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Only one nice brown 12". Lost 4 others. GH PTN.
Very easy last minute booking - 9pm the night before !

Not fished this beat before so didn't know what to expect. So different from the Titley and Court of Noke beats, reminded me of a Welsh mountain stream in places. Started off slow I only managed a couple of smallish trout (8 and 10in) from the wooded section. Had a bit of better luck futher upstream where I managed a good fish of approx 16ins taken on a gold head PTN fish NZ style. The wife was finding things a bit difficult so went off with her camera. Went down to the bottom weir to have a look, interesting water, but you need a long handled net to land anything there!
Not as many Mayfly about compared with Titley yesterday. Managed another 2 fish of about 11 ins in the wooded section one on GB PTN and one on a black Klink. Finished day below top weir. Had another 5 fish ranging from about 10ins to 14ins. All on GB PTN. Wife managed to get photos of some of these.

All in all a good day. Total 10 trout (all to me!) 8 to 16ins all returned.

4 Trout, largest 1lb; 3 grayling, largest 1lb. All bar 1 trout taken on GRHE/PT nymphs (1 exception on golden olive klinkhammer). River still coloured from recent rain, with plenty of fly life up to 1pm.

For the record books, caught at the L&A social over Sat & Sun 24/25th May...
Titley (R26) - 7 trout best 1lb.
Hergest (B30) - 3 trout best just under 1 lb.
Mowley Wood (R27) - 51 trout, 13 x 1lb or more, best 2lb!!!---- Brilliant!!
Lyepole (B31) - 48 trout, 5 grayling, 11 x 1lb or more, best 1.5 lb-- Excellent.!!

All except 3 returned, every one with wild fish markings and in beautiful condition. Adams, Grey Wulff, Mayflies, emergers and others. Stunning fishing!

Bright, chilly and breezy.

Fished the fast water by the church, got two very nice fish about 15? on gold beaded hairs ear.

Dropped down to the fast water below the bridge, couldn?t fish up stream due to the wind which was now very strong. Tried fishing down stream but glare on the water made it very difficult to see the numerous boulders of which there are many in this run. Had to get to back to Kent so called it a day at 1pm, very happy with the two fish I caught.

First time on this - could not get on Llynfi Dulas today.

This is a lovely bit of river though! Masses of fishy water and a half decent hatch - olives, brook duns and even the occasional May Fly, which the local robin population seems to savour!

7 trout in total best 11" all on usual dry para patterns - ginger quill, blue dun. Thanks for sorting out voucher shortage - you folks only need to keep one, look forwards to receiving the rest.

Two 6 inchers and one good two and a quarter pounder trout on gold headed nymph. Lovely water, high but clearing. No fish rising so hard work.

26th May, Abernant (upper Wye)
First day of my trip and i had around 20 fish up to 12oz, all on the dry fly really small elk hair caddis pattern. A fantastic days sport. All safely returned.

27th May, Llyn Em (upper Wye)
River really pushed through! 3 fish caught biggest about the pound and a half mark smallest a pound. Another fantastic day, only cut short by debris coming down river at about 1600hrs. All fish returned safely.

28th May, Penpont (Usk)
What a beautiful setting, 4 fish to 1lb and it should have been a lot more but for my incorrect chioce of rod, (to short). I couldnt pick enough line off the water to set the hook. Lost a big fish at the net around the 2lb mark, hook pulled free. It was a stunning fish. It was a reminder that no matter how good a time i had, the memory of the break will be that fish that i lost. All fish returned safely, including the one that freed itself. Some BIG fish spotted under the bridge near the house but i had no time to fish for them. I'm coming back sooner than planned though, see you all soon.

26 May, Dan y Warren: 10 small trout to 12 inches, spiders. The occasional yellow may and true mayfly hatching off. I rather liked this one - it's only really one pool, but a good pool and a fish nursery at that. There are some better ones in the deep water where the Grwyne Fawr comes in, but my attempt at deception failed. Nice place for a bottle of wine and picnic one evening.

28th May, Cilwych: blank. Spoiled by high water - at least that's my excuse. Nothing much hatching. There must be large trout in the gutter, but I would like to see them rising.

Another magical day on a magical beat. Had 3 fish between 8 and 15 inches by 11am all but one on beaded PTN. Mayfly started to appear around 11 ish but fish didn't seem too interested until about 1.30ish when I had a mad half hour and landed another 4 fish on a home tied Mayfly, which is basically a Comparadun tied on 12 l/s with a yellow body! The trout seemed to like it. Best fish I estimate at approx 2lb. Had another 2 fish later on, one on PTN, the other took a Mayfly, grey body this time. Lost 3 during day, one broke me! All fish returned. Total for day 9.