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Great day but no luck. Some surfacing in earlier afternoon. One small fish hooked but got away!

A nice stretch of river, some big deep pools. Very bright day and river very low.

10 Trout

Lovely sunny day and a beautiful beat with some nice pools and riffles, and some tricky wading in places! Tough but enjoyable day's fishing, lots of fly life about but nothing rising, two fish both taken on a small hare's ear and another lost to the same. Looking forward to having another go soon!

2 Trout

Sunny but cold blustery wind. Hooked and lost one nice fish at about 11 on a heavy nymph. Few fish rising between two and 3pm, rose a couple but failed to hook on a klink.
Can't have been that cold, as somebody was swimming in the next pool up from me.

Most activity in the morning, March Browns and Olives coming off sporadically as were Grannom. First fish in the tail of streamy run to dry fly, tups, the next four to weighted nymphs in the faster water. Last fish fell to a black spider on the dropper in the edge of a fast stretch under the trees of far bank.

6 Trout

River quite low but perfectly fishable. Bright sunny day with very little wind. Had a 12" brown first cast on a march brown dry from the bridge pool. Two more about the same size quickly followed - these two took a small olive nymph, then lost a larger one just upstream. All quiet for the next couple of hours - a few march browns hatching here and there and some grannoms too. Later on had two more from the flats on copper head pheasant tail. Great day. Lovely beat.

5 Trout

A quiet day, no sign of the large hatches reported recently, just sporadic LDOs. A gusty downstream river made casting challenging at times. Three strong and healthy fish - one on a PTN, one on a March Brown and one on a Kite's - 12"-16", all returned.

3 Trout

An amazing start to a fairly chilly day. I caught eight good fish over a pound a couple pushing 2lbs and all in the first two hours of fishing (9-11am). All took a well weighted large gold headed hair's ear fished kiwi style under a Klinkhammer. When the sun came out there were sparse hatches of march-browns (I think, though my fly knowledge is poor) which encouraged some fleeting and fitful rises. By lunch time the wind picked up and I lost a good fish who I'm afraid carried away my nymph with him. Much as I tried, my clumsiness must have angered the fishing gods as I couldn't find the fish and the wind was causing me all kinds of anguish. I headed for home around 4pm, tired and content. All fish returned to their friends and family.

8 Trout

Shared this stunning beat with a young J S from Bath who had a rather more successful day than me with his nymphs. With my weighted nymph collection sitting on the table 180 miles away, I was left to fish the tails with an Elk hair caddis. Picked off four fish from ten to fourteen inches during the bursts of sunshine and a 30 min hatch at 12.30. The continual down stream breeze strenghthend to more gusty conditions that took the enjoyment and ability to present a fly away for the day. All fish safely returned as was I to the Red Lion in Llangynydr. A good day.

4 Trout

A very warm, sunny day with a light upstream breeze, little cloud cover. This is a really lovely stretch with plenty of variety and some gorgeous views.
On the water for 11am to find trout already rising to the hatch. A mixture of types seemed to be coming off but March Browns started appearing in abundance around 11:45 until, I'd guess, about 12:30. This definitely counts as the most prolific March Brown hatch I've ever seen and the sport was excellent, particularly in the rougher water where the rises were harder to spot but the speed of water meant less time to inspect my fly tying efforts. Took 3 on a large dark olive pattern and 5 on a grey wulff, ranging from 7-16 inches, all returned.
Although upwings kept trickling off all day, surface activity was pretty much done by 1300. After a long lunch I tried a large, weighted caddis pupa in the deeper channels and connected with something pretty powerful which took a lot of line and stayed deep for 3 or 4 mintues before a quick dash to the surface and a head shake which popped out the fly. Couldn't tell the size from the brief flash, but it made a good story that evening.

8 Trout