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1 Chub

Good day, nice part of the river.

2 Barbel, 5 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

all caught on float fished meat .best fish 5lb

10 Chub

4 Barbel, 8 Chub

Had a fantastic day fishing in the first field. Had one barbel and 8 chub on pellet and meat. Barbel 7 pounds chub up 4 pounds. Love it here.

1 Barbel, 8 Chub

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

River in better condition than expected, colour was good and flow too despite it being lower that normal.
Best Barbel was 8lb.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

I finished my river trout season with a rather pleasant quick session on the Lugg , just outside Leominster , two sprightly brownies and a fit little grayling on the dries , but with the rivers closed , still a couple of weeks on the mountain Llyns , so booked up Llyn Craigypistyll , and set off at about half seven this morning ….. nice slow bimble to the parking spot . ……. As you walk down to the Llyn it’s like Moon Base Alpha . The mountains way beyond the lake , heading into the Desert of Wales …. absolute bliss … just me , the kites and three ravens high up with their odd noises , like flying frogs sometimes !!!!!

Anyway , tricky fishing , opted for a bibio sedgehog on the point , Katie Mac , and Zulu on the droppers , hard going because of a swathe of weed that followed the lake all around , about twenty yards out , maybe less , most annoying , can’t remember this years ago , mind you we didn’t get thirty five degree summers hey !!!! The last time I fished this was with a buddy , before going in the Army , that’s some water under the bridge …..

The first take was to the sedgehog , very savage splashy affair , and a good fish too , about eleven inches , beautifully spotted , admired and quickly slipped back in … next hit the sedgehog again in the steady ripple , same size , Great feisty fish too , like Bugeilyn fish , punch well above their weight … third came short after a swirl , static , then a fast retrieve he hit the Katie Mac hard …. And the last one from this Llyn again rose to the ginked sedgehog …. Some great sport , but a lot of leg work was involved , I should imagine early season is Great here , with my imminent move to Rhayader , it’ll almost be my local !!!! Anyway , wanted to try a couple of hours on Syfydrin , so rod in the truck , did that daft drive with waders on to Syfydrin …..rough old track to this lake I must point out ….

Same drill and same flies on ….. again first fish hammered the sedgehog tweaked back , but cast along side the reed mace , only two yards out from the bank …. Solid angry hits too . Two fish on the sedgehog …. Both about eight inches , again superbly marked hill trout , swapped the sedgehog for an elk hair caddies , smallest I had , and bang ….. last one of the day smashed it …. Lovely satisfying take , literally inches from the bankside reeds …… so seven lovely fish in the solitudes of Wales , what could be better to round of the Season …. I packed the kit away in my truck , and ate my pastie and enjoyed a well earned cuppa , as I watched the fish really come on the go on the track side bank , all only yards out , hitting the sedge I think they were …. Oh well , nice to see so much activity , there for next year …. A slow drive back to The Ponderosa , fire on stun , and a large port to toast a Great season …… here’s to the next folks ……

7 Trout

All fish caught using swim feeder and hair rigged boilie. Barbel were on the small side - the largest was 3.5 lbs. River flow was slower than yesterday and water was not so coloured

8 Barbel, 1 Chub