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Fished the afternoon, first time at Llandewi, and broke my hitherto blanks on the Welsh streams. 1 par to hand (couldn't distinguish whether trout or salmon) on small dry fly, plus one other "distance released (may have been a grayling, on the dropper). River low but weather was cool for the time of year, and overcast , which may have helped. Numerous takes from fry, all at head of pools in streams water.

1 Trout

Fished for about an hour around tea time
All three fish caught on a parachute iron blue dun, others missed

3 Trout

How much the pools in this beat have changed since the beginning of the season

Fish caught in fast water

3 Trout

3x wbt, 6-11 ins by grey duster para and olive Klink , all returned safely. Missed a couple and another slipped the barbless hook. Fished 0800-1300, no hatch between these hrs, wind had crept up from a breeze, no good on the more open section, obvious changes to the beat due to past floods n storms, still a great beat.

3 Trout

Got up at 4am. On the river at 5.00am back for breakfast . Beautiful morning with mist on the meadows. Water level very low. Water very warm on the fingers. Did not expect to get any fish activity and that proved to be the case. Had a nice walk up the beat as I have not been here before. I will be back. My reward was the sight of a kingfisher.

Started at the bridge again, a few fish about put on a small dry tups size 18 and moved up river, 3 trout, 2 x 8 ins, 1 x 10 ins. Half way up the beat I met 2 otters moving down river, fished up the rest of the beat, never seen another fish. I’ve fished the Ithon since 1958 but this is poorest the fishing as ever been. The otters are destroying the fishing between Llandrindod and Llanbadarn Fynydd.
Fishing Passport Note: 3 trout from a small river in July is not that bad a result. Unfortunately, there are more harmful threats to the Ithon and it's fish stocks than otters.

3 Trout

River clear but plenty of water, a very nice 6 hrs on my local water, i can see it from my place, started at the bridge at 7am, no sign of fish , so started with a size 16 grey duster, 5 wbt 6 to 10 ins, 1 grayling 10 ins and 1 parr. Tried tungsten nymph in the deep runs, all fish on the grey duster.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

River low and clear, weather was changeable, starting off cloudy, then sunny finally a thunderstorm.

The fish were in a feeding mood, sadly I wasn't on form. I fished dry fly all day and despite having dozens of takes, and at least a dozen hooked or at least touched, I only managed three trout. I just couldn't keep them on the hook today.

Despite this it was a nice day out on one of my favourite beats, despite getting soaked on the way back to the car.

3 Trout

First foray out to this beat.....a lovely couple of hours making my way up half of the beat length. Managed 5 wbt and one salmon parr. 3 to the klink and others on nymph below. Nice and open compared to my more local Arrow jungle warfare.

5 Trout, 1 Other

Still a bit of colour in the water and decent fly hatches all day including some mayfly.
However didn’t see a rise all day so again fished nymphs.
All fish took the heaviest fly on the point mainly in the faster water.
2 large Grayling close to 2 pounds caught 1 with the dorsal fin missing maybe otter?

12 Trout, 3 Grayling