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A hot and sunny day on a very low river. Quite a lot of Mayfly about, but never saw one taken. Little sign of life until a few fish started rising very close in. Assumed they must be tiddlers as in very shallow water but surprised to catch 3 all about 10-12" on a deer hair emerger. I then noticed several fish rising some way upstream, again mostly in very shallow water at the tail of the pool. Rise was starting to peter out as I got there and I lined the first fish in my haste which didn't help matters. However, some more sporadic activity got underway in deeper water and I was pleased to catch a very lively cock fish of 18" and his smaller brother of 16". However, then missed several takes and caught no more before I had to leave. A really nice beat, but some access points getting hard to spot.

5 Trout

3 small brownies all returned. Water level lower than used to, but made wading a little easier.

3 Trout

Caught on mayfly and goldhead nymphs .all returned

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

A hot day with the water low and llangoed pool very green. Unfortunately there was a large family swimming/picnicking, for most of the day in the uppper section of the beat so I gave that a miss. Salmon were active in llangoed pool but the trout didn't seem very interested in the fly hatches so I ended up fishing the bottom of the beat by the sewage works. There were big hatches of grannon and lots of trout rising down there towards the end of the day. I caught 8 from 10-16 inches on a black para dry. I did notice that there seemed to be an unusual amount of lice and leeches on all of the fish and wandered if this had to do with the weather and water height or if the sewage works had some part to play, because all the fish were clustered round the outlets.
WUF Note: Freshwater lice (Argulus foliaceus) are commonly seen on fish at this time of year and especially when water flows have been low.

8 Trout

Never fished this river before glad I made the trip up, not much water. Had a good time, but then it started to rain so called it a day.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

1 beautiful brown trout of 12"

1 Trout

Tough day. Didn't see a fish until I hooked a lump towards the top of the beat late in the afternoon (on GH PTN); lost it at the net but would have made easy 2 1/2 lb. Thereafter took a few - best 2 lb - on dries in the lower flats. Huge hatch of allsorts switched the fish on at about 21:00 and the otter swimming past me at 21:45 seemed a logical conclusion to affairs. As others have said, a wading staff is a very sensible thing to have.

3 Trout

Moderate winds with heavy rain from 1pm to 3pm. With a very good hatch of alder in the afternoon, very pleasing day. Eleven trout .

11 Trout

1 Trout

I expect my nil return was inevitable due to the excessive algal bloom, but then a nil return can happen in perfect conditions. At least this gave me an excuse for not catching! An enjoyable day nonetheless, on a well managed beat.