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1 and 1.5 lbs - good fighting fish...

2 Trout

Just over the pound, on a Grey Wulf.

1 Grayling

Water still very high and coming through fast but clear. Very little fly life with just a few rises to the odd LDO in the early afternoon. Just one take (a very pale, beautifully marked and fighting fit 8” fish) on a weighted pheasant tail nymph. Very pleasant late start to the season and good to have some morning sunshine before the rain set in.

1 Trout

With 'Cabin Fever' setting in & not having cast a fly yet this year, I rashly decided that still water was better than nothing; Why I chose Llwyn Onn I shall never know.
I am struggling to find any positives. The sun shone for an hour earlier on & the man who checks the tickets was very pleasant but maybe not a fisherman & in a bit of a hurry?
As I drove up through Merthyr Tydfil I was already getting nervous that this was going to be a massive picnic area around a body of water. I had to give it a go but did not expect to spend quite so much time picking up discarded line, tackle & rubbish. Carling Black Label is still a favourite amongst the visitors to Llwyn Onn along with the usual KFC & McDonalds containers. Wading into the water at least had the advantage of having my back to all this & I was able to listen to the gentle hum of the motorbikes as they accelerated along a particularly good straight along the shoreline.
After catching one recently stocked rainbow trout, i thought I would move around the bank to see if it was a little more reminiscent of a wild place. Much the same really , new litter & line on the bank, the road was a little closer but with the added bonus that the rain had properly set in now...not that we mind that. As I unhooked my second, slightly deformed (brachycephalic) stocked rainbow of the split fin variety, I decided to call it a day & drive back the scenic route thus avoiding the massive reconstruction of the Welsh countryside between Merthyr & Abergavenny.
It is what it is & a far cry from river fishing that WUF so kindly give us easy access to. I wish I didn't have to count these fish as my first of 2018. You never finish learning.

2 Trout

Disappointing day and rained for most of the afternoon. I and my guest both drew a blank. Judging by bits of angling material left on the bank side the reservoir fishing with bait is very popular. The Usk reservoir is a much quieter and more scenic place to spend an afternoon in the rain flogging the water with a fly!

River fell and cleared during the day. But then the rain started again! No salmon seen or touched, but the river was beautiful with the odd March Brown hatching off.

I made 2 separate bookings for the same day. So, this report same as the first.No fish caught.

5 x trout 6-11 inches, Goldbead Hare's Ear. Still pretty high and turbulent, but a few pools were viable.

5 Trout

DNF wash off. Probably going to get through April not fishing at this rate. Will it ever end ?

golf course and broken bridge beats. River coloured and too high., although some flies hatching in sun.

1 Grayling