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Nil return - too high

River to coloured nothing seen or caught.

Beautiful weather on a beautiful stretch of river. Unfortunately the rain that should have finished the day before had stayed until that morning and the river was a brown soup. Waited a few hours and fished as the water was just starting to clear. A few mayfly about but no fish rising. 4 trout caught on spiders. I'm sure this would have been much better had the river been clear.

4 Trout

River dirty after previous day's rain. Enjoyed the sport, saw a few fish rising but impossible to catch!

Our group of 4 Rods met up with The Fishing Passport's approved Instructor Justin Connolly at Glanusk for 4 hours of Spey casting tuition.
We fished on for 3 hours into the evening, the water was still coloured but it was time well spent on the river practicing the casting, but no fish caught.
Many thanks to Justin for an excellent 4 hours, we all
learned a lot. Hope to come back later in the year.

Popped down the brook for a couple of hours this evening. Water high and clearing after yesterdays heavy rain. A couple of fish were rising to mayfly but all fish taken came to size 8 gold beaded hares ear. Best fish 6". Very snaggy water with lots of bramble and rose trailing in the water.

5 Trout

Having fished the beat the day before, I checked the EA river level to see the river had risen a few inches overnight, and had started dropping. Perfect conditions anticipated. However, the water was like drinking chocolate, little visibility, and only 1 small brown on a very obvious nymph came before I gave in. Plenty of water to fish, I have been back since and will be again. Directions clear, parking good.

1 Trout

Once again a great day! The heavens opened and throughout the day the river rose considerably. One salmon seen moving through. This is a water I will definitely return to! And finally, the owner of this stretch was as always extremely helpful with tips and guidance.

Good day despite relentless rain. Thanks go to the other rod on the beat for showing me a few pointers on where to fish. No salmon but lots of trout rising in the rain. Will be back again.

1 Trout

Must confess feel rather embarrassed writing this report. Arrived to find the river at a good height and started with the fly at the top of the beat catching several trout.
Having got to the lower orchard we decided to spin the slower water, sadly we managed to lose two silver fish in the 15 to 20lb bracket one of which leapt 4 times and stripped off 60 ish yards before throwing the hook. We then fished the Llangoed Pool where we managed to lose a smaller fish. All lost on tobies with barbless hooks. We did however see an enormous salmon 30 to 40lbs, an otter
and a dead lamprey obout 20 inches long. A rising river stopped what can only be described as an eventful day.

7 Trout