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Too cold, no fish seen let alone caught, The Crown at Longtown was as welcoming as ever.

Beautiful day, but fishing was hard. Despite the odd hatch around lunchtime, no sign of any fish rising. In fact no evidence of any trout at all. One small grayling, unaware that the season was over, fell to large weighted nymph hard on the bottom of a deep pool. The other catch a small salmon parr. Memorable bacon sandwiches and cardamom chicken curry for lunch though!!

1 Grayling, 1 Other

River looked great, high hopes only to result in a total failure on my part but that's fishing for you.

What a lovely beat, I think this could become a favourite. It has just the right mix of water to make it fishable with levels 2' up or even down on the gauge. And the owner is a very nice chap too!
My effort on this blustery day began with a quick on/off with a big swirl of silver in the "Pulpit Pool" on the fly; cracking bit of water this. Followed by a well mended kelt on a Flying C in "Church Stream Pool", another stretch that is ideal for spinning but would better suit a fly if water levels dropped.
I found the right bank on the top quarter of the beat could be tricky for casting a fly, unless wading in lower levels than today but on the lower sections the bank is close grazed and very open so, with the deeper water at your feet, a single hander will cover the entire river.
I fished hard all day but still failed to cover all the possibilities. Just have to go again!

1 Other

Myself and a friend fished the Taf Fawr. Excellent runs/glides and plenty of fly life but no fish feeding just yet. Think its still a little too cold for so high up in the mountains. (Give it until the end of April for dry fly fishing).

No salmon seen or caught. Had one trout about half a pound but water conditions were very good.

1 Trout

One OS grayling 1.5lb, one salmon par, no sign of any trout today. Weather mixed.

1 Grayling, 1 Other

River had risen overnight and was relatively coloured - visibility of about 1-2ft, improved over course of the day. 3 rods fished fly and spinning. No salmon but some good fly water on this stretch, beat 2 being the pick of it for me. Would benefit from more detailed notes given the large amount of water but the beat manager was very helpful once found. Will return when it warms up.

2 Trout

Black and red Flying C. 12lbs, 10.15am, Vinyard Stream.

1 Salmon

No fish too early in the season.