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Fishable but tough conditions with water well up, coloured and flowing fast with a lot of debris. Covered the beat with pellet/feeder tactics with just the one bite in the top swim and one lovely 6lb barbel.

1 Barbel

1.5lb (685 g) rainbow trout, caught by worm, weather sunny with a light breeze.

1 Trout

Barbel came steadily throughout day in coloured water. Biggest 9.0 and 8.13. Beautiful fish, almost all immaculate. Saw the otter in the swim by the upper parking spot.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Chub

The river looked in great shape, a foot on the Brecon gauge and a nice bit of colour. I fished from 2pm to 7.30. Very few fish moved during the day but I had two nice trout on a weighted shrimp pattern fished dead drift - one fish was about a pound, the other 1 1/2 pounds. I fished the single-hander for salmon for a while without an offer. I was diverted in the afternoon by a small bat which was catching flies in the sunshine along with the swallows and martins, and spent the best part of an hour trying to get a sharp picture of it. I was also diverted by a brace of poachers who pretended they didn't know the beat was private - I photographed them too, which was much easier. Report submitted.

2 Trout

12lbs hen fly Yellow Francis river 1’6” with colour. Caught tail of Turn Pool about 8’ from true left bank in about 12” of water

1 Salmon

4 Barbel, 6 Chub

Fished for 3 hours, not a single take, saw one trout jumped clear of the water. Extremely fast flowing, would not contemplate this stretch without a wading staff. As always a stunning beat.

Afternoon session, river down 7 feet following recent flooding, conditions looked perfect however only chub obliged...am beginning to wonder where have all the barbel gone...!

3 Chub

1 x 12inch (kept), 7 x 9/10inch (released). Fairly easy access along the whole beat.

8 Trout