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9 takes, 2 of which snapped the tippet.

fished from the bridge up maybe a third of the beat ,all took parachute adams lost maybe 4 and missed lots ,to quick for me.
Great fun

3 Trout

couple of hrs between the rain ,all caught on parachute adams, missed plenty more, first time on this beat wont be the last thoroughly enjoyed it

3 Trout

12 Trout

Three nice trout on the Mayfly. Many more hooked but unable to land. Also, in clear water, trout can take a good look at the fly before deciding that it is artificial, and returning to the bottom of the river. Despite low water, the beat is entirely fishable

3 Trout

Took my son along for his first foray into wild stream fishing, I think he was more impressed with the setting than the prospect of catching fish!!!!!
Arrived about 10.00 am and plenty of fly life on the water, river very low and gin clear, it was going to be a tough day!
Searched all the usual lies, foam lines, riffles, rocks, undercut banks, nothing doing. Two 8” beauties taken on GRHE in the slackest water you could imagine!!
A few mayflies coming off but anything rising seemed to be far more interested in the smaller up wings coming off, but couldn’t get closer than 20’ without them disappearing, will need a far stealthier angler than me to catch them!!
An excellent day spent on one of my favourite beats, such a beautiful place to spend a day and my son thoroughly enjoyed it.

2 Trout

Bowled up at a favourite at about quarter to one. Fifteen degrees and sunny....again !!! In the morning, I'd had a recce of the Elan Valley, not good conditions for having a good day chasing Welsh Gold, and , on top of that a huge area of the moorland above Claerwen, going over to Tregaron direction has been on fire for a couple of days !! Lots of smoke in the Cwm Elan ....Hats off to the firefighters slogging it over the past few days up there with the choppers as well ....Tough work...
The fishing between one and just gone four way sublime, even on a very low Edw ..Lots of bugs about, medium olives, grannom and Brook duns out on parade ...Lovely takes to my dry, but slow slow wading required to have success!!! Five beauties made it to my net, three of them really nice fish, over ten inches and strong..Pleased with that result in such tricky conditions... Looks like a change on Monday folks, weather wise, Hallelujah!!! South west wind, and rain !!@ Bliss.... A fun session on a peaceful spring Edw .... back sooooooooon !!!!!

5 Trout

Low water, a bit of rain needed.
Challenging fishing, for me at least. Fish seen in the deeper pools, but nothing rising until early afternoon. 1 trout about 7 inches long on the dry fly. Nothing touched nymphs on this occasion.
Only 1 fish caught but many trees.
Beware the slippery stones on the river bed, studs would help if wading. Be careful too when entering the beat from the bank, barbed wire has to be crossed, low down but it could hole waders if you're not careful.

1 Trout

Bowled up at the Hergest pull in over the bridge ...Note to anglers : park right up away from the layby in the rough stuff !!! Farm wagons need that turning circle to drive off and to approach the narrow bridge .......
Arrived at this beat, had it to myself at just gone half two , carried on the motion,fishing dries in the fast stuff !! Dynamic sport, with aggressive confident hits ..... Again very low here, so making hay while it's still fishable..... lots of rain needed !!!
Dark olives and sedge on parade here .... Fish looking up, but , just like the Usk fish, they called ot time at half four !!! I didn't fish all this beat a couple of hundred yards short of the falls I think ......Otters prints present, and I wax pretty chuffed eithbthid section I'd done winter work on too !!! Some new pools are fun, there's also some that now have s huge ash tree in them....All adds variety , and refuge for young trout !!@ Actually lots of fry seen in fact masses .... in the slack stuff ....
A fantastic few hours on this beat too ....Nine brownies to my net ...sizes from six to maybe eleven inches....just the most fun ever!!
Packed up and ventured back across thf fields at quarter to five ...A lovely session , tis my absolute favourite technique, dry fly sport on the small stresms, sublime !!!! Right, this callsign is off for a bimble into Rhayader, and a cold scoop of the amber nectar ..... be rude not to hey, after a cracking day ...............

9 Trout

With bright sunshine and (slightly) warmer temperatures I thought things might get a bit easier. Wrong. Very little insect activity, the Summer hotspots seemingly empty and a cold gusty breeze all made it tricky. I did manage to scratch out four smallish trout by the end of the day, all on a single small nymph. A+ for effort.

4 Trout