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Great day on the Upper Bigsweir beat despite no fish caught. Some fish showing but not catchable. My thanks to Nathan for his guidance. Will definitely come again. Lovely stretch of river.

A damp, still and uneventful day, a little disappointing after the number of salmon this beat has produced over the past few days. River at just under a metre, steady and clearing, so it looked good, but I had no takes in 7 hours fly (sunk line) and only about four fish seen moving all day. At the end of a very wet day I had great difficulty getting my car (Audi 4wd) back up the muddy slope to the road and would caution against driving down to the riverbank in wet weather unless you have an off-roader.

No fish seen at all

1 Grayling

Had a great day with my son James and we were lucky to have assistance from Nathan whose knowledge and patience were much appreciated Lovely stretch of water but have to report nil return on this occasion. Hope for better luck next time.
Late afternoon slight spoilt by drifting weed which someone was cutting or clearing upstream

A couple of follows in triangles just after sun came up and a pull in little run on first go through but very quiet after that.

Beautiful venue. Lots of fish jumping... none taking.

I was fortunate to find Nathan the gillie there on arrival late morning, and he gave me a great deal of useful advice as a newcomer to the beat, saying that the spinner would work best, as the water was a foot or more up and coloured. Accordingly I spun for a couple of hours in Little Run and Triangles and saw several fish move but no takes. The water was clearing and slowly dropping (1.07 at Redbrook at 6.45pm), so I spent most of the afternoon on the double-hander, again no result. But as soon as I returned to the spinning rod at 5.30 I took a 6lb grilse from Little Run by the steps on a lightweight yellow FC. The fish was coloured but very lively, and it threw the hook in the net, so it swam off as fresh as paint. A very pleasant beat to fish (specially when you get one!) Please note that the water gauge link on the fishery info sheet is out of date - Redbrook is now at http://rloi.naturalresources.wales/ViewDetails?station=4028.

1 Salmon

Nothing caught