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River was low but four fish rising in different areas. Amazing caddis hatch and a couple of mays to. Incredible amount of insect life. Used a dry fly but missed a take. First wild stream session. Great experience but tough. Lovely river.

Booking this beat for a visiting trip from the midlands couldn't have been simpler. The beat access was challenging due to forestwork in progress. The river had lovely clear water, warm weather, not too sunny, a few mayflies hatching yet barely a fish to be seen other than the small plips of tiny salmon par at the margins. A few small 6-8" trout caught on klinkhammer and small nymph duo under the klink. Gold head nymphing brought a few hard takes but nothing connected.

6 Trout

Perfect conditions - quite warm, no wind, overcast. But very little surface activity and only a few mayfly. We persisted with the dry fly throughout, prospecting likely spots but only getting very occasional tentative rises. One fish of two pound plus lost and one slightly smaller caught.

1 Trout

One very nice trout caught right at the bottom of this very beautiful and very interesting beat. Surprisingly few rising fish on the flats (or elsewhere) possibly in part related to three youths swimming and one throwing stones into the river throughout the afternoon.

1 Trout

Relatively mild and cloudy. 3 trout caught on dries (olive emerger and cdc elk). Big hatches of olives and mayflies from about 4pm until I left at 6pm.

3 Trout

Fish rising in the morning to olives but activity declined during the main part of the day. Fish became much more active in the evening when the two best fish of 2 lb and 2.5 lb were taken. Flies were an emerger olive and a Dogsbody variant. Bright and sunny during the main part of the day. Olives and Mayflies main hatches. A challenging but ultimately very rewarding day on a beautiful stretch of river.

22 Trout

3 x trout 10-13 inches, Kate Maclaren and Mallard and Claret. I love to fish a summer evening at Talybont, but won't deny it can be difficult. This year the reservoir is completely full, which restricts the bank access somewhat. Still, I started off well with three modest fish, but then went on to lose a whole load more, most of which hit the Kate on the dropper. One fish which jumped itself off at range looked like a good 2 pounder. About an hour before dusk a really cold wind got up, the air became cooler than the water and my part of the lake seemed to die.

3 Trout

River in good order, weather pretty good. Very little fly & minimal fish activity. 2 fish on nymph, 1 around 1.5lb, the other approx 5oz. Nice beat.

2 Trout

Just an hours late afternoon jaunt. Lots of mayfly duns and spinners. Mayfly buzz on point doing the trick.

Fish between 8 & 14" in fine fettle. Rose many, caught 4. The 14" fish moved a long way cross-downstream from its lair to smash the dry and bolt back. Maybe 2 meters or so! clearly enjoying the feast.

4 Trout

Nothing caught.