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14lb salmon caught in the dog hole on a FC, not good conditions as willow tree cuttings coming down the river most of the day, also large area of willow tree cuttings caught up in key areas for spinning, the Vanstone the dog hole and the v.

1 Salmon

Strong winds all day, some rain, no fish seen. Much debris, branches etc. in the river. I enjoyed my day and shall return later in May as time permits.

A very nice day lots of wildlife spotted including 2 people in a canoe, very windy day (downstream) making presentation difficult, hatch of olives in the afternoon with a few yellow Mays mixed in few fish rising. Caught one on a dry fly and the rest on nymphs fished up stream.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

One caught and one lost. The one caught beat 4 on a spinner
18lbs ish Lost one on beat three. River low

1 Salmon

River at 0.3 on the Brecon gauge, wet windy morning, strong downstream gusts, olives coming off in the morning up till around 2pm. A few rising fish seen, 7 trout caught on klink and dink all released, best around 12 inches.
Saw an Otter on the bank behind me.

7 Trout

An early season gem!! After 3 hrs of heavy rain up to 1pm I really did not expect such a good day, but the weather improved, the wind dropped slightly and with water .64m it looked reasonable for trout rather than salmon.
A few march browns coming down, but not much surface activity, so elected to go march brown spider on the point and egg laying grannom on dropper, subsurface on floating line. John fished similar patterns but two droppers.
I took 10 fish between 1.6lb and 4 oz, with 3 over 1lband two others around half pound. 8 fell to the point fly, and 2 on the grannom.All the larger fish taken on the point fly. 6 at woodstream, 4 at or below the rock.
For once, John Phillips only landed two small fish though he fished in more exposed parts where the gusting wind was more of a problem.
Weather is warming up and we saw the first yellow may dun, but march browns still predominant.John saw one salmon below the wires but too far down to reach with fly. None seen above bridge. Temperature went down to 8deg at 5.30 so retired----happy.

12 Trout

Went for the Brownies as so early in the season and tried various tactics but no sign of any fish. A few olives were coming off. Tried duo with a klink and bead head nymph underneath and larger Czech nymphs fished deep. Lovely river though and I have seen some nice fish rise on this river in the past. The cold wind probably didn't help.

As a novice to fly angling I had a nice afternoon paddling around this beautiful stretch of river, sadly no fish caught. The river was running beautifully with only the slightest tinge of colour, weather was sunny intervals but with a strong cold wind. I did see a couple of fish and one rise on my walk down to the start of the beat.
There was a very heavy shower of cold rain just before I arrived, not sure if it was this or my poor fishing that caused the blank.
First booking with the WUF and despite no fish thoroughly enjoyed it.

Four caught up to a pound and a half.

4 Trout

High wind (which changed direction frequently !) and driving rain was a little tricky at first, but when everything settled down we really started a terrific day. A couple of dense hatches brought fish to the surface, and we managed to tempt them with small upwinged dries, catching in both fast and slower water at the top of the beat below the Edw.
Small weighted nymphs proved more successful further downstream, and our total included 2 very good sized Grayling.
A wonderful beat, with varied water and good access, though the path leading upstream needs very careful negotiation, and once in the water a wading staff is a must.

13 Trout, 2 Grayling