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The other angler was my friend O M and he will make separate return. Really disappointing. Looked very promising. Loads of fly life BUT saw not a single rise and caught not a single fish!!
Maybe lots of reasons of course - Were we too early in the day? Fished from about 9.30a.m. Tried all sorts - so after a few hours we gave up and drove home.

Plenty of flies coming off but no sign of any fish.

Nice sunny day for the first outing, but with a cold breeze. Good flow in the clear river, also a steady hatch of ldo's from about 12 to 3.00pm, although no sign of any rising trout. Tempted 3 all on GRHE nymph, 2 at 10" and 1 at 12" - lean but fit. Pleased with this from what can be a tough stream at times.

3 Trout

Low water level.

Hot, sunny, low flow and crystal clear water which combined to make the fish very nervous. I saw a few fish, two rejected my offerings and swam off, others were just spooked by their own shadows. So a blank. However the dippers and a frog made for excellent entertainment.
Two items of note: there is a barbed wire fence across the river just above the bridge. It is underwater so beware when the river has a better flow. There is a live electric fence across the river further upstream, it is easy to wriggle under it but it is definitely attached to a power supply.

Small fish could be risen in the riffles but the better fish in the glides were very spooky. It was satisfying to eventually figure out how to pick them up.

3 Trout

No joy for me today.

First visit to this beat after a meeting in Cwmbran. The water was reasonably clear and the river flowing well after the weekend storms. I thought it was going to be difficult when the first fish seen rejected my ptn and then a fingerling attached itself to my hook. However, a fine 10" wbt took a deeply sunk spider and made my day. I then managed to miss two more fish before a heavy rain storm drove me back to the car. I shall return.

1 Trout

Warm and bright day. 7 in total to hand, 'twas hard work though'. Fished the entire length.

7 Trout

A short but enjoyable return to this beat though it seems to have even more thin connecting water than I remembered and the wretched sycamore is rampant in places. Two small early fish on nymph encouraged optimism but then, trawling a promising, short pot of a pool, I connected with a good fish that flashed a foot or more down, jagged about sharply and sent the hook flying back.
Two further losses to the only risers I spotted, which both came to the nymph quietly, was demoralising and bar a solitary Brook Dun which settled on me and a few Mayfly Duns on the wing there wasn't much to bring fish up. Finally hung onto a pretty, red-speckled 11-ouncer after it leapt three times, and before long found I had already waded and wobbled my way to the top of the beat. A bit of careful pruning would open this stretch nicely.

3 Trout