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Had a quick morning session on what is a new beat to me. There are some lovely pools halfway up the beat. I only caught one 10" trout on a Elk hair caddis but will give it another try when it has a bit more water in it.

1 Trout

Haven't been here for a little while so thought it about high time and glad I did as the water was bouncing through very nicely indeed, crystal clear and cool! The river bed was in great shape and littered with bugs of all sorts , absolutely loads of micro caddis cases glued to the rocks and some of the biggest stoneflies nymphs I have seen. Slim pickings starting from the bridge, it is quite skinny water here though so never linger and then started to get some interest to the fly as you get to where the big farm house is up on the right side of the hill and then you start to get in to more lovely runs and pots all the way up to the top boundary .
Fished a clown shoe caddis as is a good and very durable fly, just the job for these rough streams and all the fish where in super shape and hard as nails when hooked punching well above their weight , as always, love them.
Biggest maybe would have gone 11" and quite a chubby chap too. Didn't make it all the way up today, two days on the trot on these hill streams meant the old knees where groaning a tad.
I didnt get troubled by any salmon parr, or trout parr too which I thought unusual? Had the good fortune to chat to a WUF electro fish team doing the rounds and doing great work. Spooked a large salmon in one of the pool tails

5 Trout

Great fun today - glorious weather but plenty of shade in the river which was crystal clear but not too low. Found the smaller trout in nearly every fast run and glide willing to come up to a small black or dark gray Klink, ended up catching 15 at 6" to 9" and missing many more. Also a few parr, plenty of fish in this stream! The bigger brethren were keeping their heads down, but what an enjoyable day nevertheless.

15 Trout

River at a good height and clear. Rain not too bad under the canopy. One of the trout was actually a little Parr.

2 Trout

Fabulous stream. Weather hot and oppressive. Wading was slippy even with felts and studs - more to do with the shape of the boulders - I found it ok but difficult to be really stealthy. Scared a few wbt but didn't manage to catch one. The beat is wonderful though and I will return.

1 Trout

A lovely afternoon's fishing. Missed a few fast takes on small dries - down to my reflexes. Hooked only one small salmon parr.

1 Other

This a challenging beat in the sense that the water is fast moving and in parts it is a bit tricky underfoot. However, it is a very nice stretch of water that I have fished a bit in previous seasons. I spent about 4 hours picking my way upstream through the small fast running pools getting plenty of interest in my Grey Wulff fly but failing to hook much. Pretty much every pool produced a strike but for some reason I did not manage to actually make contact. This said I did manage to catch 3 small trout of the order of 5-6" and one a little larger. Thus at the end of a long afternoon and feeling tired and a bit frustrated I reached a rather deep pool nearer the top of the beat. On first cast I made contact and wow, what a splash! After a substantial fight I landed a trout that must have been 16" in length and very fat; a great end to the day and the best fish I have caught this season. Interestingly, all of the fish caught were dark in colour with relatively small spots; not sure why but maybe something to do with the lack of light on this beat?

5 Trout

Very humid but no real rain, river very clear. Found trout of a small size in just about every bit of fast water willing to at least look at small paras - landed 8 up to 9" but did not connect with most. Foulhooked one in the tail so I guess they were looking but not taking. No sign of larger brethren, but I had to leave before the evening.

8 Trout

I came to this beat a number of years ago and it defeated the novice fisherman I was. This is a great beat but very wild and fast running water. I had taken a quick look the evening before and due to a very rainy day the Grywne Fawr was running high, fast and the colour of chocolate. This is a short river and it comes up fast and goes down fast too. 16 hours later and the river was in great nick although running fast. 13 WBT came to dry but only after a grim couple of hours on the lower part of the beat. A great beat.

13 Trout

No luck with Adams or parachute Adams despite rises and some interest.