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Having been washed off this beat 2 weeks ago, I returned on the warmest, sunniest day of the Easter weekend to find the river in fine fettle with a few LDOs in the air and the occasional rising fish. They were the only fish I saw. Despite trying various techniques I didn't touch a fish, although a long standing angler on the other bank had several from tight on the bottom.

Fished for around 3 hours on bank holiday Monday, a pleasant warm day with sunshine and high cloud. Fished nymphs, both heavy and light depending on depth of water but saw nothing and caught nothing having covered most of the lower and middle sections. The water was carrying a bit of color presumably from previous days rain, but saw no sign of any fish in any of the pools I came across and not a single rise.

We mainly used spoons made in Japan. They are silver/black, gold/red, gold etc with 9g weight. Spinner was not effective.
Most of biting point were near the surface. We had several bites and caught 2 rainbow trout.
Both are fat and have very good condition!

2 Trout

A glorious day, with the river in perfect condition, and newly arrived swifts adding to the fresh feeling of spring. Sporadic LDO hatch through the middle of the day. 3 good trout caught. All were safely returned: 2 x 17 inches and a 15 incher.

3 Trout

Lovely day again but still no rising fish and little fly activity. Decided to try to go through from top run for salmon but water level too high at .86m so had to cast mainly from bank. Used usk grub again and the Willie Gunn tube with no takes.
Hope someone is having better luck as I think I am on the right tactics but haven't seen any salmon at all.
I am writing this Sun 27th April and the river has gone up today to 1.03m and rising with more rain forecast so prospects for tomorrow not looking good.

This is a good beat which is not too hard to wade. Today was miserable, cold, misty and later on, rainy. Nil catch.

1 Trout

2 rainbows and 1 brownie caught on various spinners, all on east bank. Windy, calm, bright, dark, raining and dry!

3 Trout

Day started cold but warmed up, nice cloud cover, no hatch. River almost at summer mean flow and clear, not a fish from 9.30am till 4.30pm.

Cold windy overcast day. Plenty of perch biting but only one overwintered trout caught today.

1 Trout