Feedback & Reports

River height perfect (showing 8” on Brecon gauge) and running gin clear. Sunny with a brisk upstream breeze. Fished from 2pm. No surface activity until 4pm when olives hatched profusely and fish began to rise. Fished olive CDC in the upper pool. Every cast was to a rising fish until 5:30. Three WBT to the net, dropped a couple more and missed many takes. Great fun!

3 Trout

Water high and very discoloured.

Fish taken on green damsel weighted head.

1 Trout

Arrived at 15:00 to find the river running high and coloured. Must have been overnight rain as the Brecon gauge was below 12” on the previous evening. Tungsten bead nymphs in the deeper slower water was the tactic of the day. Left defeated at 19:30

A most enjoyable first visit to Abercynrig. We booked salmon rods as a hedge against the rain rather than real expectation of a fish. The river was at about 10" on the Brecon gauge when we arrived and looked in perfect condition. Karen opened with a fabulous 1.5lb trout on a small duo-fished killer bug. I took a switch rod and optimistically tried likely looking runs with small salmon flies, catching another 1.5lb trout from bottom pool. Karen's other trout came to a cdc emerger and my other two to cdc dries. Not much surface activity seen during the day but clearly a good number of fish there. Frustratingly, I hooked what I was sure was a big trout on a small Munro variant in the Cynrig pool, bullied it towards me for a quick release and then realised it was a coloured hen grilse of about 4-5lbs just as the hook came free . . . . I'll be more careful next time. Will definitely return.

5 Trout

Overcast with a brisk, cool downstream wind. River at a much improved height after the recent rain. Fished from 4pm. No significant fly life, so focused on the faster water at the bottom of the beat with a beaded PTN. 2 regular sized WBT. As there was no dign of an evening rise, left around 9pm. Returned at 7am the next day to collect my rod case which I had left in the field!

2 Trout

Fished from 1 pm till 7. My fishing mate A W from Ledbury was gardening so no show!!. went through the ripples to start with using a small nymph ,nothing. Rivers very low, saw a few rising about 5 pm. Very interesting as could see them popping up from tight under the rocks to the surface but not interested in anything i had in my box. Had some liquid refreshment and tried the ripples again with a pop up emerger that done the trick. An enjoyable afternoon.

1 Trout

Fished 15.00 to 19.00. Periods of torrential showers and strong downstream wind probably suppressed surface activity but managed to winkle out a couple of great brown trout by searching riffles and seams with an olive comparadun. Would have stayed later to see if a late evening hatch occurred but weather conditions were unhelpful. Enjoyable session nevertheless.

2 Trout

Got to the beat at about 4 with a strong downstream wind limiting my options thank goodness for a brief rise just before dark managed 6 mostly on a dirty duster not big fish tonight but did loose a cracker not the best conditions but still a favourite stretch of river for me .

6 Trout

Caught in fast water wet fly. 10 inches.

1 Trout

River very low and little chance of a salmon but nice to put out a line.
Wild brownies made the day however. 4 lost a 2 missed during the afternoon before an excellent evening rise with lots of fish accumulating just off the quicker water in the Cynrig Pool for the last 90 minutes of the day. Landed 5 (all returned), lost 2 and missed many more. Fabulous quality fish, hard fighting, electic rises and takes. Most coming to a CDC buzzer. A lovely, peaceful and private beat. Looking forward to seeing it again someday when there's water on

5 Trout