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In good conditions we caught mainly small Barbel on meat and small Chub using a feeder. Quite a few anglers on the far bank. Thanks

12 Barbel, 4 Chub

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Very difficult fishing - lovely beat

1 Trout

no fish caught

River very low and clear, bankside undergrowth now taking over, Balsam I think, so very difficult if not impossible to get to some areas. There are now cattle both sides of the river on the lower section and they are friendly !
Saw the dreaded cormorants fishing merrily on the lower section, and I think they were doing better than me.
As usual the wind was a real problem, it was much stronger than forecast, I think the weather people struggle to forecast yesterdays weather correctly !
Still better than a day working though.
Many thanks to the fishery owner and the Wye & Usk team.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

1 Trout

Another great sporting day at Bugeilyn , bowled up at about elevenish , greeted with a lovely westerly breeze , and intermittent sunshine , perfect conditions ! The surrounding hills were splashed with purple from the heather , now in full flower , and the odd Dady long legs was flying out of the boggy grasses from around the lake , some landing in the marginal water , and hastily chased by Bugeilyn residents . . . . . . . . .

I used roaming tactics , with the usual floating line , on my five weight rod , and the few flies I tied from Plu Stiniog worked a treat , so I thank you Mr Evans. Ringing the changes , I did have four lovely fish from the westerly shore on a dry detached body Daddy long legs , very splashy savage takes . The very top end of the lake was good today , and had six on a mix of my home tied wets , the majority of them taking the flies with black in them .

There was a quieter spell around two for about an hour or so , which historically I've always found happens in the afternoon here , so took some time out to chill , and have a wonder around the local area . . . . Spotting a cormorant on Llyn Cwm Byr . . . . Hell these pests get everywhere !!!!! A well placed .223 me thinks ????

Sport again picked up late afternoon , and finished the day with fourteen crackers to the net , all carefully released , a real fun day , as always , and actually the last two weeks have been varied to say the least , with regards to fishing , had two excellent days on Claerwen Reservoir , with some beautiful wild brownies caught and released , and a fun afternoon on the Claerwen river , again catching small feisty brownies on nymphs , so all in all had a good dose of fly fishing to last me a few days . . . . . . . . Well perhaps until next week !!!!!

WUF SAFETY POINT : Just out of interest for folks that may need phone reception , I happened to look at mine , as it beeped !!!! On the track over the bridge between Bugeilyn and Cwm Byr , walk up that track about two hundred yards and you should get a decent reception . . . .

14 Trout

4lb Grilse at Chapel catch with Japanese Lure for Cherry salmon.

1 Salmon