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River levels were about right with good colour. Surprisingly not a sniff. Did see an otter though.

One small trout (released)

1 Trout

7 x trout 8-15 inches, Hare's Lug and Plover, Dark Moor Game and Deer Hair Emerger. Another raw spring day, strong cold wind, high water and no sign of the sun all through. Spiders were working to some extent though and just one fish on an emerger at about 3 o'clock when a short-lived hatch of dark olives provoked just a couple of rises. This was the only surface activity seen on the day.

7 Trout

36" hen fish taken on spinner. Water dropping to 2' on the Llanstephan gauge and clearing.

1 Salmon

Fished bottom pool only before heading up to Dinas. Two good trout on nymph 12"" and 13". No sign of any book to sign in at gate as requested in booking instructions.

2 Trout

Cold blustery day. Good clear water. 14 trout between 11" and 15", mostly on nymph. Occasional LDO hatching only. What a pity there is so much black plastic from haylage wrap everywhere, especially here in the country which invented the plastic bag tax.

14 Trout

River clearing but no fish caught. Tried Several different flies.

A colder day than expected, not much in the way of fly life seen and just a couple of rises all day. 3 grayling and 2 trout caught on a gold head PTN fishing New Zealand style. My fist time on the stretch of river and will definitely be back later in the season when the fish will hopefully be looking up!

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

No fish caught, but a nice stretch of wild river to spend an afternoon on. A new-looking fence has been put up at the end of the field above the weir, which looked too tricky to cross without risk of damaging the fence or your tackle. This means the beat cannot be fished from start to finish in one go. Both parking points need to be used, and the beat divided into two sections.

Despite a very cold cloudy day, and rivers generally, still very much in flood I ventured to Hindwell in the hope that this section may have falling water levels and a degree of clearing water. Although the water was still high it was wade able in places and gaining in clarity. I saw no fish rises but worked my way up from the lower end. Eventually, on a pheasant tail nymph I felt that welcomed take. It was a brownie of about 12 inches who gave a really fearsome account of itself on my light tackle but eventually throwing the hook when at my feet!
The upper section of the beat is almost inaccessible, due to a combination of overgrowth & barbed wire fencing, which I found disappointing. Very pretty beat generally but access will be even more challenging as growth builds up on the bankside trees.

1 Trout