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The cold wind ment that a hatch was unlikely and I did not see a fish rise. One trout obliged by attaching itself to my goldhead ptn.

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2 x trout 10 and 15 inches, spiders. It's still pretty cold, up there at Brecon, and on this day we had a very strong downstream wind. Locals were telling me that March Browns have been coming off, regular as clockwork from one o'clock on most days recently, but the trout have unaccountably not been reacting. On this day, the one clock hatch of March Browns happened, just as foretold, and lasted about 15 minutes or so. Some large trout did react on this occasion, and I managed to lose two of them hooked on a dry fly and took a small one on a spider. About an hour later, another hatch on another pool, but this time no rises at all although the mallard ducks were having a wonderful time gobbling up the big flies. When it was all over, out of the blue as it were, a nice 15 inch trout took on a Woodcock and Hare's Lug fished well down, just to be contrary, although I was suitably grateful of course. Quite a confusing afternoon altogether.
PB of Upton on Severn reports (20/4/13 Chainbridge) being similarly confused in an attempt to match the grannom hatch - I do sympathise! If you tie flies, try some of the emergers designed by Dave Collins of Moccas (you will find them on Google), or another approach is to fish a team of spiders across the river and just under the surface, especially in the early stages of the hatch as the pupae are coming up. A yellowish-brown Hare's Lug and Plover on a size 14 or 16 seems to work quite often.

2 Trout

The first salmon of the season for the Nyth, caught on a 1 inch black and yellow tube in the Cafn Stream on the 4th cast.

1 Salmon

No salmon caught, only hooked a small trout. River was coloured with a green tinge to it.

1 Trout

Very pleased to fish this well looked after beat, no fish caught, one salmon around 25lb did head and tail right under my rod tip in the Vanstone pool, but despite a lot of attention from me could not tempt it to take.

Took a punt on the upper river as fish had been caught and seen in this area. However despite near perfect conditions nothing touched or seen. Lovely water here though and I will crack it this year.

Another tough day for myself and RA, springers doing dolphin impressions as they passed us around 4 pm. They just wouldn't have it.

Nothing caught, still too cold.

Very quick Sunday jaunt before the roast!! An excuse to get out with the cane if nothing else!

Nothing hard and fast, just a single grwyne dun on the point.

River clear, mixed weather,little sun, yet!! Sstill cold up here.. Stoneflies about as expected, large (feb reds?) alongside willows/needles though very sparse given the lack of sun/temp.

No surface activity to speak of. Roll on April!

Water clear and good level for fishing. Nothing seen or caught - no sign of any moving fish! Water / weather still very cold. Only stayed the morning as no sign of life.