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Blanked

1 small brown trout caught on a spoon and returned. Walked around the whole reservoir and fished every angle, lost another nice brown and a rainbow, which for £40 for my girlfriend and I was a bit of a shame, 3 bites in 8 hours or so. Fishing in wales is quite expensive.

1 Trout

4 Trout

8 Trout

2 on dry fly 3 on nymph.No rises throughout beat.

5 Trout

9 Trout

No salmon seen - gave up and fished for trout. Took three on a dry fly and one on a nymph.

4 Trout

One of the most scenic fisheries in the UK with great fishing to match. All fish came to a bibio hopper

10 Trout

Tough fishing today - not much hatching or rising for most of the day, probably due to the sunshine. Although at least that got me to the riverbank - had spent the last three days in bed with a fever. Daytime fishing also wasn't helped much by a family wild camping on the far bank - on arrival at the bottom of the beat, found two boys returning from upstream on the far bank with a spinning rod. They had a break for tea then came back all along the far bank with the rest of the family and a gigantic dog, who they repeatedly yelled at to not charge across the river at me. Then they all jumped into Quarry pool for a swim, great... roll on the school holidays eh? The trout understandaby went down for a while having seen their first bear in several hundred years, but there was little fly-life at that point anyway. Once things calmed down a bit in the evening there was a bit of activity - some pale wateries and small spinners came out for a couple of hours. Could really have caught a couple more, but lost one big fish when the hook just came out after a spirited run, then lost another nice fish of c. 15" at the net which was entirely my fault due to tying a dodgy knot in my weakened state (don't usually do that!). Nice to finally get one off the top though and avoid the blank with a rise to a rusty spinner. Was hoping it would get even better towards dusk, but it then all died away completely as the temperature plummeted- think it got too cold. Worth waiting for the early evening flurry though, and a beautiful beat as always!

1 Trout

Access to the water difficult as banks very overgrown. Good insect activity in late afternoon but fish showed little interest in the mayfly.