Hi guys,
I had an enjoyable first trip of the season yesterday with conditions which were pretty good. Light hatches of Olives weren't enough to bring on any significant surface activity, however 8 rods in our party returned only 1 blank with 1 boat managing 7 fish including 2 of over 2lb which were taken and a beauty of 10lb+ which was returned. This fish was probably one of the monsters you can see from the car park if you throw some bread in, it was caught up at the top end where the stream comes in on something like a very lighly dressed Waterhen bloa in black. One funny thing happened, I took my Englands Auto lifesaver off to adjust some clothing. I forgot about it under my seat, it rained and exploded into action just as i was starting the motor about half an hour later. Luckily I had packed spare underpants

Tight lines
Jonesy

Sounds like a great day on a beautiful fishery. Get any pics?

Jon

Unfortunately not, it looked like it was going to be so gloomy I didn't bother packing it. Like you say, wonderful dramatic scenery that nearly puts the fishing in second place.
Maybe someone else will catch the brute and post it on here.

Jonesy

Have a look at page 97 of the Welsh Dee thread and you will see that Spy 1 caught one of the monsters a few weeks ago and posted photos.

Welsh Dee/Afon Dyfrdwy

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“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

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