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24 Trout biggest 10".

Blank. This turned out to be not so good an idea. Firstly, the Llynfi was amazingly low - hardly a trickle between still pools and the bottom covered in slime. It was as if all the recent showers have somehow missed this stream's catchment, or maybe it's that the level is low in Llangorse lake? Secondly, not long after I set off upstream looking for a fish rising somewhere, remembering that the Llynfi fished quite nicely last October in a decent flow, what water was still running down the stream turned to liquid mud. It turned out that a farmer on the beat above was carrying out some sort of excavation operation with heavy machines and all the muck was running into the river. Went off to the pub in disgust.

1 small trout to a wet fly. A few fish rising when the rain stopped. Lovely beat, but found it it difficult fishing on the upper section - couldn't get to right bank, & overhanging trees all the way up the left bank, which made for tricky casting.

Just a couple of hours here in the late afternoon, but a lovely beat with great scenery. Lots of fish seen in the pools, but just 1 x 10" trout caught to a klinkhammer, chased all the way to the net by a much bigger trout which emerged from the shadows as soon as it was hooked. Apologies - lost my pen, so blank vouchers posted.

Lovely river, great scenery, good swims, excellent fishing, immaculate fish, enjoyable company, job done.

Thanks WUF, back soon.

Early afternoon to evening session, fished left bank which is having a lot of work on it opening up more swims. Caught 5 Chub to 4lb 8ozs and a barbel of about the same weight. All on pellets.

River low and clear. We both caught several, what looked like very small grayling, on small dry flies and small gold headed nymphs. We both managed a 12" Brown Trout caught on gold headed nymphs fished deep in the larger pools.The blustery wind made casting a little difficult and the river could have done with a bit of colour. We both had an enjoyable day and would like to fish here again when the river has got a bit more water. Just as a note we noticed that there were small areas of Japanese Knotweed appearing.
Thanks

6 BARBEL TO JUST UNDER 9LBS, BRILLIANT DAY ON A STUNNING RIVER.

Took my 13 Year old son with me and because of that couldn't fish the very top of the beat near the power line!
Settled in the next beat down stream, plenty of room for the two of us. Started about 0900 and fished sliding ledger with pellet on a hair rig. The River was slightly colured and slightly up due to recent rain.

After a quiet start I lost one barbel but caught another after a couple of hours, a beautiful 6 pound fish. Then my son caught his first ever barbel. He refused an eager father's help and landed the fish himself, very proud and very tired after! another 5-6 pound fish that fought like a demon.
Nothing then all day as the wind really picked up and waves appeared.
Lost a fair amount of tackle in the river, lots of snags.
Overall an enjoyable day and made up that my son caught his first ever barbel.

Despite almost perfect water conditions it was a very difficult day. We managed about 8 fish in all including two belters of 20 inches and 18 inches.

There was a big problem with Goosanders during the day, we spent the day chasing a group of more than ten from pool to pool. Maybe this would explain the low catch return.
There was also a pipe letting out hideous grey discharge at the top of the last run before the big flats at the top of the beat. It was colouring the water for quite a way down stream and did not smell too pleasant.

WUF NOTE - please report any suspected pollution to the Environment Agency's Hotline 0800 807060 immediately. Goosanders and Cormorants should be recorded on the Angling Trust's website.