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Lovely river and great place to fish. Rainy, overcast day with only a few fish rising. Two WBT caught (6-8 inches) with gold head PTNs in the rift right of entry point. Would definitely come back!

Day trip visiting beat after lunch at Bear in Crickhowell. Had intended to fish the Llynfi at Pontithel but this looked too attractive to miss.
Fished from about 3 till 7.30. Did not get to the Triffrwd brook junction as upstream access unclear. Had several takes on small brown dry incl 4 WBT 5-6 inches returned. Copious white mayfly(?) hatch started late afternoon but fish did not seem to relish them - had only one take on a mayfly. No whoppers spotted! Will definately return. The climb back to the road in waders equals a trip to the gym!

Fished from 5am to 9:15 when work intervened and had to go. Lost a fish in front of wood crib, looked bright and about 8-10lb or so. Landed a fish of about 15lb. that had started to just get some color on a flying C. Saw several fish moving in various locations mostly jumpers coming clear out and not much heading a tailing. Never did make it up to the meadow section so may have been some milling around in there, who knows. Water height was great, color so-so. Another lovely dawn on the Wye.

Colin caught a 12lb salmon on the Flying Condom yesterday, our fifth of the season, which is the best since 2008.

2 trout 12-13 inch 2 grayling 12-14 inch.

Blanked.

J 9 trout, best 2lb. G 1 trout 12ozs.

3 small graying 6 - 8 in. ches. 1 small trout of 8 inches.

18 brown trout between two rods, mostly on mayfly a couple on small olives. Largest fish 14". Fish rising throughout the day except for a two-hour period of coloured water following a very heavy shower.

The passport tell us that this is a long beat ... it's not ... it's a very,very long beat! Probably best fish with a partner so that a car can be left at each end otherwise it's a long road walk back to the beat start! The day started slowly but as the air temperature rose the fly life exploded - Mayfly duns and spinners, olives of all sizes, stoneflies, sedges, alder ...much like the index of a fly identification book. I started at 9:30 and finally reached the beat at at the Bridge Inn, Michaelchurch Escley at around 17:30 and I feel I barely scratched the surface of the never ending pocket water, riffle and pools. Fish rose steadily and I finished with more than 20 to a variety of flies. I was impressed by the general size of the fish, at least half a dozen at 12" plus. I persisted with a dry fly all day but I will return and investigate the deeper pools and pockets with a nymph ... who knows what lurks there?