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4 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

Water level low, V hot, no rises amazingly, 2 x 9" on a dry ( black ant ) nice stretch of river, will return.

2 Trout

No fish

Our first visit to this very pretty beat but my fishing buddy & I made a tactical error by going equipped only for straight line nymphing. We had read the comments about the wading being tricky but were unprepared for just how tricky. So a combination of lowish and clear water made it almost impossible to fish the easier glides as the fish just got spooked, and wading was hard to get near enough to the deeper runs to fish them properly. The easier part of the beat is upstream of the bridge, and thats where our four fish came from. There are some good sized grayling here and a bit of colour in the water would certainly have helped. Just as we were leaving the beat owner came along to see how we got on which was a nice thing to do, and suggested next time that dry fly might be more productive.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Thanks to J. A. from Rhayader for prompting me to fish this beat for the first time. A delight.

2 Trout

7 Trout

AVOID.
Very limited access to the river. Lower section virtually no access to water. Mid ( field) section patrolled by large bull, so unfishable. A few swim’s available in upper section upstream of orchard.
All fish caught were chublets to around 1lb mark.

15 Chub

One word for my trip to the little Clywedog this afternoon SUBLIME !!! FUN FUN FUN !!! Parked up at ten to twelve , had a nosey at the river over the bridge, looking good .... its been a while since I've fished this one , always remembered that they go basserk once hooked!!! And aggressive takes too .... both of which occurred with every fish that smashed either my sparkle dun or rusty kilnkhammer this afternoon ....... fab sport if I'm honest .....
Again like a jungle, I finished at half three and get out at the convenient old track by the Elan Pipes ..... I was stung, sweating, hot, bothered, knackered but I loved it as always...... difficulty level to get a cast away is up there with the wildest of streams, but put the effort in, cast well, and you'll get a response!!!!
Managed twelve to the net, and another two that didn't make it ..... the one looked a good fish too, always the way hey ....... Great smash takes to my dries ..... a lot of the fish taking at the very heads of pools .... violent hits, lovely job ......
Ohhhhh saw two barn owls on the walk back to my truck, awesome birds, flying low over the meadow ........ 25 degrees again today, but I must admit as overgrown as it was there I had an absolute ball ..... like puff adders on the rises to your fly , you gotta be ready I can tell you !!! Total un, and just the best of wild stream dry fly sport ..... I'll target another of the streams tommorrow .... living the dream is really rather nice !!! Anyway , time to freshen up and go and grab a cold pint of Inches Cider from The Crown in Rhayader, a lovely afternoon ..... Happy days !!!!

12 Trout