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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.

Nil

Nil

Tried very hard on spinner and Devon minnow but no takers.However two small pike took lures both about 6lb both released, no salmon seen.

A very warm, sunny day with a light upstream breeze, little cloud cover. This is a really lovely stretch with plenty of variety and some gorgeous views.
On the water for 11am to find trout already rising to the hatch. A mixture of types seemed to be coming off but March Browns started appearing in abundance around 11:45 until, I'd guess, about 12:30. This definitely counts as the most prolific March Brown hatch I've ever seen and the sport was excellent, particularly in the rougher water where the rises were harder to spot but the speed of water meant less time to inspect my fly tying efforts. Took 3 on a large dark olive pattern and 5 on a grey wulff, ranging from 7-16 inches, all returned.
Although upwings kept trickling off all day, surface activity was pretty much done by 1300. After a long lunch I tried a large, weighted caddis pupa in the deeper channels and connected with something pretty powerful which took a lot of line and stayed deep for 3 or 4 mintues before a quick dash to the surface and a head shake which popped out the fly. Couldn't tell the size from the brief flash, but it made a good story that evening.

8 Trout

5 trout from about 30cm up to about 40cm taken on dry fly during a brief hatch of March Browns and LDO at lunchtime. Otherwise a bit quiet. The weather was hot an sunny and this probably limited activity a bit.

5 Trout

Very bright and very warm; and the river approaching gin-like levels of clarity. But the crucial limiting factor if I'm honest was my casting. No amount of practice and looking stylish in the park (enduring comments such as 'caught anything mate' - I invested hours in it!) evidently enough to manage a sinker line on the actual water. I switched to an intermediate but the water is still cold and there was a fair pace to the flow. Not surprising then that nothing came up to have a look. I'll stick to trout fishing until the grilse show up and I can fish a floater - early season salmon fishing is not for me.

2 Trout, 1 Chub

A lovely afternoon but no takers!