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Having been advised that a few Grannom had been seen on the river at the weekend, today's unabated sunshine and light winds should have been all that was needed to get more of the pupae hatching, and so it proved. The first Grannom appeared at about 9.45 and, by 10.15, there were enough hatching, off and on, until midday to get the fish really active. Not yet "plague" proportions but a steady moderate hatch - ideal! Classic Grannom feeding patterns with fish moving quite long distances laterally to take emerging pupae, so rarely found quite where they were following a rise! Had fish to 1.5lb on my Grannom pupa emerger patterns and then, in the late afternoon (probably midge feeders), further fish on a small HE emerger in shallow streamy water. If the weather continues quite warm and sunny, Grannom emergence time should get earlier from now on. It will be interesting to see how big the hatches are this year after last year's poor showing. A lovely day.

11 Trout

The longer evenings now allow for a decent session after work. Water 1ft 8" and very clear. Saw a fish in Bridge but couldn't get it to take properly. One was lost in Upper Glangwye from the Spreadeagle side.

Totally put to shame by my 14 yr old son!!!!! He had 8 fish, 4 trout and 4 grayling mostly out of the weir pool whilst I couldn't buy a bite!!!!!!

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

Water a little high, otherwise perfect conditions. Nice healthy fish and a selection of sizes between 6 and 12 inches. All caught on nymphs.

5 Trout

12lbs, top croy spinning at 11-30 am yesterday. River dropping and clearing.

1 Salmon

Arriving at the lower section parking around 10 o'clock I was on the river for half past. A short walk from the saw mill I found the river. Access from this bank is easy and as far as I could see most of the way up. I started out using klink and dink, the gulley is in this section. As I moved up the beat I noticed some olives coming of so switched to dry fly. I didn't see one rise all morning. Just after lunch saw an Large dark olive hatch and rising fish appeared all down the river. I managed to take a 16 inch 2Lb brown trout with a jingler dry fly during the hatch. I tried a few different methods during the afternoon but to no avail. It's still early season but the fish are there during the hatches. The day was very sunny and bright too so a few things not in my favour. I really enjoyed my day none the less. A beautiful place to fish.
Please note - The wading in this section is very tricky, there are a lot of slippery boulders and bed rock river bottom. In my opinion a wading staff, felts and studs should be essential.

1 Trout

Sunny day. A recce more than a fishing session. Took the track before you reach the reservoir barrier - a bit rough but a modest car park at the end. Half term and a bunch of lads from Merthyr doing well with ledgered worm (etc.!). Pond very busy - a pity about the litter. I will be back to try the fly fishing end.

Great to see the March Brown this year, even though the hatch was a little sparse today. Lovely warm sunny spring day which unfortunately encouraged dog swimming and picnicing around the bridges. We did manage a few trout which pleasingly were caught mainly on the dries.

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