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This a challenging beat in the sense that the water is fast moving and in parts it is a bit tricky underfoot. However, it is a very nice stretch of water that I have fished a bit in previous seasons. I spent about 4 hours picking my way upstream through the small fast running pools getting plenty of interest in my Grey Wulff fly but failing to hook much. Pretty much every pool produced a strike but for some reason I did not manage to actually make contact. This said I did manage to catch 3 small trout of the order of 5-6" and one a little larger. Thus at the end of a long afternoon and feeling tired and a bit frustrated I reached a rather deep pool nearer the top of the beat. On first cast I made contact and wow, what a splash! After a substantial fight I landed a trout that must have been 16" in length and very fat; a great end to the day and the best fish I have caught this season. Interestingly, all of the fish caught were dark in colour with relatively small spots; not sure why but maybe something to do with the lack of light on this beat?

5 Trout

Very humid but no real rain, river very clear. Found trout of a small size in just about every bit of fast water willing to at least look at small paras - landed 8 up to 9" but did not connect with most. Foulhooked one in the tail so I guess they were looking but not taking. No sign of larger brethren, but I had to leave before the evening.

8 Trout

I came to this beat a number of years ago and it defeated the novice fisherman I was. This is a great beat but very wild and fast running water. I had taken a quick look the evening before and due to a very rainy day the Grywne Fawr was running high, fast and the colour of chocolate. This is a short river and it comes up fast and goes down fast too. 16 hours later and the river was in great nick although running fast. 13 WBT came to dry but only after a grim couple of hours on the lower part of the beat. A great beat.

13 Trout

No luck with Adams or parachute Adams despite rises and some interest.

One nice trout lost. The stream was looking very beautiful albeit very cold. A good Large Dark Olive hatch at 11:30 brought up one repeat rising fish. One other nice fish seen. Some nice looking pools and good water coming down from the reservoir upstream.

Had a really bad days fishing, only had one bite from a very small fish, I didn't see any other signs of fish at all despite conditions being good.

Very cold, breezy, good flow after heavy rain last night. Absolutely nothing showing , and no fly hatching. A blank day in a beautiful spot. Late season growth made access very hard work for this fisherman not in first flush of youth!

A delightful stream but very full, fast flowing and coloured after heavy rain. Fished for a while but without success.

Weather bright with light breeze, some emergers out during late afternoon. Tried Czech nymphing and also a small light dun/black spider but to know avail. Trout there(6 - 8") but very skittish in the bright light and spooked at the slightest movement. The water was incredibly clear and sadly too low for ideal conditions. One of the most beautiful wild streams I've ever fished, so will try again when water levels are hopefully much higher.

1 WBT to Klinkhammer in 2 hour session. Water very low. Many fingerlings and parr in the pools.

1 Trout