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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

Only trout seen rising that day, caught towards the top of the lower beat, with parachute adams

1 Trout

First river outing of the season. Needless to say that the river is very low. Had one small fish and lost a few more (using size 20 barbless hooks!)

1 Trout

Lovely day in the sun , only issue was someone had stolen all the water which made it really hard going !
Never seen the Ithon this low at this time of year

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

A couple of hours nymphing lower part of beat. Fair clarity and height but no takers.