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View the river level and rainfall for the last 7 days.

In the upper reaches the water is very clear and fish numbers high. Fish in this section are generally very small however In the middle reaches the numbers of fish increase but are fewer in number but are in the 0.75 to 1 kg weight range. During the summer the river flow can decrease quite dramatically and at times the river suffers from an algae bloom. When the weather cools however the fish can become very active and late in the season feed voraciously on both nymphs and terrestrial insects.

The middle reaches also has good fishing though the lower reaches are tidal and offer poor quality water.

Dry flies:
Royal Wulff, Blue Dun, Klinkhammers Adams, and Caddis patterns, Coch-Y-Bondhu thoughout the year. Brown bettles (Nov) and green bettles (Dec / Jan) with cicada and hopper patterns from mid-summer.

Nymphs: 
Small lightly weighted or unweighted Pheasant Tail, Coloburiscus, Halfbacks and Hare and Coppers in sizes 14 to 16.

Wet flies:
Small soft hackled wet flies such as spiders fished just subsurface especially during the evening rise can be effective on warm evenings

Spinners:
Small bladed spinners preferably in red and gold patterns such as a Veltic fished through the pools or upstream into the faster water can be effective during the day when other methods fail.