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12lb fish on a flying C

1 Salmon

Fished from 10.30 until 2.45. River running at 11 inches on the Brecon guage but the water much colder today at 6 degrees, when on Saturday it was 9 degrees. Several intervening frosty nights! A chilly, misty start but the sun eventually came out for a while late morning and the rain also duly arrived on cue, off and on, from 2 p.m. Not good. Had five fish all about 14”. Three on a flashback PTN, one on a March Brown emerger and another on a Grannom adult pattern. Some March Browns from about 2 till 3 pm, Grannom from 12.30 which trickled off, in some numbers at times, until about 2.30, and just a few LDOs along with the MBs. Not many fish rising at all. Hard going!

The rain didn’t help. But at least it wasn’t too wet for too long.

5 Trout

Excited delirium had almost set in as I made my way down the very eroded track to this hallowed secret Llyn. Was great to greet Bugeilyn with a slight ripple and overcast , with ominous clouds rolling over as I tackled up with a team of two , my home tied clan chief and a spider pattern , on my five weight rod , with a floating line . I began to fish just passed the lone Pine tree and had two savage takes , beautiful early season brownies, quickly admired , and then released back into the peaty cold water. Another two fish eagerly took the Clan chief , with feisty takes , another fifty yards up from the lone pine tree , again quickly released. By midday , the wind had picked up and I moved down closer to the boathouse , where I caught another two casting up to the inlet to Llyn Cwm Byr , aggressive hits again , one too the Clan Chief , and one to my spider pattern , all in all a fabulous five hours , great fun , and I shall sojourn once again to this fabulous hidden gem in search of the finny tribe !!!!!!! Cheers Llyn Bugeilyn shall catch up with you very soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 Trout

20lb Hen fish on a Flying C this morning..

1 Salmon

1ft 9ins / cool foggy mist / drizzle in afternoon / no sign of salmon

No fish today, the fish don't seem to have woken from their winter slumber. There were a few olives coming off but not enough to wake the fish up.

There were trout rising to a little hatch of march browns, LDOs and the odd stonefly about 2/3pm.
Caught one on an adams (16") and another on a small PTN (11"). Found no other trout to be obliging or rising after the showers started.

2 Trout

Nil return. It was a pretty dismal and un-enjoyable day really. Not even an offer. The pond probably had a real good hammering over the weekend - as usual.

I came here on this day rather than somewhere else as I'd heard of some salmon being caught further upstream. There should be a few here then which I was hoping to at least see. The water was at a good height and colour, so I was optimistic...

I found out why you have to telephone book during the week; there are season rods, who don't book through the WUF, so even though it doesn't appear booked, there may be fishermen there. And so I met a gentleman called Lynn. We got on very well, and he did see a salmon. As usual I was looking the other way at that moment, and it didn't show again. We both commented on how little activity there was with trout. There were good hatches of fly, but no takers. He hooked one, but I hooked a large tree....

One thing to look at... there was a bad chemical smell emanating from the bridge area. I don't know what it was, but it was quite noxious. It may be something to do with the caravan park; septic tank chemicals perhaps, but whatever it was, it was quite choking and drifted upstream with the wind...

1x 9" Brown taken on a beaded hares ear nymph just below the bridge.
Small hatch around middle of the day, lots of fish rising but couldn't get anything on a dry.

1 Trout