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Spinning high and coloured water (2 ft 9ins slowly falling to 2ft 6 inches). NTR

An excellent finale today after an infuriating start. The height at around 1ft 9ins was perfect but the water peaty and coloured though the clarity was an improvement on last Friday.

Fished down Bridge Pool at 11am with 3/4ins Willie Gunn tube. Nothing showing until a large fish jettisoned itself at the fly between the visible mid-stream rock and the submerged one closer to the bank. I felt the pull, the rod bent and line was taken followed quickly by nil contact. On pulling the line in I discovered that my leader had developed an unhelpful liaison with a wind knot which provided the unhappy explanation. Good to have James K following me down the pool to witness this ineptitude.

Fished Gravel and Rock pools with no takes or fish seen and then gave it a rest until 5.45pm when I fished the Bridge once again with a #8 Usk Grub. I had expected the water clarity to have improved but there was little change before the rain fell heavily once again. A very gentle take in almost slack water above and slightly on the inside of the submerged boulder turned out to be a massively strong 28lb (42ins head mid-tail) cock salmon eventually brought to the bank and returned very positively having never left the water. My largest salmon to date.

I fished down again to see if I could tempt a second fish that had shown whilst playing the first but nothing doing.

1 Salmon

Gave it an hour with 1 rod fishing and the other on the shoulder, but by 7am the river was up to 3ft and colouring fast so packed up and went downstream. Fish running through, saw fresh grilse when looking off bridge at the 6.10 start...persuaded us to give it a go, and 3 more in gravel catch when fishing it.

Water at an ideal height and falling BUT chocolate coloured. A couple of fish seen but nothing felt!

2 Trout

Arriving around 4pm, and speaking to some guys who had been fishing, they said the river was dropping and clearing... Tried a few pools and runs, as usual saw a couple moving in the Gravel catch, other wise no action. Good height, water bit too dirty.

Water dropped quickly but that didn't stop Simon Evans from taking a fish after me in the mill stream ! Had one boil at a hitched tube and that was all.

Fished from 7.30am to 9am. Due to height of water (11") I only bothered with the bottom half of the beat and the other rod had beaten me to it and was alreday working down the Rectory pool. Followed him down. First cast into the Mill stream the fly was snatched 11.5lb colouring hen which fought well and rifled away after briefly posing for photo. Tried the neck of rectory and the pool itself (missing a pull) but didn't fish any further as the other rod was now down in Glangwy and it was time to get to work. Saw a few as well, a big coloured salmon showed in the neck of the Rectory and 4 others in the Rectory Pool including a very silver 4-5lb grilse that showed in the fast run into the pool.

1 Salmon

18lb hen salmon at Mill stream with Japanese Lure for Cherry salmon late afternoon when start raining. Coloured but beautiful body.

1 Salmon

Fly fishing using very small doubles on rock pool river low