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Fly: Yellow tube. 10 ft fast sink tip. River slightly coloured, about 2-6.

5 x trout 9-12 inches. Stopped by for a while on my way from Gloucester to Swansea and found the river running cold and high (so wading was hard work), but it was at least clear. Very few fly seen - just a few dark olives and a couple of March Browns - and no rises, but a few modest trout were prepared to come up to spiders. Regular local anglers tell me that this part of the river has fished quite well lately and a few 2 pounders have been taken this spring.

5 Trout

River still too high really at 0.76 but clearing during the day. Wading obviously quite challenging but it was good to be out nevertheless. Some fly came off but not a great deal and very few fish seen to rise. Most of fish came to nymphs/bugs but one 40 cm grayling to spider pattern and a nice 1 1/2 lbs trout to gold head bug as well. Fished from about half way up.
Water felt very cold and it may have been this which kept them with their heads down.

6 Trout, 4 Grayling

Nil caught

Relocated here after found out by chance our booking was cancelled at Bigsweir. Told access road was fine but as per other feedback here, really only passable with 4WD. Caught a 1lb trout on the fly on the ledge in Black Hole. Saw nothing else. Nice clean stretch of river, wade with care.

1 Trout

Fished high water with spinners. No fish showing.
Caught 3 trout up to 1lb (all on spinner - 1 from the Rocks (returned), 2 from Mill Stream). Hooked into a bigger fish at Mill Stream, lost after playing for a minute, by then I'd lost / broken my heavier spinners, making it difficult to fish the fast water effectively at this height.

3 Trout

Hoped for a little warmer and some sort of hatch- neither happened, saw a few rises near the bridge, nothing caught BUT enjoyed my visit again and was able to have a look at all of the locations you mention on your map. Will go again and try from the Aberbran end.

Hard going, river needs a bit more time to wake up.
Very enjoyable day.

6 Trout

One rainbow trout on the worm and a brown trout on the spinner.

2 Trout

Nil. Water level good, a bit coloured, sunny but cold, no fish seen rising.