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River in really good nick at 1ft 6" and 4ft vis. Started at 5am and fished till 8.30am, covering all the likely places. Fish showing in all the pools I fished except the Run, but sadly only a couple of shad and 1 decent brownie wanted my fly. A large fish (25+) showed twice in the tail of the Rock pool.

1 Trout, 2 Other

A red letter day to remember! Having fished Gromain on Sunday with poor water clarity for most of the day and no fish to the net, my brother Phil and I were full of anticipation at the prospect of hitting Rectory at a perfect water height and clarity with the gauge at 1'10" and slowly falling. We were not to be disappointed with the best mornings fishing we have had.

The Rock Pool was the obvious choice and starting at 7am within a few minutes and his first proper cast my brother Phil was into his first fish at top of Rock 11lb Hen fresh run sea liced on JC cascade size 8. Within 30 mins I was into my first fish again in top of Rock 12lb Hen fresh run sea liced on JC cascade size 8.

At 10am Phil was into his second fish from tail of Rock 12lb Hen bar of silver sea liced on JC cascade size 8.
At 10-30am I was into my second from tail of Rock 15lb cock slightly coloured but still carrying sea lice again on same fly.
At 11 am and again in tail of Rock I was into my third 12lb cock again carrying lice.

We then took a break after fishing down through Bridge pool and after lunch started again at Island run and top of rock and at 1pm I landed a 15lb bar of silver hen again liced.

1-40pm Phil had his third from top of rock a 16lb cock slightly coloured but again carrying lice.

That was seven between us and all were very powerful fish and when returned went off in a flash taking no time at all to recover which is great to see. We then had a fish back through Bridge seeing 3 fish jump but all tight to the far bank and then across to Gravel Catch where we saw more fish but didn't connect. Heading back to the car we couldn't resist one more quick go through Island and rock where we both hooked and lost another fish each after much cart wheeling about the pool.

Definitely a day to remember and nice to see a plan come together after much studying of forecasts and of where fish may have been and where they would run to given the water.

Cheers Andrew & Phil Kerwin

4 Salmon, 2 Trout

As Report for Andrew Kerwin plus one Shad of 2lb. A few more pics attached one showing what looked like Seal damage around both sides of the wrist.

3 Salmon, 1 Other

It was a surprisingly poor day. The weather forecast was, wrong again, predicting some cloud and sunny intervals. It was in fact cold, wet and windy until about 1pm!! The water had fallen further and affected the path of the fly at the Rock Pool.
Some fish did begin to show, but when I caught one, it wasn't what I expected. I caught a shad, about 1lb and it was a dazzling silver with white belly, and leapt all over the place. It was safely returned.
I went downstream, where there are some really deep areas. Again, with some higher water levels, the path of the fly would be easier, but again, I caught a shad, this time 1 1/2lb with a rainbow stripe down it's side. I don't know what that means with shad but it was a very fine fish, and you can see if you catch a biggish one, say 2-3lb, it would be a formidable adversary.
I caught some smaller trout too. All fish on salmon flies. Rain due this week. Bring it on!!

2 Trout, 2 Other

I knew it would be a quiet day on the salmon front. Water 7" at the Llanstephan guage. Water temp 18C. I arrived just before midday and fished from the Mill Stream down through Rectory a couple of times, trying different depths and sizes of fly. Willie Gunn and Cascade were the flies of choice for me - unfortunately not for the salmon. Something knocked me in the Mill Stream early on but I didn't hook. Plenty of trout activity and upwings including a steady supply of Mayfly in the evening. I had a surprise swim up to my shoulders in The Rectory pool - much to the enjoyment of the dog in the house (The Rectory I assume) above. Despite the lack of fish, I had a great day and will be back.

2 small trout caught but returned. Not many fish to be seen most of the day. Small brownish nymph and Black nymph with head worked once each.

2 Trout

With great regret, I did not fish. Slightly optimistically thought rain was coming in over the weekend and early this week - nothing major came. Level sitting at 7" so cut my losses and saved on the petrol costs at least. Less optimism and more realism needed on future weather predictions.

6 Trout

Extremely hot day but beautiful stretch of the river. We put back two brown trout of 10"and a few smaller fish caught in the faster water.

2 Trout