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A 5 lb silver grilse to James Fox on fly in the Cafn pool.

1 Salmon

Another trip to the fantastic Abernant.
This time accompanied by "Jr" to attempt to lure him away from the darkside of carp and catfish. Unfortunately the fish refused to play ball, despite a few smaller fish showing in Lady Alexander's. Did manage to rise a couple, but nothing stuck.
River low and very clear. But there was a lot of filamentous algae in the shallows.
A swirly mostly downstream wind made casting difficult, especially for a first timer.
Wildlife bonuses, an egret and a stoneloach in the shallows.

One good trout at 10 inches to a PTN in one of the deeper gutters. Steady trickle of mayfly coming off.

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My first time on this beat. A beautiful stretch of river with lots of interest for the WBT fly fisher. Given that Brecon centre is relatively close, beat feels very peaceful and remote. River at summer levels (showing 5" on Brecon gauge). Bright sunshine with a gentle upstream breeze. Steady hatch of olives throughout the day. Some fish dimpling the surface on the flats. Mostly fry - but you never can be sure, so spent an unsuccessful hour or so covering them. Switched to a PT nymph fished in the creases of the faster water. Several missed takes. When the occasional mayfly came off, switched to a Richard Walker mayfly nymph, again fished in the margins of the fresh water. Two lovely WBT to the net. Two important points: wading is very tricky even in low water conditions. The flat slabs of bedrock are like a skating rink. Felt soles are highly desirable; secondly, parking at the three designated spots is problematic. Even with one car, was difficult to get off the farm track without blocking access to the farm gates.

2 Trout

Weather as before: blazing sunshine for most of the day. Also as before had to leave before the evening rise. Still managed one trout, not huge, on an emerger in a slow pool. Did not make it to the top of the beat because disinclined to wade round too many field gates fortified with barbed wire.

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Spinning & Bottom round

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Fished Chainbridge for the afternoon. Only a handful of fish were rising given the bright sun. Managed three, on mayfly duns.

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Good evening fishing. Nothing happened until about 7pm and then there were a good number of fish rising, mainly to egg-laying mayfly and yellow mays.

4 Trout