish jumping but none seemed to be feeding on the surface. The 3 I did catch went for a ptn fished deep. 1 was 6" the other two were about 14".

3 Trout

Mild and overcast with the river falling after heavy rain the day before. Rising fish in the flats throughout most of the day but none rising in the faster water. A good pale watery hatch through the middle of the day. All fish taken on small CDC dries and a parachute Adams. The largest only about 3/4 of a pound and we missed many more takes including what looked like some better fish!
We walked along the bank in the early evening and saw two men walking briskly along the far edge of the field towards the road with rods in their hands. We then found 2 freshly killed trout in the shallows where they must have been. We had passed by the same spot only an hour before so they can't have been there long. We have reported it to WUF and to the hotline number on the ticket info. Such a shame but an otherwise great day.

7 Trout

WUF, please note the lock at gate 3 is very difficult to open, need oil or something.On the plus side the new gate under the road bridge is excellent and makes access so much easier. As for the fishing, despite some recent rain water not that high and a bit red. A lovely day and two WBT taken, one to hand and one about 12 inches. Both taken GBHE in the middle part of the beat. Very sunny day and most enjoyable, topped off by a salmon leap just a few yards from me whilst wading, scared the life out of me but a wonderful sight.

2 Trout

The 3 other fish were salmon parr.
Great days fishing despite the occasional rain. All the fish came to nymphs with the largest trout being approximately 1.5lb. All fish safely returned.

26 Trout, 3 Other

2 small trout on spent red spinner type cdc fly last thing in the day 3 standard 3/4lb trout and one lovely trout of about 2.5 lbs that filled the net all these on beaded pheasant tail type nymph.

6 Trout

1 Trout

1 Trout

River very low but managed 7 trout on nymphs and dry fly.

7 Trout

Nice varied beat but fish are easily spooked. Just fished late afternoon and evening, river height 0.3m at Brecon, bright morning but overcast sky afternoon onwards. Had 5 trout and lost several others. 3 on nymph (copper johns) all under the trees; then 2 on CDC dry flies during the last hour of the day (only time there was any targetable surface activity ). one fish was about a pound and a half rest about 3/4 pound all fighting fit . NB Dont believe a word re easy wading the gravel is currently covered in algae and like a skating rink - take a wading stick with you.
Whoever fishes this beat next needs to take some wd40 or oil - the lock on the gate is VERY STIFF and is difficult to open even when you have the right code. Nearly had to spend the night by the river! Also useful for people to know the code reads down from the top of the lock.

5 Trout