Feedback & Reports

Short session at lunch break. 3 fish on the duo, best 15 inches and a very well conditioned fish. The odd MB on the water but very few risers.

3 Trout

North westerly wind was more lively as the day went on, making casting difficult. Sun brighter too in the afternoon, despite cloudy forecast. Few fish rose and not many flies anywhere along the beat.
Small trout took march brown wetfly and managed one rise to Adams dry fly. The advertised parking at the end of waterworks lane was unavailable. Access gate was padlocked by local Fair organisers.
I felt the booking admin fee for the Breconshire beat ( at 20% of the day ticket) was a little steep.

1 Trout

4 x trout 8-13 inches, spiders. A difficult morning with bright sunshine and a big temperature swing, from a slight frost first thing to 15 degrees at lunchtime. Almost no surface rises and trout which did come up to spiders were taking diffidently rather than confidently (blame the fish, not the angler!) I certainly missed a lot of slight plucks and pulls.

4 Trout

Productive lunch break at Brecon today. Good hatch of grannon & MB in progress when I arrived - heads literally everywhere. 5 small fish to hand in quick succession, lost a few, including a good fish.

5 Trout

13 x trout 8-12 inches, dries - Olive Jingler, March Brown Jingler, spiders - Waterhen Bloa, Dark Moorgame, Hare's Lug and Plover. River still pretty high - I funked fording it at usual places and went round via bridge - and not so very much in the way of hatches, but fish definitely prepared to come up. I'm told there was a good March brown hatch yesterday.

13 Trout

A tough day in pretty horrible conditions, especially the wind. The gauge was at 1ft with a slight tinge of colour. We saw a very sparse hatch of LDOs and no March Browns. 3 fish rose all day. Fish were taken on a spiders and dries with several more takes missed.

4 Trout

River looked very fishable with some fly-life but very little, if anything, rising. Tried nymphs but with little luck. Accessed the beat from downstream by the sewerage works. Bank well trodden by dog walking locals. Access difficult in many places and room for much needed improvement. All signs pointing to an over-fished town beat but am I making excuses for a blank day? Met and chatted to two other visiting anglers also not having any success. Saw some fish fry, dippers, wagtails, kingfisher and tree creeper.

6 Trout

After blank day yesterday heavy overnight rain lead to high and chocolate coloured river. Flashy caddis nymph at short range did the trick. Wading tough in places. Fish fat and feisty and very colourful. Happy man.

9 Trout

Tough day. Pricked 2... river very low.