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Lovely afternoon and perfect conditions. Vanstone bouncing with fish, one grabbed the fly as I stripoed in but didn't hook up. Parking is now back in the correct place and makes this beat a pleasure to fish.

Some might find this strange but I'm not sure I fully enjoyed the fishing today. A personal competitiveness took over and I began to focus on the numbers rather than enjoying the process. I caught 17 fish on the bottom part of the beat and then drove on to the top part for the last part of the afternoon and caught 11 more. A mixed bag of sizes and nothing above 12". All caught on either an Adams Parachute or a Mayfly pattern.

28 Trout

3 fish 1.1/4 to 1.3/4 lbs

3 Trout

A good many fish showing along the stretch, but particularly in Vanstone. Hooked a good fish in the Dog Hole, unfortunately the hook pulled after some 5 minutes, and then hooked another smaller fish by the Stones, which again the hook pulled. Very frustrating!

Slightly coloured salmon of about 15lb from Maddox at about 9.00 am on a Cascade. Fished till 6 pm, but no other takes. Saw a lot of fish in Vanstone and several of the upper pools - mostly a bit coloured, but the odd fresh looking one.
The access to the upper pools has vastly improved since I last fished this beat in 2013 - well done WUF!

1 Salmon

This is the lowest I have seen Ty Newydd. Made it far less intimidating to traverse! Warm, cloudy day with plenty of flies hatching. Mainly upwings, some sedge and the odd yellow may. Didn't really get the fish rising though. Caught 4 wbt all 10"-12", two on nymphs and two on dries.
Several salmon making hefty splashes in the pool above the hut late afternoon. Wonderful sight. Need to review my tactics on the next visit.

4 Trout

6 x trout 6-9 inches, various dries. Fish seemed strangely spooky on my way up the stream this afternoon. Quite a few refusals. I was struggling, perhaps because of the low water conditions, or so I thought, and then I saw a fresh footprint in bank-side mud. Now I know for sure, since reading catch returns - JL from Bristol had done it just ahead of me and good luck to him!

6 Trout

Just a few hours, 2 wbt 6/8inches both on blonde Wulf. Tricky casting, lots of twists and turns in the lower section and getting quite a canopy. Pulled off before the upper stretch.

2 Trout

One 12" brown trout caught and released. Plenty of activity. Dry fly. River conditions perfect. Beautiful specimen. Will definitely be coming again.

1 Trout

Most fish between 8" and 10" although a couple smaller and a couple larger at around 12", all to Adams. The river was very low and very clear so the going was quite tough in the morning. The fishing definitely improved in the second half of the beat where there were deeper pools with faster flows. It also wamed up in the afternoon and the wind dropped, so the weather helped.

14 Trout