Feedback & Reports

A bright day with a warm sun and the gauge reading 1’. There was a good-ish but short hatch around 3pm which provided our sport - to the march brown dry although the fish were also taking LDO.
It went quiet around 330pm with a few fish sipping spinners - for which we accounted two fish with a red spinner - an old but reliable pattern when things are proving to be tricky

5 Trout

Didn't fish and went to Tolybont resevoir due to high water conditions.

short 2hr visit water was a little higher than i expected, Fish nymphs top end of the beat with to avail. A small hatch around 2pm saw a couple rising as i was packing up unfortunately other commitments so had to leave.

Water level perfect. Nothing caught until 14.00 when there was a moderate March Brown hatch which trickled ion all afternoon with fish very active on the surface in some spots. We caught 12 between us with several fish over 1 lb but none as large as 2 lb. Most caught on March Brown dun or emerger imitations and 3 on nymphs (during the hatch). Nice water, lovely day

12 Trout

10 Trout

Did not fish not water

The Brecon webcam gauge was at 1.5 and the water pretty clear. A fairly sparse hatch of LDOs had a few fish rising. They were very picky and took some emergers. The hatch stopped pretty quickly and most fish were taken on spiders after that. A lovely day on the river.

20 Trout

6 Trout

Sporadic hatches of olives encouraged the odd rising fish . The two brown trout caught and returned were well over a pound in perfect condition . Heavy rain stopped play .

2 Trout

Given the weather forecast, I abandoned my plans to fish the last day of the season. Conditions looked perfect: overcast, a gentle breeze and the river freshened up by a little recent rain. No sign of any fly hatch so fished the fast oxygenated runs at the bottom of the beat with a PTN. Did nothing. The reason became apparent when Mr Lutra Lutra popped his head up right in front of me. Moved up above the bridge where a steady hatch of olives and iron blues (?) occurred from around 13:00 to 15:00. Persevered with dry fly imitations even though very few rises were showing. Switched back to nymphing when the hatch ended but finished with a blank day. Sums up the 2022 season for me!