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One! Splendid brown, on klinkhammer just above the starting point bridge, 3/4lb ish. Nothing else, farmer driving loader shovel across river several times upstream coloured water so had to finish. Great day though!

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Just thought that I would let you know how I did today. Lots of grannom and a few LDOs and gnats. Water 11 dec C so getting warmer! Had about 20 fish - 2/3 trout and the rest grayling of which the best was about 33 cm. None of the trout very sizable but let's hope they are left to grow!

One on a PTN, one on a hare's ear emerger and the rest on grannom pupa patterns with the vast majority taking the para emerger.

A fantastic day. 10 brown trout caught, many more lost. Grannom hatch. Fish taken in fast runs with size 14 klinkhammer.

Caught four very Feisty browns about 8oz on dries in the bridge pool in the morning. Caught two on a green beaded shrimp in the fast run below, one about 12 oz the other about a 1lb.

Thanks Wendy and Allyson for your help.

One lb Brown trout caught on green and black snatcher type fly on floating line just before first bend up from the bridge. No surface activity at present. Caught alot of Parr also. Care should be taken if wading just past first bend up from the bridge, very deep mud -easy to get stuck in...suggest walking on left hand bank for a while to avoid the mud!

Two lovely wildies 16" and 17" returned. Olive klink and GRHE nymph. Lots of grannom through middle of the day plus LDOs and Turkey Browns, despite dull weather.

We fished from around 10am through until 4pm. Small rise to LDOs around 12pm - 12.20pm. River low and cool which did not help the fishing. Nonetheless, we still caught a magnificent 2lb brown on a size 16 PTN fished behind a CDC Olive.

Lots of wildlife seen.

6 out of season grayling including one I estimate to be 2.5lb plus and an 8 inch trout. The wife managed 3 grayling. I thought I was in for a good day when I got the big graying after about 5 minutes of fishing but all in all it was slow day. Not a lot happening on the surface with just the odd fish showing. Had a small hatch of B-W-O's but no fish interested. Had all fish on gold heads although I did several attempts at my grey Klinkhammer.

River in fine condition and managed to fish pools I couldn't get too when I was down last July! I'll be back...

............, Lord Lieutenant of Powys and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Anne, and owner of Glanusk, personally directed me to the beat when she spotted me wandering aimlessly. Two fantastic pools feed by some fast water, fishing constantly rising. The bedrock ledges allow you to get quite far out into the pools. Wouldn?t want to wade those pools in coloured water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Caught 3 in each pool on grannums, hand tied by Jean from Sweets of Usk. Stuart the ghillie stopped for chat as well, very nice man with some useful tips.

Switched to the fast water below the bridge after lunch caught one on a beaded hairs ear, the next three hours were spent untangling birdnests every 15 minutes. Didn?t get down the bottom beat.

Only downside was I had to build a ramp out of stones to get my car up on to the bridge over the brook on the way out. The drop from the end of the bridge ramp is about 10 inches, ok if you have big 4X4, not easy in and Audi A3.

Fantastic stretch of water, will return definitely.

Fished between 13:30 and 17:30 and took one 10" grayling with a (home tied!) pheasant-tail nymph right at the top of the beat. Water low but enough flow to keep algae at bay. Fairly constant trickle hatch of what looked like pale watery dun. Lots of unidentified black flies as well; would like advice as to what these are if possible! Some small trout were rising to these. Weather was beautiful and the setting absolutely sublime. One gripe; access to some of best looking pools and runs was impossible due to growth of vegetation on the bank; bushes and nettles etc. Fishing is therefore only possible by wading up the stream for long stretches and branches overhead make casting very hard indeed. If the beat is to be fished regularly, some of these need to be removed. A small complaint considering the great afternoon I had. This stream looks healthy with good insect fauna and birdlife (couple of dippers seen).