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Nice day lovely beat. No fish ????

Hard work fishing from first to last light, on a wet, windy, grey, Mid-Walian day for a few bites.

River level at mid-range(?), falling (0.68-0.69m Cilmery gauge, but the drop during the day seemed more) and water nearly crystal-clear by dusk.

Five ladies, most over a pound, to 1:10 on maggot on our first visit to this river. A bit tougher than expected.

Covered nearly all of the stretch, but be aware that due to recent erosion you need to wade across and then back, to access the whole length. This was OK today but would not need much more water on to make it unviable. The new fence at the upstream end makes access very difficult to the upper quarter and we could not cover the last 200m to the sewage works. Likewise at the lower end, where we could not work out the access so waded (just) to the wrong bank to get a look.

Lovely scenery (mizzle allowing!). The few fish we did catch came from deeper slower pools and faster water.

We would have fished the gutters as advertised in the beat's description...but coming from a coarse-fishing background I have no idea what these are!

Landowner extremely helpful after a vehicle incident unrelated to the fishery.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

First time on this beat. Headed for the lower parking area as the walk to the river looked shorter (I'm well into my seventies) followed the access directions only to find there had been a massive bank collapse about a year ago (nice lady in the garden of the house told us) and the owners had erected high barbed wire and other fencing recently to prevent access to the river. We had no option but to get back in the car and head for the upper parking area which is a long downhill walk and a killer walk back! This situation should really be mentioned in the booking information. Couldn't find the Grayling after all that effort!

1 Trout

2 Grayling

Wash off!

Wash off!

5 Trout

River at a good level - had to search to find the grayling but best was a good 40cm all caught fishing close to the bottom

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

River was at an ok height reading 0.56 at Cilmery gauge, but the clarity of the water was really poor and
pretty much killed the fishing (my excuse anyway!). Fished euro nymph and duo without touching a fish even after slinging a squirmy worm at them. Stunning beat with a good mix of water and good accessibility.