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Some bank work has been done with good access down the bank to the Vanstone with some new steps cut on one of them. Access to Maddox overgrown but reasonable. Due to high grass the direct route from the car park to Windmill is not practical so you have to follow the river making it a long walk to the upper pools - especially in waders on a hot day.
The level water level was fine but the water was very coloured - red/brown with visibility about a foot or a little better out of the stream. Starting very early I tried a Flying C for a while in Maddox through to the Vanstone but gave up after 3 hours.

No salmon seen or caught, river very low. Caught 1 chub on fly at Glangwy and hooked two shad on the spinner below Mill Stream.

1 Chub

The river was low (5in on brecon cam) and the water gin clear. Warm and overcast so we expected a hatch but the wind and rain soon arrived to kill the sport. Finished the day with a few small brownies, no sign of larger fish except one large salmon.

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A good morning followed by a wet afternoon. Water was 50% coloured but fish were rising and Mayfly hatching throughout. My one trout, an 8 inch brownie, I'm a newcomer to river fishing, took an Elk but I also got bites on winged nymphs and very small brown dries.
Most rises seen down by the end of the beat at the stream. An enjoyable day but cut short by the weather which can't be helped.

1 Trout

Spent most of the day on the river. Conditions were promising but again as per my experience on the previous day on the Lower Escley, blanked again. Only Two rises, and one fish sub surface, but no takers for olive dry or ptn. Being as stealthy as a heron I was expecting some action but still no show. Fantastic scenery though, beats a day at work :-)

Oh the joys of Fenni Fach, big trout and a free swim, well more of a sit down really! Was being oh so careful too. Great evening of sport with some lovely trout to the net.

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3/4 lbs brown trout.

1 Trout

River condition seemed to be good and the beat is well maintained but no salmon were seen nor were there any tugs on various flies presented at various depths but I will probably try this beat again.

Afternoon and evening session. Blistering hot to start with at 3pm. Lugg running quite fast and milky. Wading was a challenge at times. A mass of flylife including mayflys. Nothing all afternoon - had on trout on for a couple of seconds. Resumed upstream of bridge at 6.30pm after a break and immediately had a 10" trout on a grhe fished under a Coch y Bonthi. Then had a couple of splashy rises to the fly so off with the nymph. Plenty of splashy rises from small fish until 8pm when river came alive. In an hour had 4 more trout all around 8-10" mark and missed twice as many.
Otter swam through heading downstream so called it a day.
Nice to have new stiles along beat. Having helped clear this beat over the winter - it never ceases to amaze me how fast everything grows. Where we had cleared branches well clear of the river - the weigh of leaves has now brought them back down to the surface.
One of my favourite WUF beats.

5 Trout