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Fly Only area. Broken cloud and strong S.W.breeze. Started slowly but once I found the right depth etc. I was hitting fish on a regular basis. Very little surface activity and managed to land 5 fish which were taken on GRHE nymph. Things went quiet late afternoon and managed to take fish number 6 on a small muddler headed sedge type pattern on the surface. A great day.
It's a shame that such a fantastic venue is so neglected by Welsh Water. So much more could be done to improve access to the Fly Only sections of water and as always, discarded litter is evident everywhere.

6 Trout

No fish caught.

My first trip to this lovely river so far this season. The river took a while to get going after a cold night and I didn't see my first fish move until probably lunchtime. When the day warmed up there was a steady hatch of mayflies and other winged things, nothing dramatic but at least it got the fish rising.
I took most of the fish on a small DHE tied with a PT body, smallest about 10" and the largest about 13 or 14". The lower part of the river is very difficult to fish with fences across it every 100 or 200 yards, some of which are very tricky to get past. So I usually walk up the stream and start fishing beyond the first house, maybe a quarter of the way up the beat. That will get you past most of the fences and also avoids any confrontation with the owner of the house - she doesn't like people fishing! There's so much good water in the river to fish you won't miss out and it will make your day much more enjoyable, no torn waders, broken rods etc. and you'll still struggle to make it to the top of the beat.

15 Trout

Water had cooled dow a few degrees from my last visit. Started off on dry this was difficult, fish not showing much interest. Switched to nymph and started to connect with a few fish, biggest fish around a pound and a half. Went back on to dry early evening and had a few more, fishing a cdc olive pattern.
Lots of fly life ,loads of caddis, a few yellow may, pretty sure I saw some BWO, lots of spinners, and just the odd mayfly.

8 Trout

Only two fish of a few ounces seen, one 2oz brown trout caught & released.

1 Trout

All fish 4/10inches, most on my favourite March brown spiders size 16, one rising fish to a size 10 mayfly the only riser of the day, but a beauty. Hooked and lost many more! Sporadic hatch mayfly and others. Stream is very tricky, full of debris and very low.

15 Trout

Some good hatches and rising fish but localised spots in the beat. Big mayfly spinner fall late pm. Fish caught on a range of dry patterns including Para Adams, black klinks, olive emergers and mayfly duns.

16 Trout

A few mayflies coming off. Caught on dry mayfly pattern, peacock parachute, klinks, para Adams. Hatches most prolific late pm.

18 Trout

Hen salmon on a spinner from the Wall on Benhall. 5 salmon from this catch so far this year.

1 Salmon

With the water lower than hoped (just over 1ft) Salmon fishing difficult, fished through regardless, nothing to report.
In the afternoon got out the trout rod out and took 8 trout up to a pound on dries, mainly Sedge emerging patterns but some joy on Mayflies too.

8 Trout