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Masses of fly life including large stonefly, but little evidence of fish!

Very difficult conditions (bright sunshine) but lovely beat!
Both fish returned in water, 1st taken on red Cruncher, 2nd on Pennel. Loved this place.

2 Trout

1 small trout on a weighted nymph and a decent sized one on a dry fly. Several others hooked and lost on a variety of dry flies. Shallow clear water and the sun being out made it quite difficult to avoid spooking the fish.

2 Trout

3 Trout

Not an easy beat to fish and no fish rising. Had to fish very heavy nymph in fast water but if they were there you got a fish straight away. On the plus side I got my best wbt 2 lb from the usk.

4 Trout

No salmon caught or seen, had a shad on the fly on Upper Glangwy.

1 Other

A car was already parked in the parking space and I could not decide whether it was a fisherman or not (nothing on the dash-board) so I decided to try the Upper beat. The water still carries some colour but the trout are becoming interested in taking flies on the surface. All manner of insects were hatching including Mays and sedges. I caught two trout one at 14" on a sedge and the other at 11" on a spider. A better fisherman would have converted a number of other bites and rises but I had a very enjoyable time.

2 Trout

Challenging yet rewarding days fishing on this lovely stretch of river. Loads of insect life with fish rising throughout, although in some rather hard to cast to places. Fished the duo, with all fish taken on either GRHE, or Pheasant Tail, nymph. Mostly small stuff, although had one of 3/4 pound and a bigger one that was well over a pound.

10 Trout

Warmth at last. A good quantity of mayfly but a marked reluctance by the trout to take them. I only saw six fish rise all day. successful flies were the Iron Blue and a black Klinkhamer.

3 Trout

Despite no rain for at least 4 days, the river was still coloured and in water deeper than 3ft. The bottom could not be seen. There was plenty of fly life on the water but only a very few Mayfly coming off. Saw no more than 10 rising fish during the day but tempted some nice trout up from likely looking spots. CDC and Elk worked well at times, We caught and released 5 good trout in the 10"-13" range. Pleased to catch one at the bridge pool at the top of the beat with an audience of 6-7 looking on from the VERY expensive Bell Inn (Sandwich for lunch over £10).

5 Trout