Feedback & Reports

First time reccie here and fished initially upstream of the foot bridge below Vaynor curch. Great parking here btw and decent path down from the left side of the church.
Went upstream from the footbridge (half/three quarter mile?) , hard work with the wading for sure and your really socked in.
Not many decent runs found tbh but moved a few on a foam beetle. Too fast for me though on the rise!
Found out late in the day that a footpath runs from the footbridge downstream a long ways on the left bank of the river going downstream.!
Ambled down to the viaduct before leaving, some much better runs and pools for sure but some bushwacking still to get on them!
Give those a go another day.
A really lovely valley up there for sure. You'd never guess that the busyness of Merthyr is just down the road.

Finally some rain! A short late afternoon visit to the Fechan. Was a slight beer tint to the water which helped, although the river wasn't as high as I'd expected it would be. Plenty of nice fish coming to 'scaled down' Euro nymph, ranging from 7 to 13 inches. Silver beaded flies working best.

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Quite a long and varied beat, very rocky in places. Little signs of life, perhaps a bit early. A nice walk/wade though.

Nil

A very pleasant few hours fishing. Four trout on a small tungsten nymph and a foam beetle cast under overhanging trees.

4 Trout

Caught 7 trout from 5-11". Most on a Black Magic nymph, one on a dry fly. Parked at the church - this section is very wild and challenging wading. Later on moved to the bridge further upstream - here the wading is easier.

7 Trout

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Fished 11 till 1 with duo setup but no sign of fish today.
Parked at Vaynor church and walked down to the foot bridge.
Plenty of olives and sedge around so may revisit in a month to try again.

5 Trout