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8 Trout

Had a loverly day at talybont reservoir, it was changeable conditions, sunny and calm one minute, but then quite windy when the cloud cover came over. The water lever is quite low, and the bank on the waters edge in quite a few areas is very muddy and soft, so be careful in some sections. The fish were rising in the morning when the water was calm, had one brownie near the old bridge supports, Then the fish stopped rising when the cloud came over and the water got choppy. Hooked and lost another brownie a few hours later in choppy water, then it went quiet for a couple of hours. Hooked my last brownie late afternoon near the west car park, in deeper water just off one of the spits of rocks that have been uncovered in the low water. All were hooked on a bibio fly.

2 Trout

First visit to Talybont , stunning location set in the Brecon Beacon.
Water visibly lower due to recent weather , a few fish moving with a light ripple on the water and plenty of cloud cover. Fished it just for the morning, 2 fish, both caught on a bibio. Wind started to howl which I thought would get them feeding, but the action seemed to cease when it really got choppy. Will definitely return, would like to see the water levels higher for the next visit , to get out of the mud on the water edge.

2 Trout

Fished from 7pm till 10pm not a lot of action but managed to catch a nice brownie on a mayfly nimph of all things

1 Trout

Madness to even attempt to fish on the hottest day of the year so far, the reservoir was low and water nearer the dam end was pretty warm even at 7:30am. Fished till 11am, then watched the football and returned at 5pm to fish through till 9pm. I had a few lethargic follows to a team of small wet flies, which I consider a result in the conditions. Second visit to Talybont and it has its own magic, will definitely be back in more favourable conditions.

Fished 8-10pm. Unsurprisingly given the weather, not a lot of activity led to a blank.

Far too sunny really to fish as absolutely no cloud cover. A few fish rising and I caught a 10" trout on a black gnat. Tried a few other dry flies but with no luck.
Oh, quite annoying that there were women swimming and making a hell of a noise the whole time I was there and walkers letting their dogs swim in the lake too.

1 Trout

Fished 1130-1730 in good conditions, cloud, occasional light drizzle and mostly a decent SW wind. So seven trout was disappointing. Fish 10-15", all bar one were carrying fish lice, Argulus, some with large numbers. This explains why trout were seen jumping. Argulus also seen on sticklebacks in the margins which probably explains why there are so many on the trout. Very little rising. Resident tern thought about taking my fly.

7 Trout

Fished in the evening, very windy with big wave, didn't move anything until after 9.00 and then caught two trout. Used tradirional wet flies.

2 Trout