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Quite high water made large sections of the river hard to get to and wading was quite hairy in places. No hatches or surface action but caught a decent fish on a PTN, working the near bank. Great day regardless of conditions, thanks to WUF.

1 Trout

Very cold still with wind chill and fast high water. Middle of the day best and a few 10" plus Browns caught using single nymph on a sinking leader.

3 Trout

Fast cold water, little access on the lower 3/4 of the beat due to water levels so efforts concentrated on 500yds south of the bridge at the top.
Despite best efforts no fish were caught but Steve Willis' Pork Pie and Quails eggs at lunch were excellent and fortified us for the snow shower that followed.
Well we are the Oxford Ice Fishers.

Very cold conditions but perseverance and a sinking line got the fly to where the fish were sheltering from the fast stream. Good effort all round but no lunch so not as happy as those members at Ashford House.

2 Trout

Woke up at The Hundred House Inn to covering of snow. Air temp 1 degree. Frustrating couple of hours due to my ineptitude with flies up trees but enjoyed it nonetheless. As yesterday plenty of fast flowing water but no signs of fly life or fish life. One day I will catch a trout in one of the wild stream beats! But not today. Easier walking and easier casting than on Edw Hundred yesterday. An enjoyable couple of days holiday.

Fished the upper Taff again today. Fished weighted nymphs for a short period of time before my French leader snapped around a snag in fast water so fished klink and dink afterwards. Managed another dozen plus wbt ranging from 1/2lb up to 2lb.

12 Trout

A very cold day with the river up and carrying some colour. A trickle hatch of LDOs started at 12.30pm and finished at 3pm, with a few trout rising to them. The rises seemed localised to pretty much one pool. We managed 7 trout in the 12oz - 1lb class with size 14 CDC Dun seeming to be to their liking. Tough conditions but braving them was well rewarded. Lovely to be out and opening our accounts for the new season.
Some constructive criticism - the directions could be better and would suggest that as well as directions assuming you're coming from the north, to include some assuming you might be coming from the south up the A40.
WUF Note : Thank you for this. The beat information has now been updated to include directions from Builth Wells, Abergavenny and Merthyr Tydfil.

7 Trout

Fishing a March brown, with a nymph on a dropper. Not even a nibble. 1 large fin seen but nothing else on a very cold late afternoon.

The river was to high for a novice like me but a nice day anyway. Also saw a pair of Goosanders.

River high and rising from melt water. A lot of colour to the water. Coarse fishing with pellet. Trout about 2lbs a happy accident. Trout very silver and may possibly have been a sea trout.

1 Trout