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What a lovely place. The drive to the beat 5 car parking is so pleasant. Fished beats 4 and 5 on a river fining down but still a foot too high for float fishing.
We had 17 chub, 3 barbel and 1 trout(on pellet) mostly on feeder and meat. Some came to pellet.
Saw some salmon anglers who were extremely friendly. Would love to go back when river slightly lower to explore this beautiful stretch.

1 Trout, 3 Barbel, 17 Chub

Well I certainly picked the right day with water dropping to 1ft 10ins following the last spate. First 10lb cock fish took a Willie Gun 1" tube just to the left of the big rock in the Bridge pool. Same fly for an 8lber in the Gravel Catch which took just inside the boil under the over-head cables . Both landed before 9am. Fished the Rock Pool next but no takers.
I returned to the Rock pool at 6pm and fished down with a cone-head Ally tube hooking a very acrobatic silver grilse right at the bottom but after about five minutes it decided to release itself. Fished the whole pool down again with a size 12 cross-Crathie/Silver Stoat double and 10lb cock fish followed the fly from near the big rock and took mid-stream. A fantastic experience, fully appreciated to land three salmon from three different pools on the same day.

3 Salmon

Plenty of rises witnessed but no success on a midge.

The river was in excellent condition all the Barbel were caught on pellets.

13 Barbel, 28 Chub

Staying at Little Oasis Pandy just across the road from the beat - highly recommended. Beat access nice and easy, but was only able to fish just up past the footbridge due to cattle in the stream. 1x wbt 8" followed shortly after by 2x energetic 10" grayling from deeper pools. All took a green jig nymph with a purple hotspot.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Over all the fishing was difficult in clear water at Quakers yard. Two fish of over 8" fell to a small olive klick and one fish and plenty of missed pulls on size 12 pheasant tail nymph, fished downstream with no success when casting upstream. Weither my casting was poor or the fish were line shy. All day hatch of small sulphurs. Over all a lovely day on a lovely river.

3 Trout

Slow start but fish arrived latter in the day
Meet Glynn at lunch time confirmed we had selected the correct swims with the river 2/3 feet up coloured and rising. Most fish taken on ground bait feeder with pellets or favoured meat. Best fish 7lb. Good day Thanks to Glynn for his advice.

9 Barbel

Great evening session on the BWO spinners last night at Merthyr Vale. Fish really switched on about 9.00pm going into the dark. 10 nice fish came to hand, most between 12 and 15 inches, with 2 real slabs lost - one at the net, the other in a snag. Will be back for them!

10 Trout

Water .75 and some silt preventing clarity in more than 3ft so decided to spin. No activity till 5pm then fished over a fresh 6lb fish which moved upstream of me at a rate of knots and out of our beat.
Saw and landed one of few feeding trout on dry white wulff at around same time. Fish of about 6oz returned.
Saw, hooked and landed a 4lb grilse at the rock at around 8pm on copper and black FC. Spinner came out in net so able to return fish without handling. Fish was not fresh run and had began to show some colour and was a cock fish.
Disappointingly no late rise of trout as temperature dropped sharply and wind picked up. Water still .72m at 10pm

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Bright cloudy day with a stiff breeze. Fished through the morning very few rising fish, no takers.