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Coloured water after the morning thundery shower. A couple of may flies seen but very little fish activity compared to the day before, so I gave up after only 40minutes.

1 small trout on dry. beat is pretty overgrown so difficult to fish.

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Low conditions. Overcast and showery.
Found it hard going with either very shallow or deep still pools. Found myself getting through the beat very quickly.
Could have done with a couple of inches on. Managed one 7 incher on a Bactis Nymph.
Few Mayfly about but nothing rising while I was there.

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This was my first time on this beat, and I only fished the lower right bank section. 11.30 - 14.30hrs. Good conditions, but it felt like early, rather than mid May. There were enough medium olives (but very few real mouthfuls of the larger size) to interest the occasional steady feeding trout. Sufficient for a dry fly only approach, and a size 18 rough olive was taken by 5 fish, three of which stayed put. The largest was a whopper of 15" from the pool with a garden bench. It struck me afterwards that she might well have been a "pet" fed by the householders. The others were both 10" or thereabouts, and all swam off happily after their adventure.
I explored the upper section briefly. Safe access to it - even in full breast waders - is unclear if you are not going to trespass on the left bank. And my progress was keenly observed by people from the left bank grounds. So I took the public footpath up behind the house and gardens at the start of the beat and that brought me to a few meters away from the short double bank section, and thus down into the river. There appeared to be more fly life up near the top end.
A most delightful little expedition, which I greatly enjoyed.

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Lovely little beat. Fished from 11-2 and 3-7. More action in the afternoon with a good amount of insect life and the odd rising fish. I had two strikes on a dry and no interest in my attempts with a PT nymph, unfort nothing landed. Some nice pools that I’m sure have some good fish lurking...

Fished as part of a two venue day. Arrived early to warm weather. River is as low as I have ever seen it making fishing difficult. Worked my way to the top of the beat without seeing or taking a fish. On my return to the car I decided to try a couple of spots that have always been favourites if mine. Low and behold fishing rising in both. Put on a size 14 parachute adams and took two 8" WBT from the first area. Moved down further near the property on the left bank. No takes on the Adams. I was about to give up but changed fly to Waterhen Bloa dressed as a dry. Instant reaction and another 8" WBT. Back to car and off to second venue Upper Grywne Fawr.

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Fished this with my brother. We both love this pretty little stream. This being our fourth time fishing it over the last three years. Water level was reasonable.
We had trout up to 1/2lb on both dry (Adams/Klinks/OD) and nymph. It was nice to be in the shade on such a hot and sunny day. Found fish all along the beat but found them more finiky as we moved up. Always a great challenge casting and presenting flies well in such tight conditions. Great fun.

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These small streams are really a challenge and a puzzle, especially with river levels being so low. With no decent rain for the last few weeks it really felt at times that I was fishing in puddles rather than pools!
I was new to this beat and it did take some working out. Much of the first section is right bank fishing only, but it is fenced and steep, so pretty much unfishable. Then there are sections that appear on the map to be no fishing at all. It was slightly confusing, but no major problem.
I had read previous catch reports with good numbers of fish being caught, but I was a little dispirited walking up through the shallows, but eventually some small fishable spots appeared, but it was hard going. You really do need to get to know these beats.
And what a variety – wide (ish) and shallow, tight and narrow, deeper pools, slab rock sections higher up, overhanging trees in some parts that made fishing near impossible (lots of tree and branch debris), then more open spots where you could cast properly… and of course a stunning location in beautiful countryside.
It was warm with light cloud and bright spells during the day. There was also a bit of a breeze, but most of the beat is tucked away so this didn’t really affect things.
There was a beautiful and varied show of fly life in the evening, but I stuck to the tried and tested Klinkhammer indicator with Hare’s ear or Pheasant Tail nymph. I managed 6 WBT of varying sizes in the day (missed plenty too), and then took a break late afternoon and fished the beat again (at greater speed) in the evening. I managed another 4 more WBT before dark, one putting up a great fight, especially for its size. Three of the fish were caught in the last final pool at the very end of the beat by the footbridge.

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