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Bright sunshine very low and very clear , light tackle a must , started about 10.30 am saw 3 nice fish dart away in the shallows , then having to fish at a distance so as not to disturb them , used a 12 size Adams , the fish started coming , turned over 3 more , left at 2.00 pm , when the larger May flies are about this will be a great place for a days fishing , tight lines

6 Trout

Decent hatch of upwings including Brook Duns.
Fished various methods on the tenkara, started with duo then switched to small Para dry when a few fish started to rise.

3 Trout

quite a few fish showing ,bright sunshine , very clear , alot of olives on the wing but the fish were not interested tried an olive nymph and emerger but nothing then a small bead grhe and i was in to fish 3 plus 2 turn overs all this in just over 1hr

3 Trout

Weather perfect . Very bright Sun , fields still frozen . Used nymphing and nymph indicator methods , but unfortunately no fish caught . River in lovely condition , water very clear with good flow . Will visit again at a later date.

Gauge at 0.56, water at a nice level. Access very easy. Caught both fish on an orange tag blowtorch nymph and lost two others (1 grayling and another oos trout).
The grayling caught was a lovely size, around 1.5lbs, and in pristine condition. Although no fish rising there were a lot of small flys coming off as the day warmed, the river appears to be in great health and I will return in spring.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time on the Llynfi. River was low and clear. Nothing rising so tried a nymph. missed one take but hooled up with the second. Very difficult to get to some fishy looking swims, but then it is a "wild stream". Damned Himalayan balsam also.

1 Trout

Adjusted my client day as he had aged parent issues, rearranging for mid Seotember, so onwards to Pontithel ..... Why has no one fished it yet this season !!!!
I had a ball to be honest ... overgrown and like a jungle , not the river I remember it, but they're all going that way in fairness.... Good job I'm agile and don't mind these wild stream obstacles etc etc etc ...
River clear, sitting at 0.171 on the gauge, OK, could do with a dam good flush out !! Just like the Ithon, that brown yukky dead algae on the rocks..... Been closed some three years or more maybe....why couldn't the bankside etc be kept half decent in that time ???? Used to be one of the easier fishable rivers!!!! Dry fly sport here, tiny Para dries, eight grayling and one trout, which I came back for to fish a pool I'd missed him in earlier ..... bang, got him.second attempt though lol .......
Would I fish this again......errrrrrrrmmmmmm possibly ... weird how very few trout and bags of grayling!! Still, great takes on the dries to be honest.... must admit I'm a wild brown trout man , I'd come back, but it needs work here, and lots too, seems like it's just been left, forgotten about, bit like all the other wild streams !!! A fun day, on a private beat tommorrow, happy days !!! Then back in the Elan Valley on a feeder stream the weekend ..... sorted !!!

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Decided to chance my arm on the newly re-opened, Pontithel beat. After it's recent pollution incident and having never fished the Llynfi before, I was not expecting a spectacular result. The river was reading 0.17 on the gauge at Three Cocks, and the river was indeed very low and crystal clear. The bottom was generally covered in the brown algal slime, that is everywhere at the moment. A few of the slacker spots were full of a bright green surface algae too. Needs a good flush.
Started off quite promisingly, with a few small fish showing under the very low hanging trees adjacent to the first meadow. Impossible to get a cast into them though. Continuing on, the river straightened out, almost into a canal, about 18 inches deep, and it was at the top of this run I had my one and only fish, a grayling of approx 8 inches. It was from behind the first of many downed trees. Carried on to the end of the beat seeing a few fish rising in the flats, but approaching them in the very still water was too much for my poor wading technique. Rounding one bend I came across a nice trout of about a pound, but it refused everything. As I was concentrating on the trout, an absolute submarine of a grayling, probably 15-16 inches, cruised past.

An interesting beat, the glides probably need a bit more water, some of the deep holes are very deep, and undoubtedly hold some big fish. Some of the trees across the river are a bit difficult to get round, would be impossible with an extra 6 inches of water. There are plenty of fry in the shallows, which bodes well. The river is also alive with crayfish, I've never seen so many, out in the open water during the day.

A lovely beat, that I will return to.

Fishing Passport Note : A reminder to visiting anglers that signal crayfish, are an invasive aquatic species and have severe negative effects on other aquatic biota. Anglers must ensure against cross contamination by approved check/dry/disinfection procedures, and importantly waders, nets and tackle should be disinfected before and after fishing.

1 Grayling

River was murky and looked like there had been some big floods recently. All I caught was the occasional branch, both above and below water!

Was only able to fish for a couple of hours, and river was quite off-color. One OOS trout.

1 Trout