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Visiting from South Africa so just HAD to try for salmon with the double-hander I so rarely get to use. Fished beats 4 and 5 in the afternoon. Trout rising with intent when I got to the river. Thought about getting the 4wt from the car but they turned off again after about 30 minutes. Fished till 20:00, weather was a bit challenging but being alone on such a beatiful river more than made up for the cold and lack of silver.

16 lb very fresh Cock. Small yellow & black Bottle Tube.

1 Salmon

Fishing with my daughter who is a new to fly fishing. Similar conditions to previous day - sunny with some cloud but clouding over in late afternoon with drizzle. Air temp approx 14 C, water temp 9 C. Very little insect life and very very few rising fish. Those within casting range came readily to my dry olive imitation. Had tried nymph with no results.

2 Trout

River in fabulous condition. Wind was a menace, no Salmon seen or touched. Plenty of feisty Trout and a big Chub!

5 Trout, 1 Chub

River level good - 0.4m at Brecon station. First time on this beat, good access. Parking at top of beat. Fished a half day from 1:45 to 5:30 Breezy, some sun, but scudding clouds and a spot of rain later on. 13 degrees.
Fish keeping their heads down , but a hatch of some sort of upright at about 3pm brought a couple of fish up to feed off the surface in the slower water. Fish caught nymphing in the faster riffles with a Small PTN and a larger HEN.
Nothing taken on the surface.

5 Trout

Really well maintained fishery by Glynn the full time Ghillie who was also very helpful with advice before arriving and all day while fishing. It was a significant privilege to share the beat with the owner that day who was also fishing but most generously he let the ghillie show me around and stay with me most of the day! Good hut, toilet and tea making facilities and even a glass of wine was offered at lunch!
Seems a short beat at the advertised double bank 800m or so but at 0.75m (Bredwardine) it was mostly all fly fishable, much off cribbs and walk ways etc (perhaps not for everyone) but Oxford run (from the bank) is class and poachers pool which needs wading after the croys is just a gorgeous spring fly pool. There's also a lovely little 50m run down to the swirly Lugg junction pool etc and several other little bits to keep it interesting with a spinner.
At this height and fishing only 2 rods, its probably as generous fly fishing beat as any I have fished on the river (12 different beats) and with 7 big springers to date over the few fishable days this year - is it the top beat? But probably by far if you consider the number of rods fishing it.
I like to express my sincere gratitude to an amazingly generous beat owner for opening up a productive and very interesting bit of river through the WUF . It says a lot if I explain he was delighted to watch his ghillie net a 17lb springer for me from poachers pool as he was following me down the pool. Thank you all!

1 Salmon, 2 Chub

10 Trout

Fished priory pool down to below canoe centre & caught 22lb salmon below canoe centre on black & yellow F/C @ 0930hrs today. Had a bit of an audience watching me land fish, hooks fell out in the net ,quick foto taken of fish in the net & safely returned unharmed.

1 Salmon