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Fished the section above Dent Bank. Conditions were favourable with overcast skies and light winds, but there was not much in the way of fly life, and only a few fish were rising. Caught 3 trout and lost another 3, mostly to elk hair sedge patterns.

3 Trout

Following my session here to start the Brown Trout season on 23rd March was a complete flip of the coin and angling fortunes.

Arriving at 0800 in the fog, 12c and dressing in a coat and woolly hat it could indeed have been March.
A strong wind from down the Llyn was producing some reasonably waves! An ominous start loomed.

Walking to the top of Bugeilyn provided a slight shelter between the metal hurdle and the bog.
After noticing some crane flies around the edges it wasn’t long before a trout rose to take one, then another.
Covering the fish with a grey wolf soon had him in the net.
By lunch 7 fish had been caught, 5 to the wolf and 2 on a white moth pattern then things went quite.
The hat and coat were still on!

Walking back to the truck around 1200 and returning to the top of the Llyn around 1315 was like entering another day.
No hat or coat required. Full sun, reduced wind plus an incredible amount of rising fish in full feeding mode as literally hundreds of small black flies were getting blown off the hill into the water.
It was madness, at times hard to tell my own pattern (a small beetle) from the naturals.
Within an hour 18 fish had been brought to the net taking it to 25 when things quietened down.

By 1500 not much was stirring except the occasional rise.

The knotted gnat came out resulting in 2 more fish.

A truly remarkable day.
27 brown trout all caught on dry flies.
Another was lost with several missed rises along the way.
Finishing at 1600 will forever leave the question of “what if an evening hatch came off?”

Without doubt these are some of the most beautiful brown trout to be caught in one of the most spectacular locations.

27 Trout

1 Trout

It was no surprise that the water levels were very low and that the fishing was going to be challenging. Arrived late afternoon to fish into the evening. Baited a few swims towards the Vanstone Pool end of the beat and leapfrogged, giving each an hour. Not so much as a knock. Have had some great catches on this stretch but today was not one of them. Big fat blank. Still, a bad days fishing beats a good day in the office and I still enjoyed a lazy few hours by the beautiful Wye.

3 Trout

Used two swims that were accessible. Beautiful setting and weather. No bits but that’s fishing!

1 trout, at least 8 Perch. Lost count in the end. Mixture of spinning and worm on float.

1 Trout, 8 Other

12 Perch on spinner and worm.

12 Other

Lovely day on the wye. Second time I’ve been to this location and I love it. Spent most of my time in the upstream sections doing a combo of ledger and trotting. Was tough going at times due to weather and low water conditions but was a great day and was rewarded with a barbel at the end. The other was a fairly large eel.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

River very low and clear. Most pegs too low to fish. 4 ft hook length and small lead weight tempted a few quality fish. Cheese, luncheon meat and chorizo all caught fish.

1 Barbel, 7 Chub