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Dry with sunny spells. Very windy along the dam but pretty sheltered along the east bank. Hooked one brownie but lost it.

5 wild brown trout, most of them about 3/4lb. Morning session up to mid-day. Quite a few takes missed and lost fish - they weren't really having it.

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This water is being heavily poached. Lots of empty worm tins on the bank. We reported those we saw.

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Intermittent rain, about 17C and a southerly breeze. Quite a change from a week of high pressure and blue sunny skies. The odd small fish rising at the dam end on arrival at 8am. One small brownie rushed out to harass the bob fly at the end of a retrieve near the old boathouse. Otherwise no other contacts. Overall impressions on this my first visit: an attractive water, which probably fishes well on the right day; however, slightly let down by the traffic noise on the adjacent A470 and the heavily wooded western side and top end, which makes access challenging.

Nice bright morning, wind light, one lovely brown trout caught from the east bank near the north end.

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Sadly blanked on a very wet and windy day. True wilderness fishing. Here's hoping for better weather next time.

Fished dam end. No sign of any fish rising at any point in the day.

Well I did think the incoming rain on Friday and Saturday may be heavy so booked Beacons reservoir , assuming the rivers may be up , but stopped to have a look at the Llynfi at Pontithel, enroute , and it looked superb , slight tinge but great , onwards to the Brecon Beacons . . . . . . . .

Arrived at the reservoir at about quarter to ten , tackled up my Orvis nine foot six weight , and the old girl felt heavy after my two weight stream rod . . . . Rigged up just a team of two , my usual trustee team of brownie wets , that I use a lot here , work very well just in the wave , and today it was drizzly , dank and a good trout wave , a real dirty day , a great day for stillwater brownies . Would be good on Teifi or Bugeilyn today too I should imagine !!!!

Anyway , the usual hotspots , produced some lovely brownies today , and in the first couple of hours had four nice fish to hand , and one long range release , sizes ranged from ten to fourteen inches , gorgeous fish . . . I worked my way round the West side , and picked up a fish in one of the bays , just as it meets the ripple , lovely swirl , and tightened into a cracker . . . . Spot on . . .

Last fish was up by the dam wall , on the dropper , lovely twelve inch Beacons brownie , a really fun four hours here . I did see a maroon Y reg LDV camper van parked in the designated parking area just at the bottom of the dam. Knocked the chappy up who must have been sleeping and asked what he was going to do with the rigged up two beach caster rods !!!!!! "Oh have a look if there s anywhere to fish " . My reply was , don't make out I'm as green as I'm cabbage looking bud !!!!!! And in no certain terms explained that it's permit only / club water , and fly fishing only !!!! He aquiesed , and was polite enough , not a local chap , so perhaps unaware , I did explain that most , if not all waters , be it river or Stillwater are permit or club , and if your fishing without permission or permit , then it's an offence , simples !!!!!! Chant over , I walked round and back up along the eastern bank , and decided to call it a day , as it had been a long old weeks work , and was happy with six lovely brownies , will head to the Edw or Arrow mid week , a nice chill out . . . . . . . . . Back here soon !!!!!

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