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5 x trout 8-12 inches. I arrived late afternoon, but still very hot with bright, blazing sun, and nothing happened till after 8 in the evening. A few taken - and quite a few more missed - on a Little Dark Watchet spider fished through the runs.

A glorious hot sunny day with a little cloud cover in the late afternoon. River at 10" on the Brecon gauge.
Two small hatches of mayfly during the day, but disappointingly no rising fish. We caught 22 fish, all on gold headed PTN. Best fish 2 lbs - 4 fish in 1-2lbs range
the remaninder around 1/2lb ( all returned). Curiously the fish went off when the cloud cover came and resumed feeding again when the sun came out! A really delightful day on this lovely beat.

1 x brown trout, approx 0.5lb, released.

Two trout caught - One returned. Proper fishermen would have caught more!

Hazy sunshine then strong hot wind. Val took a half pound fish from the Bottom Pool in the morning. Three more small 8-10 ins. fish were taken on small adams in the pool near the top on the bend, where the challenging wind was less of an issue, and finally a one pound fish on a suspended nymph, lower down the beat where the rock ridges cross the river. Five fish for the day-best fish a pound. All returned. We noted that the sand Martins nesting last year below the bend at the top of the beat in the earth bank have moved to Sewage Pool- maybe because of the earlier floods?

Weather baking hot-around 28 degrees outside the chest waders! Two families of Goosanders seen today, and at one point swimming together-total two adults and eight chicks. Rising fish very scarce all day; apart from the heat, there is a scarcity of fly life for late May, perhaps a legacy from the cold conditions we have had and the high water. However Val opened the scoring in Llanobery Pool with a nice fish of 2.lbs on a drifted ptn. after casting to a rising fish. After a blank morning, I put a sz. 18 nymph through what I call Cynrig pool, where the river comes in, and was rewarded with a spirited fish of 2.lbs. Afternoon brought one more fish of one lb. from the pool on the sharp bend near the top of the beat. 3 fish for the day - all returned.

5 Wild trout: 3/4lb, on CDC green drake. 1 "slightly smaller" on goldhead ptn. 1 at 8", and 2 at 6". All returned.

Started early at 8am and fished through until around 1.30pm.
Water was still very cold, which may explain why we only caught 1 small WBT between us. There was sporadic rises to the odd mayfly, but again due to cold temperatures even they are not up to large populations yet. Excellent beat though and can see the potential for catching lots in the right conditions.

3 WBT to about 10oz caught- all then deep on tungsten caddis. Despite cold wind brief hatch of olives p.m but only saw one or two fish raise to them. Very interesting stretch of river - just a shame lack of surface activity.

8 WBT caught largest about 1.5lbs or 37cm. All taken upstream nymphing with size 16 goldheads, Icelandic Peacock and HE. Fishing slowed off in late afternoon with very bright sunshine. Strong gusty wind, some fly life coming off with occasional rising fish seen but it still does not feel much like late spring !