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A guided day with the thoroughly recommended Oliver Burch. Half a dozen small WBT came to spiders mainly the Hare's Lug and Plover on point in the quicker water during the heat of the day. At dusk we landed a 15" trout which rose to an Elk Hair Caddis. This beat has a great variety of water but you can expect to share it with other anglers, which to be fair is reflected in the competitive price. What I hadn't anticipated was the number of bathers but on a hot day in the school holidays you could hardly blame the local youths for enjoying their river too.

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All fished the meadow again, even hotter than yesterday. J managed another Barbel of 7lbs plus 3 Dace on 8mm pellet from the waterworks end, A sharing the swim managed three Barbel to 7lbs and a Chub of 4lbs 8ozs,A's dad K had a solitary 6lb fish from the middle of the meadow, P a single Barbel of 8lbs plus two 3lb Chub,I had 3 Barbel to 8lbs 14ozs and a single Chub. My first 2 Barbel yesterday were caught on double Elipse pellets, all the other fish so far coming to Essex baits Barrel boilies. Water has fallen about 6ins today.

3 barbel and 2 nice chub. Hard work finding them as pushing through in swims close to salmon house beat 3, so roved a bit.

A very sunny and hot day meant only one lost fish in the Rectory pool. The fish was hooked on a mepps in bright mid-day sunshine. We stayed at The River Cafe, Glasbury, where the food and accomodation was really good.

Started at 5pm. Still hot and with a blazing sun. Fished the fast water above Dolmeudwy while waiting for some shadow to stretch across the pool. A cunning plan almost came to fruition when a grilse laid hold in a channel between two boulders, before falling off at my feet. No action in the main pool, Orchard or Orchard stream.

Waited for the heat to come out of the day before starting. Started in Bridge and whilst picking my way through the pool one showed in the V. Another rod was on the lower half of the beat so went up to Rock. A T was fishing the neck. Whilst fishing tail 2 fish showed, shortly after a shout caused me to turn round and see a bent rod. Netted a lovely fish for him. Despite near perfect conditions only a couple a chub disturbed the rest of the evening. Water starting to warm up again.

6 trout about 5 inches and 1 in excess of 1lb. All in very good condition returned safely. All fish caught New Zealand style. All caught with help of excellent instructor Chris Price. Chris was fantastic and stayed for near 12 hours only leaving when we had said we had had enough as it was too dark to thread a hook. Cant recommend him highly enough. River in superb condition unbeatable value at 30 per day. Ty Torlan 5 star BB accommodation just outside Brecon as recommended by the foundation staff. Your website and telephone staff are the best we have come across. We can't wait for our next visit. Loved every minute. A trip to remember. A dream of a weekend.

7 barbel caught on pellet. The fishing was hard as the weather had turned and it was a gloriously hot summer day. The river was still coloured and moving quite quickly. Biggest was 7lbs 13oz. All wonderful fish on a beautiful stretch of river. The steps that have been cut in for the swims was very helpful. Thank you Wye and Usk Foundation for opening up such a wonderful venue. I will be back again next year!

Fished from approximately 10:30am until 8:30pm with a break of a couple of hours. Caught only one brown trout no bigger than 10inches in length and lost another fish, species unknown. With no fish rising to the many insects abounding on the water I used a weighted nymph in the fast water. No evening rise to be seen, the river isn't ready to fish well yet.