Feedback & Reports

Blustery and mainly clear day but downstream wind made for tricky conditions. Eventually fished with spiders and nymphs across and down. Landed one nice fish in riffles toward bottom of beat on nymph. Lots of dark olives coming off the water around noon. One or two rises and watched a wonderful weighty trout cruise midstream up from the Salmon Pool. Wonderful to be on the river again.

1 Trout

Lovely day. Warm and sunny and water 9 degrees C. A mini LDO hatch at about 11am - 13:00. Some fish rising. Landed one nice trout although in poor condition following the sustained high flows. I suspect he floods have scoured out the invertebrates a little resulting in a bit less fly life around than usual, but I have no doubt the river will recovery quickly and flooding is vital natural process in any case with many benefits to the river. The trout caught was on a CDC dry fly dun - saw him rise and then woomph! Great to be back on the water and what a magnificent river!

1 Trout

3 wbt between 12" & 15" all taken on nymphs. River in beautiful condition, shame the traffic on the M5 held me back from fishing until midday!

3 Trout

3 Trout

River in good condition with a steady hatch of LDO's and a few march browns between noon and mid afternoon which got a few fish rising.Spent the day getting used to a new long leader nymph set up and caught two lean 13" fish on tungsten headed dark PTN size 14.

2 Trout

River running strong but clear. I fished the most likely spots and landed 4 WBT up to 15" on heavy nymphs. Thank you.

4 Trout

River falling from approx 1ft to 9 inches on Brecon gauge after rain 3 days earlier which brought river up to over 1ft 6inch at Brecon. Thought there might have been the chance of a salmon. Not a fish seen. Tried a range of flies in all the named pools to no avail!

A truly disappointing day in general. Two rods fished from 0900-2000 and not a single fish caught and not much activity at all. This beat needs some considerable TLC to improve the standard compared to others on here. It is not just the accessibility to the river but also the condition of the banks and the removal of fallen trees etc to enable fly fishing.
The only place that was worth attempting (opposite the house) became a recreational activity when 10 or so residents of the house decided to go for a swim whilst we were having lunch upstream. If fishing is booked for that day then swimming should not be allowed to take place.
I wouldn't return here if you paid me. You might as well set fire to £20 in your living room, at least you'd get some light!
If this beat is to remain on the foundation I suggest it is reviewed and feeback given accordingly to the owner.

Dreadful weather with strong downstream wind pushing torrential rain. I quickly gave up and sat reading in my car until the promised break in weather. This arrived at about 3 pm. I quickly raced back and saw rising fish above the bridge below the rocks.Initial offering of grey duster refused but a quick change to klinkhammer immediately brought two trout of 15" to net. A third trout of 9" soon followed but so did the strong wind and heavy rain. The eye of the storm had passed in less than 45 minutes.

3 Trout

I am afraid so low, unfishable.