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Lovely beat and fish moving but none attached to my fly sadly. Some canny tactics required here I reckon.

Water level dropping again from 12 inches. River very quiet. Nothing seen or touched except for accidental trout.

River low, nothing much to report

Wet start to the day and had to move several times to find the fish. River still very low and will no doubt fish better when we have had some decent rainfall. Colin has kept the path well strimmed making access to the lower part of the beat much easier although we didn't venture to the end. Stuck to legering with feeder and pellets but will bring the trotting rod next time.

8 Barbel, 12 Chub

Nothing caught

All fish returned - barbless hooks used.

3 Trout

3 each caught spinner and worm. Not a bad day

6 Trout

4 x trout 7-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. Fishing in the rain this morning and gave up after a few hundred yards as the brook became suddenly extremely muddy.

4 Trout

I parked where the map said to and then tried to walk to the start of the beat. The choice of routes were walking down the scary A470, or over the fields with frisky herds and multiple barbed-wire fences - both with significant downside! So, I got back to the car and drove to the Brecon Industrial Estate/Business Park to park the car at the start of the beat.
In terms of the fishing I saw plenty of fish but disappointingly blanked. I was on a dry but really this beat needs you to tumble nypmphs through the boulders and bedrock to find those trout hiding there. I saw a few rises to sporadic hatch but I just couldn't get close enough to present the dry well enough as the water was gin-clear despite the downpours overnight. I'll definately come back to The Tarrell with my high-stick.