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A lesson today in reading the insect life. Fished 6 hours on Lower Crai and although I rose a couple it was hard going and I was zero fish after 4.5 hours. I thought it was the weather, pressure, temperature, clumsiness, etc. I had tried variants of Para Adams in size and colour but without success. There were fish rising but I couldn't tempt them. There was a steady hatch and in what I can only claim was in desperation, I decided to try something different and switched to a Blue Dun. Instant success with two fish caught in quick succession and a further 7 to follow (all returned). I don't normally pay attention to what is on the end. I have a favourite and usually very successful Parachute Adams "habit". I particularly like them because I can see them! Perhaps todays lesson was one of breaking habits.
PS: A word about my ninth fish. Coming off the top of the beat I had caught 8, but 6 hours previous, a large fish at the beat start had frustrated me. One final cast with the Blue Dun on the tail of the pool and I had my fish of the day in a plump 12" Crai trout which bent my rod double. Fantastic!

9 Trout

After the heavy morning showers, a lovely afternoon casting to rising trout.

5 Trout

No Fish caught. Very difficult conditions. River coloured and rising when arrived.Very little fly life, no fishing rising throughout the day. River gauge at Llanstephan showed the Wye level rose four inches between 8am and noon that day. MP.

This was a frustrating and ultimately disappointing day. There's no doubt this is a lovely beat and it has fished very well for one of us in the past. But we arrived to see that recent rain had lifted the river marginally but brought a pretty dirty wash down with it. We also both noticed how difficult it was to get a decent footing as there seemed to be a layer of very slippery silt everywhere - it needs a bigger flush through to clear some of this. Very few fish showing all day: those few that did rise only seemed to show once before disappearing for the rest of the day. Only managed five small trout between us. Still, it's much better to be on the river than not!

5 Trout

No fish caught or any bites. Llywn onn was very still. Poor value for money.

No fish caught or any bites. Little activity on the water . Poor value for money.

Looks a great venue but difficult access to river for the fishing.

2 Trout

Good looking beat limited access to fishing.

6 Trout

Afternoon session on a overcast warm day. Water had a lot of colour after a period of rain from the previous night. A few fish rising as I approached the river and took 2 healthy 12" fish within the first half dozen casts. Walked the water looking for feeding fish to target another 4 taken over the next couple of hours biggest being around the 16" mark. Think I may have started too late in the day, but lovely day to be on the river.

6 Trout

Fished the lower end of the beat in the morning with Shaun Watkins 2 grayling taken on nymphs several good takes on nymphs and drys fish rising one trout taken on the dry fly very small flies possible Gnats. Spent too much time on the lower end, moved up to the top end of the beat good head of grayling feeding of the top, one taken on the dry

1 Trout, 4 Grayling