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Not an easy beat to fish and no fish rising. Had to fish very heavy nymph in fast water but if they were there you got a fish straight away. On the plus side I got my best wbt 2 lb from the usk.

4 Trout

No salmon caught or seen, had a shad on the fly on Upper Glangwy.

1 Other

A car was already parked in the parking space and I could not decide whether it was a fisherman or not (nothing on the dash-board) so I decided to try the Upper beat. The water still carries some colour but the trout are becoming interested in taking flies on the surface. All manner of insects were hatching including Mays and sedges. I caught two trout one at 14" on a sedge and the other at 11" on a spider. A better fisherman would have converted a number of other bites and rises but I had a very enjoyable time.

2 Trout

Challenging yet rewarding days fishing on this lovely stretch of river. Loads of insect life with fish rising throughout, although in some rather hard to cast to places. Fished the duo, with all fish taken on either GRHE, or Pheasant Tail, nymph. Mostly small stuff, although had one of 3/4 pound and a bigger one that was well over a pound.

10 Trout

Warmth at last. A good quantity of mayfly but a marked reluctance by the trout to take them. I only saw six fish rise all day. successful flies were the Iron Blue and a black Klinkhamer.

3 Trout

Despite no rain for at least 4 days, the river was still coloured and in water deeper than 3ft. The bottom could not be seen. There was plenty of fly life on the water but only a very few Mayfly coming off. Saw no more than 10 rising fish during the day but tempted some nice trout up from likely looking spots. CDC and Elk worked well at times, We caught and released 5 good trout in the 10"-13" range. Pleased to catch one at the bridge pool at the top of the beat with an audience of 6-7 looking on from the VERY expensive Bell Inn (Sandwich for lunch over £10).

5 Trout

Like the Sunday reports, myriad flies of all sizes on the water but only the odd rising trout, could not see which fly they were after and they refused standard offerings. Nevertheless, kept searching the runs and landed 6 (7 to 10"), 4 on paras and 2 on a "dink" GRHE. Missed as many again in the clear water, but a lovely day exploring the water in the June sunshine!

6 Trout

Went for the evening. Water has cleared and dropped. Another excellent fly hatch, including mayfly, kept the trout interested - why do I never take trout tackle? One possible salmon sighting - or was it a monster trout?

5 trout to 1lb landed 4 lost. Haresear nymph, Adams dry. Thousands of flies, very few fish rising. Beautiful stretch of river, fly fishing as it should be.

5 Trout

Thanks for the advice, I really enjoyed my day on the Doldowlod stretch of water. It is a lovely beat with shallow rock terraces and a deep central channel. I parked at the sawmill and went three fields downstream. I only managed to fish the bottom 3 pools.
Unfortunately I did not catch any fish, neither did I manage to rise any. I arrived on the beat around 10.30am and there were a few fish rising. There was an excellent hatch of small fly with occasional mayfly getting up. However the sun was shining brightly and I found the going very difficult. All the rising fish were at the tail ends of the pools in the slower water. They were spooked very easily, mainly I think by the shadow of the leader on the gravel as the water was gin clear. The rise finished around midday. After that there was only a very occasional rise and I never managed to tempt any of them despite several changes of flies - nymphs, klinkhammers, Mayflies - dark colours and then light colours - but to no avail. Some good sized trout came down passed me as I gradually moved upstream - and I spotted a number moving around when wearing Polaroid glasses and standing on the bank amongst the trees. I left to come home around 4.30. The afternoon was fairly dead as regards to fish movement.