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Been nearly a year since I've fished Beacons , so was nice to head off through the Brecon mountains to this pleasant lake . Was about eleven when I turned up , a nice ripple on the water , and lovely and sunny .

Fished the roadside shore right up to the wooded area , after having words with a chap ledgering and having the brass neck to make a real mess of the bank , digging for worms !!!!! I did ask also if he had a rod licence as well . . . . . . The usual " what's one of those " was the reply !!!! Any way after giving him suitable words in his shell like , he left very promptly !!!!

There were some buzzers shucks on the water by midday ish , so fished a long leader , fine tippet and a team of two buzzers , black and green home tied ones . . . . .

Things were quiet initially , but then takes started coming around oneish , and netted three cracking brownies in about twenty minutes , the last two coming an hour or so later .

The water quality here is superb , with plenty of fry and small fish in the margins . I'm sure evening sport would have been execllent this evening , but was happy with a tally of five , ranging from nine to twelve inches , so called it a day at fourish .

I did meet another chap at the lake , who is in the Ospreys angling club , and he mentioned that dry fly sport can be excellent , although , as with all wild brownies , they aren't a soft touch and matching the hatch is key . . . . . .

Shall head down to Beacons again next month , with the weather improving , its time to hit the banks of the Arrow and Lugg.

WUF POACHING INFO : Due to the fact phone reception isn't feasible in the Brecon Beacons , I wasn't able to pass on the details of the chap poaching , on to the NRW POACHING LINE. However maybe yourselves and C. T. who fished it recently may keep a look out for the vehicle he was driving , WHITE FOCUS ST. REG : CT17 CUJ . if you happen to see it there again !!!!!!!!

5 Trout

nothing much happening wirh very little fly on the water, lovely day though

3 Trout

Craig Llyn is becoming one of my favourite places to be, I always enjoy fishing this stunning beat.
Weather was positively spring like with sunshine, a gentle beeeze and highs of 14C, a few Olives started emerging around 11:30am and a few fish started to rise to them before a very impressive hatch of March Browns occurred around midday sending the fish just upstream crazy with lots of splashy rises, I managed 3 out of season Grayling on self tied dries before the fish seemed to disappear despite a blizzard of March Browns which lasted about 20 minutes.
I fished on without much success until later in the afternoon when one or two fish started rising in the deep, slow pool in the first field, I offered them my dry fly which was taken on the first cast and resulted in a very pleasing 20 inch brown trout, a great end to the day.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Three caught, 17, 12 and 12 inches. First caught on a PTN below a dry fly. The other two caught on a dark olive dry fly. There was a sparse hatch late morning that lasted from about 11am till 1pm, with trout rising to these for about 30 mins. The river is in good form.

3 Trout

1 x small trout plus parr

1 Trout

Great hatch of March browns from 11 for about an hour which got many fish feeding. Most of the fish taken during this time to a cdc dun pattern in #12. Biggest fish of the day fell to a small nymph with measured in at about 16". Good day.

15 Trout

River it was dropping and clearing really well, it takes the fly in most of the pools now. I fished hard but not springers seen.
Nice spring day to be out.

1 Trout

Perfect fishing day sun with high cloud, river good height 2'1" and falling, good clarity but on the cold side 44 degrees. Expectations high but no Salmon caught or seen, some descent March Brown and Olive hatches and the surprise catch of a relatively silver 1 1/2 lb sea trout on the fly at the end of an enjoyable days fishing. Fishing the Chapel catch gutter was slightly tricky at this height as my brother and myself both have descent studded boots but at times were being slid along the bedrocks by the strength of current so caution needed in higher flows I'd say!

1 Trout, 1 Sea Trout

1 10" wbt on dry fly Adams pattern

1 Trout