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River looks great and the level was fine. A couple of fish moved, but nothing caught.

River gin clear and fish wary. Nice 2lb brown and 1.5ld grayling. Both on Kline and dink with gold ribbed hares ear Very nice bit of river

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout, 1 Chub

No Salmon seen but the river was alive with shad never seen so many !

Beautiful day on the river, but hard work. Three fish hooked (one very large), all on nymphs. One fish landed and returned.

1 Trout

Fished one of the Gwent AS club waters today until the rain came at 5.30 p.m. The river is finally warming up at 14 degrees, but was quite low with only 4" on the Brecon guage, and the stones in the slower reaches now also getting well covered in algae. Little surface action though some fly about in the morning including midge, the odd Yellow May and some gnats, sedge, and Danica mayfly. These were joined by a few Olive Uprights in the afternoon, but I suspect that the trigger to then-rising fish was the presence of numbers of small olives, which have been around for a few weeks now, for which a size 18 Blackhamer seemed to afford the right size and profile, and a similar sized medium olive Ducks Dun. These were still attracting rising and smutting fish until the day was rained off. In the morning, with essentially no rising fish, a HE emerger fished alone, or fished duo with a PBPTN, both took fish, mainly in and about the pacier water nearer to the heads of pools. The biggest fish were of 14" and all fish were in excellent condition. This beat will be open for the Gwent AS Open Skills Day on Saturday 8th June. Tickets still available. https://gwentanglingsociety.co.uk/gwent-angling-society-2019-open-skills-day/

14 Trout

Arrived at midday and fished until 6.00pm - the river condition and setting were wonderful with a good hatch of mayfly but sadly almost no fish rising anywhere on the river.
Managed a small brown on dry but nothing on nymphs - still had a great day.

1 Trout

All fish safely returned.
Lots of Japanese knotweed observed, particularly in the upper half of the fishery.

5 Trout

2 Grayling

River below summer levels which made access much easier than previous visits opening up more water than can be covered in a day. Wading was good under foot as far as grip goes - no algae growth yet which turns the bed rock to glass, watch out for the boulders.
Trout ranged in size from 14 to 9 inch with a couple of specimens lost. Majority taken on dry, most productive being a black F fly.

15 Trout