Feedback & Reports

3 x browns off upper beat, 1 very nice hen fish just over the pound caught from just below the Sewage Pool on a black pennel. Lower part of the beat fairly quiet on the day I fished.

3 Trout

Water clearing after rain previous day and steady downstream breeze. Tried wet and dry without success until 7pm when short rise and one 9in trout on small brown dun. Watched an otter fishing for 20mins mid morning. 2 poachers spinning in pool by island who fortunately moved off as we walked up river.
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1 Trout

Caught a couple of WBT and connected with a few others briefly. Prolific hatch in the early evening largely ignored by the fish.

2 Trout

Comments made in my feedback on 18 July. We did better today, although conditions were as tough!

9 Trout

The river was very low and the weather was hot and sunny with a nasty downstream wind, difficult conditions! We didn't start until the early afternoon and the two fish we managed were both on nymphs. A few fish started rising in the late evening but I couldn't work out what they were on even though I went through my whole fly box. It is a lovely beat but I would make one comment. There are a lot of chopped branches lying around on the right bank of the pool on a bend about 100 yards up from where you park your car. The bank there is high anyway and for a left hander like myself it made it very difficult to cast. In fact there were quite a lot of chopped and abandoned branches along the banks which could do with being disposed of.

2 Trout

With the rain clearing and the Brecon gauge up a few inches I made a last decision to fish the evening session. Rewarded with 5 trout 9-15 inches + several missed or lost. First 2 to small tungsten hairs ear nymph in pocket water and the rest on a parachute adams in the riffles and heads of pools. Lovely atmospheric still evening with heavy cloud.

5 Trout

River very low and a strong downstream wind made life difficult. Did catch mainly on dries in the faster water or under cover of trees. Best fish about a pound.

14 Trout

Low, clear water made conditions difficult although pocket water proved proved productive with many more fish missed. Group of goosanders spotted 50 yards downstream of the parking area on arrival.

8 Trout

With temperatures in excess of 25c and not a cloud in sight it was as expected, not easy. We stuck with the dry fly, missed a few and managed an eleven inch and two nines. It was a godsend having the car close at hand, we came stocked with cold drinks and a picnic. Perfect day on a lovely stretch of water. So hot I was tempted to go for a swim!!

3 Trout

The river was very low, bright, with a downstream wind which made presentation very difficult. I had a few small fish on small cdc sedge pattern and a couple on nymphs. Spent a lot of time walking and had a sleep on the bank thought I would wait for the evening.
Around 6.00pm i saw the odd fish starting to rise on a big slow flat. The rises where sporadic and it was very difficult but managed one trout, a good fish around the pound mark. Walked back towards the car and noticed more fish rising in the lovely streamy pool next to where you park. The light was fading and I fished a sedge pattern and started connecting with some good fish, biggest around a pound and a half...
Very pleased. Worth waiting for the evening.

7 Trout