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Bit of a write off - arrived late (one hour before sundown) with no luck in the way of fish. Really nice setting though and the access was just as described. Will have to try again for later in the week!

River up and coloured, no fish seen or caught. Mostly overgrown so casting tricky. The Abbey is well worth a visit.

A cool one when I arrived at the Abbey Dore beat at ten , about three degrees and sunny , gorgeous views of the Golden Valley , as always , and the little Dore looked an absolute picture , as I started working a tiny single flashback PTN . . . . .

Still tight under the canopy , but always fun here . . First fish , a feisty brownie , great condition , about twelve inches and quickly released . . . Next pool same again , good take on the PTN , another brownie , where were all the grayling from summer time !!!!!!

Worked slowly upstream , changed to a black klinkhammer , a different rise , and playing him in a deep pool , slipped a grayling to the net , superb , at last , thought the Dore was getting thin on the ground of grayling . Must admit water very cold now , but still flowing well . . . Fish was about ten inches and slipped back in . . . .

A couple of good rises spotted so worked my way upstream , another good take on the klinkhammer , and another brownie , superb condition , and a real tubby one , about ten inches , slipped back in wished him well for the next season . .

Had another two brownies , both off the top , no more grayling putting in an appearance today , still a fun three plus hours , and a pleasant mooch up the Dore , perhaps a decent cold snap is just what we need on this little river to bring the Grayling on the go , back soon , Shall give the Arrow a bash in a few days . . . . . . Spot on !!!!!!

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Pleasant day, mixing the military exercises next door with kingfishers, hawks etc - they don't seem to mind! River quite low and clear, but even so some of the pools are still too deep to wade and it means scrambling through heavy bankside vegetation to make progress. Several trees in the stream as well.
Looked promising, but I only caught 4 trout and saw others - no sign of any grayling at all - used various shrimp patterns to no avail.

4 Trout

Did plan on giving the Llynfi , Pontithel , a bash today , but saw last night got pipped at the post , never mind , back up plan was to head to Abbey Dore . . . . . . .

Turned up at the lovely Abbey Dore beat just before ten , tackled up the usual six foot rod , as it's a bit tight under the canopy , and bimbled down to the beat start , initially trying heavy nymphs , with one good follow from a cracking grayling , a couple of rises seen at half passed ten , so swapped nymphs for a tan klinkhammer , and immediate response , although an OOS brownie , was still a cracking fish and quickly slipped back in , perhaps twelve inches . . . .

The morning went like that with some cracking sport , albeit brownies , smashing the klinkhammer , water still pretty deep in places , and still a bit coloured , with a good flow too it !!!!!

The three hours were great fun , was hoping to locate the grayling , swapped dry for a heavy nymph on three occasions , but no joy , seemed like it was just the trout looking up for a good feed today , and the brownies are not yet in their " pulling attire " , and the seven I had today ranged from fourteen to seven inches , and some real puff in them too . Three of the fish gave me a right run around on the two weight rod .

All in all a really fun three hours , no ladies caught , but still nice to be on the Dore , shall maybe give it another bash in a few days , after a hectic weeks work , that was just the ticket !!!!!!

7 Trout

Was lovely giving the Abbey Dore beat a bash this morning , weather looked good , fourteen degrees overcast , slight breeze . . . When I turned up at quarter to nine , Perfect . Had an initial chat with the lady from Tan house Farm , then bimbled down to the beat start , water was low , with a slight cloudiness too it , however still pushing through the pools nicely , things looked good !!!!!

Tackled up with the trustee six foot two weight , and initially a small gold head PTN , had a savage take on second cast at the head of a lovely pool , cracking brownie , about twelve inches perhaps , a good start ! Second fish was a beautiful grayling , again on the PTN , in another of the deceptively deep pools on the River Dore , great fun perhaps eleven or twelve inches then slipped back in !!

Next two brownies were like peas in a pod , both about eight inches from the pools of the little river , great scrapers and quickly released . I did have another grayling of about ten inches , in superb condition , admired then released , sport was pretty varied and fun to say the least under the tight canopy of the Dore . . . There is a lot of trees down on this beat though , adds too it's charm I guess !!!

Working slowly up river , had another one more brownie on the PTN , then a bit of surface activity was evident , so on with the Parachute Adams , and had two confident rises to it , and two scrappy ten inch fish to the net , both released , Great fun !!!

Did have a lunker on for a few seconds , put up a lovely bend in the two weight rod , but alas he threw the hook , dooooooh !!!! Such is life !!!!! If your prepared for some catapult casting and scrambling , then the Dore beat is great fun . . Only short and it took me three hours , arriving at the old foot bridge at bang on midday .

Good fun , five brownies and two cracking grayling to the net , shall give this beat another bash very soon , when it's got a tad more flow to it , happy days !!!!!!!

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fished for 2 hours between 11am and 1pm using dry flies and caught two small brown trout. Lots of mayflies and this pattern took the trout (which were released). Certain to be excellent fishing in the evening but we had other plans unfortunately.

2 Trout

Nice stream, still a bit more coloured than it might be after last week's rain but fish taking mayfly - caught 6 and missed quite a few.

6 Trout

Very warm and sunny. 1 take on winged Adams but not hooked.

18 Trout