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River looked to be at a perfect height, although a little coloured. Temperature had fallen compared to previous days and it was a relatively cold day with blustery wind. Sporadic hatch of march brown in the morning but no movement on the surface. Fished various forms of nymph largely duo with kinks and GHPTN. Found a few fish in the faster flowing sections below the pools. Missed a good number of takes - put down to rustiness at start of season! Shame not to see fish on the surface but air and water temperature still felt too cold. Access to the water is ok at the moment although there are a lot of fallen trees and branches that complicate the fishing. Having fished this beat a couple of times now I find it a bit limited. Many of the pools are very deep and slow, and many of the stretches in between are very slow moving. There's enough there for a good half days fishing though. Might be more productive when dry fly is effective.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Blustery day with chilly 25-30 mph upstream wind. Sparse hatch. Deeper pools hard to reach even with tip toe wading. Fish very healthy and gave a good account!

4 Trout

Very windy conditions and only saw one fish all day.

Arrived at the beat with a strong wind blowing, which really caused a big disadvantage. Trying to cast upstream against 35 mile an hour gusts is a thankless task and decided enough was enough by lunchtime.
The strong wind kept the fish deep and with no hatch showing, managed 2 trout to half a pound on jig patterns in the tail of a fast run. Happy with that to be honest!

2 Trout

4lb Chub on the plug.

1 Chub

Nasty upstream wind but river was perfect. Not a sniff on lures, (FC or Mepps) and so even with the wind the new fly rod had to be cast; 15ft beast did punch the 37g shooting head into the gale, when I got the hang of it, and took 3 trout to 2lb+ and a 4lb(ish) chub on a Tony Frew pattern; Hellefossen Special. All in the fast water below bridge on left bank. Did have one huge pull lower down from right bank but could have been anything.
Note: Swans are now nesting on Island, not too aggressive yet but could get feisty later!

3 Trout, 1 Chub

Not the best day, very windy almost gale force on occasions. Nevertheless, managed to land a couple of brownies circa 10>12 inches don't really know how with no hatch or rise to speak of. Good to get out on the river though. Both fish returned.

2 Trout

Sometimes you have to forget the distance travelled and the cost of the trip and just put it down to experience on days like this. On arrival the wind blew so that I chose to move my car away from under the trees at the lower end of the beat! Gave the river here a go (you know what we're like) but was beaten off by the elements. It was a case of thinking that the wind had dropped but upon re entering the river your cast came back at you faster than you could get it out. Never mind, another time eh? Note to J S, perhaps the conditions failed the cigar and brandy being waded out to me ! Lol.
Thanks to all at WUF, another enjoyable escape.

Pop up worm caught 4 trout, all around 2lb.

4 Trout

The river looked lovely. There was a strong cold wind which may have kept the fish down. When I arrived there were grannom on the wing, and a hatch was under way. I saw 5 rising fish, but failed to entice any of them. The hatch ended and there was no sign of fish. I kept on my dry fly on, as I was keen to try and catch a rising fish. At about 3pm the grannom started hatching off again, and a few trout started rising, but once again they ignored my offerings. A lovely day, though sad I never solved what the trout wanted.
This beat at this height of water ~ 10" on the Brecon gauge is a seriously deep wade. I had water to within inches of the top of my waders, and I'm a big lad. Worth noting if your planning to fish Chain Bridge.
No trout, but many questions !