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River in great condition. It was overcast but wind a bit cold. Fished from 11:30 - 17:30 and fairly steady hatch of olives coming off all day. Saw an odd larger fly and one yellow dun before leaving. A parachute Adams was a good imitation for most of the beasties hatching but takes were quick and I missed more than connected. The largest trout was around 1 lb but the stamp was more around 6 - 8 oz mark. Also one or two parr but generally those fell off. Grayling came to pt nymphs fished underneath the dry. The largest was good size around 12 - 14 oz. Overall fish seemed in pockets so you need to work though the whole beat to find fish. Once you found fish there were more in those pools however each time one was caught you seemed to have to move on. Plenty of exercise so I was tired (in a good way) at the end of the day.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

4 Trout

Stayed for 2 nights at the Bell at Skenfrith on one of their DB&B deals. Excellent.
Clear water but with very few fish showing on the surface. That said, all but one of my fish were caught by casting to rising fish. 4 on a CDC F fly on top and the other 2 (including the Grayling) on a green gold head nymph.
2 of the trout were 1lb plus, the remainder were about 4-6 ounces. Very enjoyable day.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Two fish caught on worm with popup.

2 Trout

Fished the West Bank, in difficult conditions with a strong easterly wind. Fished worm until mid morning with only Crayfish being caught. We landed 8 trout all on spinners throughout the rest of the day. We took 5 fish between us with the others being returned. We did catch lots more however they managed to shake the hook before coming to the net. A good day out after a difficult start.

8 Trout

We had 9 trout between both of us all trout taken were 2 lbs -2 1/2 lbs.

4 Trout

12 Trout

8lb cock Salmon landed on home tied "Archy Wye Fly" fished on a sunk line from beat 3. Superb clear water on a bright and blustery day. 6 superb beats to fish with no other rods on the estate.

1 Salmon

11 lbs spinning black F.C.

1 Salmon

Managed a couple of hours fishing this morning on the Taf Fawr which is another one of MTAA small streams on the upper Taff catchment. I managed to catch several trout wild brown trout up to 3/4lb and several salmon smolts which is amazing as salmon have only been able to get over a set of wiers at Cefn Ceod viaduct for the past three spawning seasons.

7 Trout