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River unsurprisingly higher than I have seen it before, which made parts inaccessibility due to high banks and deep water. However, a few dry days might sort that out.

6 Trout

Fished p.m., dry Klinkhammer with spasmodic hatches & rises in faster shallower water. The trout brought to hand were 6 to 8 inches with 2 larger fish shedding the hook when airborne. The day ended early with thunder, lightning & torrential downpour.

3 Trout, 1 Other

Plenty of fish, generally small ( C 8-12ozs ) but very willing and great fun on small dry olive flies

7 Trout

I knew the Edw would be a bit high, but when I
I parked up by the bridge, she was running a bit coloured too ..... gggrrrrrrrrr, not ideal, but hey ho, I'm here now so I'll crack on kind of attitude ......
She wasn't bad, nothing big today in a tally of seven, and also a few more self released specimens!!! Sizes between six and eight inches. Most of the fish were prospectively caught with a dry Greenwells .... lovely Edw brownies, superb!!!
Three risers I brought to the net, was a shame its coloured , as the height is lovely, be superb by Friday....... ohhhhhhhh might have to give one of the beats an early session ......I saw four mayfly, along with a myriad of uowings and sedges ....
Anyway, still fun, after yesterday's sublime full day up at Nantymoch Reservoir, catching on small wets, and sedgehogs...... fantastic fun, hectic sport literally all day, fab !!!! Really goosed by eight last night though !!! It was basically food and the some Egyptian P.T. on the sofa !!!! Zzzzzzzzzz !!!!
Spoilt big time here in mid Wales..... and so many wild streams, tis like a big jar of sweets isn't it !!!
I packed up by the Hergest Falls bang on four, a slow bimble back to my wagon. Three grey squirrels seen on the walk back, I must contact Allyson, see if I can liase with the farmer, and do some vermin control!!! Anyway, homeward bound, and a bottle of Old Speckled Hen for this callsign ...... yeeessssssss!!!!

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Well, another decent morning, but,I think I turned up about 45 minutes toooooo early, the party of LDO's and brook duns had only just got going !!!
Still, dry fly sport was fun here for the four hours I was there. One of my favourite beats, and, having had sublime sport on dries at my local Elan Valley lakes yesterday, was nice being on an old favourite stream ..... like a big mug of Horlicks !!!!
Fish still prepared to hammer a Para Greenwells or a split wing olive .... Great fun as always....Nine beauties to my net , sizes from six to eleven inches , also had a few long range releases...... slippy hooks,lol !!! By half eleven, a good trickle of olives on the go, and a few brook duns too ..... nice to see, at last . These wild streams have been slow off the mark..... Ohh I meant to mention last time, two good trouty pools now ruined, with trees right across them ..Nothing huge, and maneuvering around them isn't an issue, unlike that huge Ash tree on the Kington beat of the Arrow ..... Lots of grey squirrels sighted along this beat , some serious culling needs to be carried out , I'll contact admin to see if the farmer wants them thinned out !!! Young bird and tree damage is pretty intensive by a good few of these Devils!!
Anyway, I finished at about two, lovely mooch upstream, and good sport too !!! Hope B.P. had a good session @ Cregrina .... I'm sure that was his car ???? Right...... choices choices for tommorrow, maybe one of the Arrow beats for a change, back to my old stomping ground lol !!! Homeward bound, and a cool bottle of Old Speckled Hen .....sorted!!!!

9 Trout

Only fished for 2hrs Cold windy and raining .2wbt on a gold lhead nymph including a good fish about 1lb. Nothing rising.

2 Trout

Wow, first decent day in an age ..... it got up to 16 degrees in the Edw Valley this afternoon...... I bowled up at the Hergest beat at bang on half twelve , fished till half three.... lovely three hours .
Fish just starting to look up and target the olives although still not in their feed lanes yet ..... Managed six ....four of which were about six or seven inches, with two what I call proper Edw fish of eight or nine inches .....Great fun and olives were about from one in the afternoon .... Mainly prospective dry fly fishing using a tiny Para Greenwells .... only saw two rises the whole three hours.
Soooooo nice just being on this beat, although there was still a niggling downstream wind ..ggggrrrrr !!!! Such fun fishing the six foot two weight and tiny dries.... lovely stuff, after a few good days up in the Elan Valley with clients using the 9 foot 6 weight , it's a pleasure catching wild stream fish on this lilliputian rod ....cracking stuff! On another beat later in the week, and another client out up Claerwen early next week..... Happy days !! Home time, and a cold bottle of Rev.James.... sorted!!!

6 Trout

2 x WBT 8/9 ins both to grey duster in very brief hatch around 12:30

2 Trout

I thought it might be a bit early and it was...
Mid April is about when the river starts to wake up, os it was worth a look.
No signs of fish at all, but the insects were just starting to move, was suprised to see a few small Olives hatching around
mid-day, not quite enough to get the trout going.
It won't be long though a few more nights without frost and the trout will start to move.
An enjoyable day all the same.

Strewth a hot one when i parked up at twenty to twelve this morning!!! Reading 28 in my truck then !!
River looking a picture to be honest.... a bit low but hey,better than last September, so can't moan !!
Fished my usual six foot and a tiny Para pheasant tail , did the job perfectly and some lovely splashy rises to it. There were a few olives and plenty of sedge about by one .... Edw fish are always full on, hammer it or not at all ....the heads of the pools producing Savage takes .... some nice fish too in the tally of seven, chunky ten inch fish, lovely markings on these Edw fish.... and not surprisingly totally different from their cousins up at The Hundred House beat ......
Lots of squirrels seen and you know it's warm when the cattle are sat tight in the shade of the trees in the field ..... in fact they hadn't moved far when I got out at the Hergest Falls ....and they looked hot and flustered just like me !!! The cold can of pop went down a treat in my cool bag, lovely job .... a fun three hours on a secretive beat ..... Will try another one tommorrow, see whats available after six ... Right, got a hedge trimming job to do, so onwards and upwards..... ohhh there's a bottle of amber nectar in the fridge, once this gardening job is nailed .... Happy days .......

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