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Arrived to a lovely brisk cool morning with the river fairly full and pushing through. Started near the bridge with a heavy tungsten PTN and had a small eager taker …. Then the wind got up..and up..and up bringing some lovely horizontal rain … managed an hour before casting became impossible ! That’s the Welsh hills !

1 Trout

1 Other

4 x trout 6-9 inches, dry Pheasant Tail. Water high and coloured, but fish rising in a couple of places.

4 Trout

2’ on the gauge this morning but it seemed higher with the colour persisting. Saw my first salmon of the season when a good sized fish porpoised at the top of the gravel catch. Couldn’t tempt it though.
Plenty of Shad about it seems, as I had three in four casts in the Rock pool. Packed up just after lunch as the gusty wind strengthened and the water clarity worsened still. Prospects not looking good for the next few days with more heavy rain forecast.

3 Other

4 Trout

1 Trout

Mixed conditions - sunny spells, overcast, rain and heavy wind.

Four fish landed and one run where the hook did not set. All four were common carp and in excellent condition. Weights were; 15lbs, 12lbs, 20lbs! and finally another 15lb.

The cows were very friendly!

4 Other

River high,windy with rain throughout the day. Three takes on flashback pheasant tail nymph but no fish landed. Will try again on a better day.

I arrived at the beat at about 1pm in a heavy shower of rain. The first challenge was getting to the water. I don't know if I followed the wrong path, but the only way down the valley I could find was blocked with fallen trees and was very slippy and treacherous. The last 5 meters I simply sat down ans slid over wet vegetation. Once in though, I was in paradise.

The rain meant the water was ripping through and the trout were sheltering in every crease and eddy. It was simply a case of spotting some slack water and landing my nymph in it, normally within seconds I would feel a take. That is where it all started going wrong. The fish simply took to the main channel and were swept off in to the next run before I could even think about getting them under control. I must have lost 20 fish in this way. Small heavy nymphs in natural colours seemed to do the trick.

I finally got a couple of WBT to the net and on the last accessible pool I hooked and landed my first ever sea trout. I nearly gave up in the first hour, but it turned out to be a red letter day!

2 Trout, 1 Sea Trout

Unfishable conditions!!! 65 mph winds/ temperature down to 6 degrees!!
Sleet showers and constant torrential rain . Would be good if we could be given a credit for another day! We travelled round trip of 200 miles and went to the lake but couldn't stand up!!! The joys of being at 1700 feet! In 60 years fishing here never seen such impossible conditions.