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water up at just under 1ft6 on brecon gauge which made for hairy wading in places , some areas just too powerful to wade safely . all trout came to heavily weighted baetis nymphs. there was a steady hatch somewhere between 1-2pm sadly only a few rises so carried on nymphing. all trout between 12 - 16 inches with five lost to hook pulls in the fast water one of which was heavy

8 Trout

I'd planned on fishing downstream at Llanellen today but on arriving at the water I found it to be too coloured. Through the marvels of technology I could see that river at Brecon was running clear so with the tapping of a few more buttons on my iPhone, it was back to Dinas for the second day running. The river was indeed clear and still a touch on the high side. A good hatch of LDOs from about 11.30 which went on for a good 90 minutes or more. Some fish were rising but they were fussy and very spooky. My usually dependable CDC LDO pattern struggled, perhaps because it had to compete with hundreds of naturals but I managed 4 nice trout (1lb+) and missed a few. Not a single March Brown was spotted today whereas yesterday the same stretch had been littered with them.

4 Trout

I started when the river was 1ft 10 ins on the Brecon webcam and it was carrying quite a bit of colour - more than you would really like for trout. I managed a pounder fishing spiders towards the bottom of the beat but the downstream wind wasn't great. Just a few LDOs appeared and nothing responded so I headed to the top of the beat where there was a lovely hatch of LDOs underway with March Browns in among them, but nothing moving to them. I spotted a sole riser and he took my artifical, so another pounder. By about 2pm the March Brown hatch was pretty heavy and quite steady but nothing moved to them. Then at about 3pm with the river having dropped back a few inches and starting to clear quite nicely the fish switched on for about 15-20 minutes hitting emergers and the odd dun. I pricked two fish and by the time I was ready to target some more, the river went back to sleep. It was always going to be a difficult day but great to see such healthy hatches and no doubt the fish will start to rise in earnest soon.

2 Trout

A cold downstream wind and a trickle of LDO's made for a tricky day. I was determined to concentrate on the dry fly and had an hour window around 2pm when a few fish started showing in the tail of the top pool. Pricked a few and lost a couple to head shakes on a quill bodied emerger, not many to the net but thoroughly enjoyed it.

1 Trout

The river dropped to 0.7m on the gauge and while the beats lower down were still covered, Dinas was carrying just a tinge of colour. The water was pretty cold as you'd expect but we managed a couple of fish on spiders in the morning. There was a very paltry LDO hatch which brought a few trout up and we managed another couple on CDC Duns, but the hatch never really got into full swing. As we were about to leave at 3pm the heavens opened and there was a sudden and short flurry of March Browns with some nice fish taking them. We ended with 7 trout mostly around the pound mark with a couple going 1.25lbs.

7 Trout

We were washed off unfortunately so could not fish.

Nicer day today and this beat not carpeted with leaves like Trallong was yesterday. Didn't see anything rise despite sometimes prolific hatches. 2 lovely, very hard fighting trout in quick succession on red tag gold head nymph but success was short lived. Resorted to small streamer for last hour but it made no difference for this angler.

2 Trout

4 wildies (starting to colour-up) to 14" and one bright 12" (and therefore presumably a trip.) stockie. French leader/black PT bug.
Tough going in excellent fishing /water conditions. Am pretty sure they're starting to think about things other than feeding....

5 Trout

Having purchased a permit for both Dinas & Abercynrig, my uncle and myself took turns fishing up both beats. In the pleasant sunshine at the start of the day a good number of upwings were coming off though we saw few fish respond. However, plenty of fish in the 0.75-1lb range came to hand using tungsten beaded nymphs including Hares Ear and PTN. Best fish of the day came from the ripple at the top of the Abercynrig beat and weighed approx 1.5lb. Very enjoyable day with plenty of spotted beauties to hand. Hard to believe the seasons end is almost upon us!

12 Trout