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Dear W&U,

Fishing at Glanusk on Thursday was difficult with very windy/cold conditions and heavy showers coupled with the river as low as I have ever fished it. That said, 9 brown trout were caught ranging from 9" to 17/18" on both nymph and dry. As always, no matter what the weather, the W&U Foundation Fishing will bring me back to Wales time and time again.

Many thanks to the staff for your time, advice and politeness.

Kind regards

S

Spent a week at the Glanusk Estate (Glanusk Lodge) with the family (incl. four young children). The grounds were idyllic, the house well-equipped, and the staff were lovely.

The weather was less co-operative with much rain and high winds. I fished three days on the Estate and managed to catch three, four, and three WBT, respectively, on a duo-rig consisting of a parachute-type dropper with either a nymph or other dry on the point. The largest of the fish was approx. 14 inches. The rest were a fair bit smaller. All were in peak condition and all put up respectable fights. To be fair, I should have caught more than I did. I certainly raised far more than I landed.

All in all, it was a fine way to spend a week's holiday.

Cold, blustery wind, showers. Caught a small chub on a dry fly, just below the bridge, otherwise quite a slow day, with only 4 w.b.t. around the 10 inch mark. Nice day. All fish taken on dries.

Blustery, odd light rain. Fish slow to rise in morning, but woke up later in the day.Took eleven w.b.t. between us, with 2 at 1.lb, 3 at 3/4.lb, and the rest small. Shook off many more, and no shortage of rising fish playing hard to get!

Weather mild and cloudy. River showing its bones. Fished top beat a.m. Little rising. Just 2x 8" trout and some salmon parr to small beaded usk naylor pattern. Fished lower section p.m. Two types of mayfly hatching sporadically at 4pm approx. Mainly ephemera danica and a few poss. e.vulgata. Caught 2 more small ones then 2 x 1 1/4lbs on large grey mayfly emerger. Good sport in wonderful surroundings. Will be back. Many thanks to WUF and Glanusk staff.

Despite an overcast day and low water I decided to only use dry flies. The scenery is spectacular here and as I set up among banks of bluebells watching a kingfisher, I just could not help myself tying on a dry fly. I fished the lower beat in the morning and rises were very sparse. Despite this I managed to persuade two wild trout of 10-12 inches to rise and come to hand before release. The low water meant I could wade through the whole of the bottom section, and I had great fun. Just before the 2pm beat changeover rises started appearing but it was time for me to drive to the upper beat. Simply beautiful, but the very sparse rises were very difficult to cover in an unhelpful breeze and I only added one fish for my trouble. I planned to fish into the evening but late afternoon the rain came in and the gloom over Sugar Loaf, the rumble of distant thunder and a distant crackle in the air convinced me to end a very enjoyable day. I would certainly have caught more fish using wet flies, but my intention had been simply to go fishing today - rather than to just catch fish.

3 trout returned.

A lovely day on a charming beat, but the fishing was challenging due probably to low water and bright sun. Only 3 small trout (less than 1/2 lb each) caught (and returned). All caught on nymphs (pheasant tail and non-specific Czech nymphs). One decent fish (probably 1 or 1 1/2 lbs was played for a brief time and lost). Very few fish were rising, despite a huge hatch in the late afternoon/early evening. Dry flies were tried without success.

Another cracking day. The fishing was hard work again. Morning spent on the lovely upper beat, regret not spending longer exploring this section of the river because it looks extremely fishy. My friend and I caught a number of small Trout (less than 6inches) with only one sizeable fish lost by my friend. Afternoon was more successful, I had 5 nice brownies of around 1lb or so and my friend had one of a similar size on a dry in the evening. Good evening rise but the fish were reluctant to take our offerings! Many thanks again.

1 Brown Trout 6oz caught on a GRHE returned. Very low water hot sunny day. Had about five takes in total. The Upper beat is a lovely beat.