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Bowled up at one of my favourites , the Llynfi Dulas , initially overcast and a slight breeze !!! Annoying kind of breeze too !!! Especially when fishing a tiny dry !!!! Still , tackled up my usual small streams outfit and opted for a tiny Deer Hair Emerger as last time I was here some activity just about midday with lots of upwings on parade !!!

Same scenario today and as I walked down to the Stream at ten I did see the first olive as I approach the downstream beat start ..... lovely job !! By midday it was a plethora of upwings ... a real party down in the valley.......

Slippery customers today !!managed five to the net and quite a few off including a cracker which swam straight towards me fast !! Obviously I couldn't keep line pressure so he was off !! Never mind , all part of the fun ...

Great on the dry today .. fished till half one .. spot on although as I've mentioned before , stealth is paramount otherwise they're gone !!! Only fished up to the junction pool , cut out into the field and a slow bimble up the bank back up to the truck ... a fun few hours and five lovely Dulas fish caught and released... as always a great adventure .....

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Turned up at the cracking pull in at half eight reading 10 degrees in my truck ....its a lovely panoramic view on the walk down the valley to the little Llynfi Dulas at the bottom ...

Initially this morning a single weighted baetis nymph working the likely pools and actually was the first pool ... bang ... heck of an aggressive take!! Lovely stuff ....

Had another four on the nymph then saw two good rises so on with a small tan klinkhammer ... had another three to the dry ... most satisfying early season trout to the dry fly ... and two of the takes were definitely wanted by the trout too!!! Definitely on the look out for food on the surface now ! All three were prospected casting fish , happy with that !

Only fished three hours up to the deep junction pool , were another little brook comes in ... called it a day at twenty to twelve ... a cracking few hours sport .. been a slow start on the Wild streams mainly due to low water ... this one is holding a bit .. did see an otter very briefly too way up in a straight glide , and nice to see a pair of mandarin ducks ... stunning birds !!!!!

No real issues with obstacles that I can remember down there .... water is still cold and under the stones here is a plethora of caddis and various nymphs... Great to see ....

A lovely few hours and eight beauties brought to hand .... this one's certainly woken up !! Happy days !! !!

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Popped in here from the Edw, very hard fishing changed a lot from the last time I was here bit of a assault course.2 small trout.

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Well for a change headed for the Llynfi Dulas; middle beat this morning . Decidedly cooler and overcast , reading 16 in my truck when I parked up and had a survey of the valley below . It's a lovely view of the little Llynfi Dulas down in the valley . Quickly set up , opting for the usual small streams six foot two weight rod and tied on a Parachute Pheasant tail . A lot of insects on the go , sedges , olives and some mayfly showing from eleven bells . And the fish were looking up for scoff from the word go !!!!!

A great three hour s, didn't even make it to the deep pool were the Brook comes in but had some lovely sport , sticking to just the Parachute dry , lovely splashy takes this morning , superb !!! Lots of activity in the glides too and a lovely sight seeing the wild resident brownies rising confidently in the water too . . and also from the resident kingfishers , they were busy up and down too !!!

Some good fish this morning in a tally of ten too ! Most in the seven to ten inch bracket , but I did have two crackers , maybe eleven and twelve inches respectively , lovely , and a run around on the two weight rod too !!!

Next time I'm here I'll do the full beat , I had some jobs to crack on with back at the Ponderosa , so although it was a brief visit , still a varied sporting one , loved it !!!! Can't think why I don't come here more tbh !! It's is messy and needs a lot of attention , looks like the lower does too reading. B. P. 's report last week !!! Both need a good haircut and some major T.L.C !!!!!! So there's you go WUF the Llynfi Dulas , both beats are messy messy messsy !!!!! Stick it on your " To Do " !!!! List .

That said I personally dont mind a scramble about , and some lovely trout here if you cast carefully , and use stealth and cunning !! back here soon to do the full beat , a superb three hours . . . . . Spot on !!!!

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Not the best day, arrived at the location, got into the full kit and headed down towards the water. As I followed the stream up I found a dead sheep lying in the water. It looked like it had been there probably for a couple of days so that instantly was a bit of worry, conditions weren’t very good and the area didn’t look like it had been looked after at all. Honestly after probably about an hour I gave up, conditions weren’t correct, the dead animal in the water, the area itself. Just wasn’t for me. Being truthful and honest I wouldn’t recommend this area for a days fishing.

Three nice trout caught to dry on Parachute Adams or BWO. Frustrated at times as twice as many fish than I caught jumped off. River was very low and clouded-up every so often. I imagine there were farm animals cooling off further up stream. Upper part of beat where it goes single bank is not fishable. I walked up it for a couple of hundred yards and gave up as I couldn’t get a cast. Nice day.

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Very low and clear water. Strong wind blowing along the river. Only fished the fist part of the beat along the field. Small hatch of mayflies, but bigger trout were rising under submerged branches....
Caught a few small ones.

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First time here. As to be expected, getting a little overgrown in places but very beautiful. River low but with a tinge of colour. Big hatches of Olives of various sorts and the off mayfly but not huge numbers. Stuck with dry fly all day. Fish to 12 inches on Adams para, olive emergers and mayfly patterns.

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Day two and struggled up here today ,very quiet, mind you it was a late start today and have the feeling I missed any hatching flies. Might have done better with a sunk fly I guess but enjoy the dry so much along here .Bit less tree climbing too! Some impressive clouds of large spinners (LBD?) gathering over the water though as I contemplated the return journey up 'The Hill'!
Alas I didnt make it up to the 'tunnels' at the top section today. There be the home of good fishes....well , usually.
Maybe the fish where just waiting for the mayfly, who knows hey. I think it is maybe better for them up on this beat but the one fish was a cracker and rose it first time I covered it so more than happy.
Kingfishers where very busy and saw some Sand Martens too . Great.
Even better parking up here now with the new gateway and considerate farmer it seems leaving plenty of good room for parking , lots of room,and always stand a while at the gate in to the field admiring the fine view before the descent.

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