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7 Brown Trout. Three on the dry (DHE size 14, 16), remainder on heavy nymphs.

Two hatches, one of a smaller fly at 12-1230, which solicited a reasonably enthusiastic response. The second 1400-1430, of a larger fly - LDO type thing, with a few March Browns seen, which solicited a very enthusiastic response.

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8 Brown Trout, mostly average/small for the river but one better fish of 16 odd inches... lost at the the net.

All on the nymphs. Little hatch to speak of at all, only a handful of flies seen all day with the cold wind and heavily overcast conditions.

Fish seemed to be shoaled up (?) in the deeper water, catches came in twos or threes each time.

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11 trout all returned. 7 on nymphs, 4 on dry fly. Only aw 2 fish rise.
Cold wind and bright sunshine in am, rain in pm. Water temperature 11C. A (very) few LDOs and one large stonefly.

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A good day on spiders down and across. Nothing rising.

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Washed off river

River in spate and unfishable

A beautiful day greeted me, the river had a good flow and was crystal clear. Only the odd fly hatched certainly not enough to get the fish looking up. Unfortunately they didn’t appear to be looking down either.
Tried hard to no avail, nil return.
I’ll be back!!

After abandoning my Upper Tower booking, I headed to Abercynrig. The water was a tad high but running pretty clear with a slight tinge. Very little fly life with only a few LDOs in sight. There was pretty cold gust that didn’t help. I managed 4 trout on a spider and nymph combo and bumped a few off so all in all, a successful day considering the circumstances. Great to be back on the water despite the chilly and wet conditions.

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First day of the season! Snow on Pen y Fan but sunny weather with a chilly breeze. River running clear but still a little high (0.7m on the Brecon gauge). Fished 11:00 - 15:00; water level dropped significantly over the 4 hours. No hatch and did not see a fish rise. Water running fast over the shallows so focused on a beaded PTN in the slower, deeper water of Llanobery Pool. Lost one good fish at the net.

Last day of the season! River in great condition with the Brecon gauge at 11”. Fished the afternoon working from the bottom to the top of the beat. No hatch but winkled out 4 WBT with a PTN. A good end to a very difficult season!

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