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Fished with pellets in the slower, deeper, nearside swims in the middle of the stretch. River was brown and tanking through, with large tree debris coming down the beat. Caught 4 barbel and 3 chub, of no great size, but pleased with the action given the conditions.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub

River strongly coloured and a little high. Nothing rising. Fished with nymph. Caught three, all small and returned.
On a better day I am sure this easily accessible beat would offer more. Will return.

3 Trout

No fish.

Fish were taken on size 14 Grey Dusters and sedge patterns. Dusters were fished static but the sedges proved more effective when moved. All fish were released, best around 1lb 6oz. River was running slightly coloured. We both really enjoyed the experience and will definitely return.

9 Trout

Chris Howell caught 11lb cock fish on Black and gold FC from rapids pool. Water pretty murky for the fly.

1 Salmon

Chris with Andrew Holloway landed a 11 lb Salmon on a FC. and lost another.

1 Salmon

Arrived early morning and left around 1pm - 9 trout mostly small but 3 or 4 needing the hand net. All returned, Persistent rain most of the day. 7 took a nymph fished duo style; 2 larger fish took the elk hair mayfly. Dog walkers using the river to exercise their dogs and disturbing the fishing upstream.

10 Trout

No sign of any salmon moving anywhere. One of the brown trout caught was a wild fish of about 2lbs, a nice bit of compensation for the effort put in by the salmon. There was plenty of water and a lively hatch of a variety of different insects in the evening.

2 Trout

Bob Rudd caught 12lb salmon on H@DAA luggs mouth on FC today at 9am

1 Salmon

Read JD from Porthcawls recent comments with interest. I too usually try the para adams first and often stick with it. Today I thought I might try alternatives, and usefully there were all sorts of hatches going on, during and between showers. River clear but with good flow. By the end of the day I had used a small iron blue, medium grey duster, and larger mid and light olives, trying to match colour and size of what was around. All caught fish, I landed 15 from 7" to 11", the largest ones on the light olive including a much bigger one that came off when jumping. All from the faster runs and heads of pools. Fascinating and rewarding day, must try to keep flexible and use the fly box!!

15 Trout