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Wild and windy day. Cold northeast wind, blowing downstream, with rain in afternoon did not make for ideal conditions. Sparse and short-lived hatch of LDOs and a few stoneflies in the mid afternoon. Very few fish seen rising. The beat is attractive and more than adequate for a days fishing, should conditions provide the opportunity to fish a dry fly or nymph. 2 fish caught, one 2lbs, but a little thin and the other more modest. Also hooked a fresh salmon of about 8lbs, which shook the hook after about 5 minutes. A moment of excitement on a 5 weight rod!

2 Trout

Stayed at The Fishing Lodge at Swanmeadow on this family (including cousins) holiday; great place and base for going surfing at Rest Bay, cricket tour at The Swalec, good food, all day breakfast at the Steel Horse and BBQ suppers, bike rides and walks in wonderful countryside and thankfully weak internet reception.
The river was perfect for salmon fishing the whole week, however time spent on it was minimal. 3 trout and a mini salmon (salmon smolt 7") to the salmon rod, fishing at both Swanmeadow and Chainbridge. Spent a lot of time on bank and steps repairs (with young help). Lots more to do on what the winter floods" hath given and taken away" at Chainbridge.

3 Trout, 1 Other

No fish seen rising, tried olive para and goldhead nymph with no success. It was quite a chilly spring day with a stiff cold breeze which was probably keeping the fish down, water had a slight tinge of colour to it. No fish caught.

River water abt 1'1", colour clearing, 45F. Canoes busy from 10:30-12:00 otherwise quiet. No fish seen or felt. Overgrowen steep clay banks made getting out of some of the pools difficult. Some nice fly water.

Fenni Fach is a stunning beat with some treacherous wading in the upper section in particular. I took an early dip just a few minutes into the start of my day! I had favourable conditions and there was a decent hatch in the first part of the afternoon but, sadly, no BT either to the nymph or dry fly.

Good conditions, overcast and relatively warm. No trout seen at all, very cold water, assuming too early in the season. Some lovely little pools and glides though, so will be back later in the season. May/June?

Nice days fishing. No salmon seen or caught, plenty of action on the trout rod fishing tungsten nymphs with hairs ear nymphs on dropper catching 10 decent Grayling & 5 brown trout. My mate changed from his salmon rod to trout and caught trout and grayling also on nymphs. Water was very clear, those rocks are very slippery.

9 Trout, 14 Grayling

Fly fished. Water height fine, maybe a little low. Pretty clear. Didn't see any salmon show but had a few 8-10oz brown trout.

3 Trout

Biggest fish 1lb. All fish caught on dry fly klinkhammer.
There was not much fly life a bit to cold. It's a lovely place to fish.
All fish returned safety.

5 Trout

Two trout seen in the deeper pools, none risen or caught. Decent hatch of March Browns about 2 o'clock and some Iron Blues but no fish seen rising to them. Pheasant tail nymph, and dry March Brown. Still quite a flow on, even though river level was low. Returned to the car park about 3.30pm and even though this was a pre-booked beat, found a passport holder was also fishing the same beat behind us. We were going to start again on some of the lower pools, but gave it a miss, as they were already fishing.

WUF note: If any angler who has pre-booked a beat encounters this, please log the car registration and ID Card number on the vehicle pass which should be displayed clearly on the dashboard enabling us to contact the offender and advise them of the rules.