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Whilst I fished Abercynrig (the adjacent beat down river) my brother fished Dinas. Much better luck than myself with six good trout coming to the net. All taken on nymphs from the riffles above and below the road bridge.

6 Trout

Second of two days. Trotted for a couple of hours in the morning but gave up when canoe traffic increased. Returned to beat late afternoon to continue fishing but rather busy with canoeists and swimmers. Some individuals particularly ignorant and showed no consideration to myself trying to fish. The canoe hire companies must increase the awareness of the angling which takes place and educate the individuals that hire the canoes. Numerous canoeist asked to leave the bank of the fishery and swimmers asked not to swim in fishing areas. Managed to fish for a couple of undisturbed hours late afternoon and caught on pellets and boilies using feeder. Unfortunately session cut short by ignorant evening swimmers/canoeists. Still a very nice and productive stretch of beautiful river just need to be aware of the best times to take advantage.

5 Barbel, 3 Chub

Most fish of the fish fell to double hair-rigged sweet corn (even the eel!)

Water was low and it was impossible to get into the water from the banks. If you want to actually get in the water to trot baits in the shallow part of the stretch this is not possible.

It’s also very difficult to safely return Barbel to the water given the steep banks, you have to rest them in the landing net and try to keep them in the flow which as we all know is quite difficult.

That said - this is a beautiful river and we thoroughly enjoyed the fishing and scenery. Weather was hot but we still caught Barbel during the day, we found the fast water on the inside in the upper reaches of the beat.

6 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

A tough, very hot day, on a low, clear, river. What didn't help either was the vast amount of weed coming down stream around 6.00pm which made it un-fishable during the 'witching hour'. I am pretty sure someone was cutting the weed further upstream, it was far too much for the Swans to be uprooting! However, the scenery, Blue Damsels and birdlife were superb and personally, I think we had quite a good day.

2 Barbel, 15 Chub, 1 Other

6 Trout

7 x trout 6-10 inches, Foam Beetle. Early morning visit with the stream very low and clear

7 Trout

Very hot lazy trout until 6 pm. 4 caught on an Olive klinkhammer And a grey klinkhammer

4 Trout

Clear and very hot. River low and clear, not ideal. Canoists were a disgrace had a party of 10 idiots decide to jump in directly in front. Pegs not as defined as led to believe on website.
Fish caught between 10am and 3pm. No bites at all 3pm till 8pm. Fishing pellet and cage feeder with pva bag of pellet each cast. 3 chub with one at 5.5lb. A PB for me on the Wye. One double figure barbel lost at net. A plus point were the number of salmon jumping were half a dozen 20lb+ fish were seen. Overall dissapointing day spoilt by weather and canoists behaviour.

3 Chub

A sweltering hot day with not a cloud in the sky---not typical Bugeilyn conditions !! We struggled with the fishing but the surroundings looked spectacular.

8 Trout

Only fished for 2 hours in the evening, a good few fish rising, just my poor casting that only hooked the one fish. A good size for the Hindwell, around 16 inches.

1 Trout