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3 rainbow trout were caught, all on worm and I thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Fished for half a day in difficult, wet conditions in high water. Had plenty of plucks and pulls and lost four fish at the net! Not my day but this is indeed a great beat and provides fantastic, varied fishing. I will book it again if free on a Monday.

Water at 1.3m and bank fishing only for salmon. Not able to control fly as gusty wind prevailed so gave up at 4pm.

4 x trout 10-14 inches. I had to work hard to get those on dry fly and quite possibly I would have done better with nymph or duo. The Cilieni was clear, but still running very high and fast, and although there was a certain amount of fly about, very few rising fish. Trout seemed to be confined to the slower pools, of which there are not so many at this water height. Two prospecting with a Rusty Klinkhammer on the way up; after which, at about 3 in the afternoon, a few large dark olives were in evidence and two more risers taken on Stuart Jarvis' Bastard Adams pattern. Not a large bag, but nice trout for a small stream. A good walk on a fine spring day and, as usual, not another soul was encountered up this valley.

3 trout caught on size 16 bibio and 18 snipe and purple. Lost five. There were heaps of fish feeding, but unfortunately they were preoccupied with caenis.

20lbs cock (36.5").
Fresh, small disease mark on back behind dorsal fin
Gromain, Leaning Willow tail
2" tube fly, yellow and red

Fished Glan-y-Cafn today, plenty of trout about, brother had a dozen or so, mainly on goldhead grhe's fished on a Tenkara rod (1st time out). Didn't see (or contact) any salmon. Couldn't make most of the beat as the water was too high to wade (above chesties) and the tree canopy making casting even a 13 ft rod difficult.

Will be back when about 10" on the Glan Usk gauge.

Caught one brown trout and lost another within a a minute or two. Both took a weighted heptagenid nymph. This was the only activity I saw all day. The water was still a bit coloured after recent heavy rain. There was a lot of woody debris both higher on the banks and in the stream as well as a lot of plastic detritus, mostly agricultural in origin - old feed/fertiliser bags etc. All too common on British rivers I am afraid. Farmers custodians of the countryside - I don't think so. Quite a lot of insect life -Hawthorn flies, black gnats, Iron Blues?

2 brown trout about 1/2lb each, taken on gold head and blue dun. River very clear. Lost nice grayling about a pound.
Beautiful river and setting. Will be back during the hopefully warmer summer months.

I trout 9" returned, 1 graying 6" returned. Water was high and the weather was cool.