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Getting down and up that bloody hill was torture !!!
Then add in 2 stiles and a narrow bridge and you have a VERY thorough examination of you fitness level and lung capacity. That is the bad bit. Now the good part.
There are lots of very well prepared swims to go at, the scenery is gorgeous , there are quite a few barbel and LOTS of chub to go at, even if the buggers aren't always hungry you can be sure they aint far away.

1 Chub

Hi,
My son fished during the day but it was sunny and hot and not much movement. The beat is owned by Rachel and Shaun Watkins and as were having lunch at the car, Rachel stopped by and on hearing we were having a slow day, she called Shaun. Shaun then gave us great advice over the phone and following his steer (come back in the evening with a dry sedge on the dropper and nymph on the point) my son was in within a few casts when we came back to the beat in the evening. Lots of rising trout at Penlanole Pool amd Harrys Pocket. Missed way more takes than the two trout brought to the net and safely released. A great evening, significantly helped by Rachel and Shaun!!
Best Wishes
Mark

2 Trout

A red letter session .... fished between ten and quarter to two !!! Sublime dry fly sport today ....The wild streams are at there best now, having previously seen this morning some remarks on catch returns !! Im sure folks visualise a wild stream as a babbling Cherry Brook as described well by Mike Weaver ..... The local ones demand some graft i can tell you !! Jungle tactics, go armed with your secateurs too, to do a bit of a clip back here and there ....I always do twenty minutes tidy up where ever I am !!!!
Pocket water was were lots of the six to eight inch fish nailed my dry fly !!! Tops of streamy pools also great fun ....
Nothing huge, all peas in a pod , between six and ten inches, but still fun with the six foot, two weight.... superb stuff !!!
Running perfect now, and fish feisty and aggressive...
Here's a point .... whys no one fishing the Usk Wild Streams ???? I see they've hardly been touched this season ... Bran, Honddu, some fab water there too ....
Had a quick recce up at Oakfield beat, just up the road too, looking nice... back here soon!! Clients in the Elan Valley for a couple of days now .... looks like perfect drizzly weather inbound too ....sorted !!! A cracking few hours on a local favourite stream.....

23 Trout

3 Trout and several (missed) bites at the Powder Works pool
1 Trout at the Rock Pool

4 Trout

4 Trout

2 Trout

4 Trout

A good days fishing again on this beat. Nine fish caught altogether. A few were hooked but lost, and I had many other very quick takes that I didn't connect with. Fish caught in Abernant stream at the bottom of the entrance gate, in Alexander's and at the very bottom of the beat. Most fish caught were small with the exception of one lovely brown trout. (See photo) I fished various spiders with a GH Hares ear on the point.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Had a Sunday evening phone call to say my job was cancelled for Monday ,so I grabbed my rods and headed up to llyn bugeilyn what a place it never disappoints caught 10 on a black klinkhamer,but missed 20 plus .

10 Trout