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3 small trout, small hatch of mid Olives but nothing to get the fish on the fin. Wind changed direction to a westerly but still cold with no warmth in the air. Any day on the river is a good day.

3 Trout

Nothing to report as I didn't fish. One day I will get there !

Unless you drive a 4x4 and drive down to the river bank, this beat is a long walk down and a steep walk back to the other parking spot.
I made the mistake of not carrying my spinning rod down to the river, which was unfortunate because there are only two reasonable stretches for the fly and that below the islands was a bit difficult for me to access. I did see a fresh salmon so to that extent it was an acceptable first day out this year and it sorted out my rusty old joints!

A lovely day of fishing - beautiful water, perfect antedote to the rat-race - but sadly saw nothing until I disturbed a fish in slack water of 2ft depth as I was about to climb out of the river at the exit above Martin's pool. I nearly trod on it, showing just how inactive fish seemed to have been that day.

Beautiful beat to fish a fly on and a bonus being able to drive the whole length. No fish seen or caught but a very pleasant day in perfect conditions. Thank you W&UF!

Blank I fear, but a pleasant evening on the river.

A decent day with 7 to the net and 5 lost. A few LDO's around in the late morning but no significant hatch.

7 Trout

Words just can't describe this place. Deafening silence is the first thing that hits you when you get out of the car, and as you are forced to use every other sense trying to understand how you got here and what's around you, it's a good while before you even start to think about the fishing! We saw the odd rise until about 11am when there was a good hatch of olives and some breeze blown food from the marginal grasses. They are not easy fish, but with patience you will catch a few. We had 6, all on dries, and left at lunchtime for some food etc - once we left we were reluctant to go 'back in' and attempt to relive those first minutes again, and so we turned our back on Llanidloes and said thank you for another year or so. I think I've said it before, Bugeilyn should be a compulsory experience for a fisherman.

6 Trout

River very low and gin clear, little sign of fish or flies hatching. Beautiful sunny day though graced by a pair of Ospreys circling overhead.

A lovely spring day, the birds were all in full song and it was a joy to be on the riverbank. Sadly it seems it was a bit to sunny for the salmon at air temps topped 20 degrees for first time of the year. Factor 20 was not enough to stop a sun burnt face!

Soon after starting, before the sun got up, saw a travelling fish in the V and shortly after briefly had a hold of big fish in the cleft at the tail of the Dog Hole. That was the sum total of the days action despite staying until the cool of the evening had descended.

River was at 9" and the tail of the Dog Hole, Stones, Island, Gabions, Windmill, Maddox and Vanstone were all fishing beautifully.

Spent the heat of the day trying lines on a new Hardy Zenith. If anyone wants the perfect casting set up I suggest marrying the 13ft 6" with a Snowbee 2D 9/10.....what a combo!