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A quick session this morning, Upper beat, between nine and twelve .... dank and pretty miserable this morning , made dry fly sport tricky !!! Who can blame the trout.... I wouldnt play ball either !! Still, sport was OK, they're a good stamp of fish on this Upper beat, with a couple of really decent eleven inch fish and two of about ten .... good for here !! I only went up to metallic foot bridge as above that it's just a Rocky gorge to be honest !!
Managed five to the the net, chunky strong fish too, they nailed my Para Adams with gusto !!! Two more slipped the hook, aaarrgggggggghhhhh !!!
As I'm writing this it's heavier rain now in Rhayader, down right autumnal if I'm honest !!! Berries,squirrels and leaves in the river are all the signs that the season is coming to a close !!!
I did enjoy the brief session this morning must admit, think I'll give either Llandewi or the Arrow a bash next week, seems that hardly anyone is bothering with the wild streams, shame as with a bit of work they're much better than a lot of the bigger beats on the Wye and Usk .... but I guess a lot of folks don't like the effort involved ..... cest la vie !!! Anyway, the ones who do enjoy them, leaves us with a huge array of choices ..... lovely job!! Must admit, I think a structured trimming on ALL WILD STREAMS NEEDS TO BE DONE !!!! A cracking morning, time to abuse the running machine and rower in the gym now !!! Lol !!!!

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Later afternoon, I did four lovely, stealthy hours on the Upper section of the Lower beat .... lively too, with good sport from about three ish .... took refuge under a big oak from half two , only a quick heavy shower but really lashing it down!!!
When it stopped activity was good from the off in fairness ... dry fly sport on both an olive klinkhammer and iron blue was bang on, lots of insect life appeared after the rain, including sedges ........ The usual stamp of brownies here, between six and ten inches today.... feisty strong little fish, that absolutely smash a well placed dry, suuuuuuuuuperb stuff !!
Nine made it yi the net, and two or three that slipped my hook ..... still a fun afternoon .... this beat is huge so breaking it up is perfect for me .... I used another grass verge pull in, close to where I go out four days ago, which I'd earmarked, ... was perfect to set off from were I finished the other day .... its great dry fly water and even in the glides, cast tight to the sides and they're quite happy to come out and nail your offering !!!
Lots of grey squirrels seen today, and in fact I could have bagged about a dozen .... starting to feed up heavily now on all the nuts and beech mast!!!
Will have to touch base with the farmer .... see if my services are maybe welcome !!! Anyway, a great few hours, got out shy of the main drag and walked back down to my truck, it's fast becoming a favourite dry fly water of mine..... Great fun,nothing huge ,but that's not what a wild stream is all about .... back home and a bottle of very chilled Amber nectar awaits !!! Will fish one of the Elan lakes early bells tommoz well before campers, dogs and screaming kids turn up !!! Lol !!! Lifes good sometimes hey.....

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Hadn't fished the lovely Cammarch for quite some time, so decided on the lower beat ...plenty of water in it when I parked up at half ten, cracking, with its usual reddy tinge to it .....dry fly perfection I'd say !!!
Fished a single dry as I always do in the summer months .... its just gotta be done hey !! A tiny Para Iron Blue brought them up after some stealthy wading .... hard work with the tree canopy and growth to be honest, and I'm tired of saying this beat needs a haircut , that beat needs a trim, so I'm not going too, but it does,big time !!! Lol !!!.....
Superb fun where it opens up and i had four respectable stream trout in a tally of eleven...ranging in sizes six to perhaps eleven inches .... like grease lightening here.... thought I was on the ball with my dry fly work,but I missed maybe four good rises , oh well, still great fun ..... and also three good fish didn't quite make it to the net ... aarrggghhhhhhh never mind .......
A lovely four hours, only did half of the lower beat, as got out, up the steep bank hit the road for the longish walk back to my truck, but a smashing few hours dry fly sport, I'd go as far as to say its as good as the Edw and the fish go barmy when hooked!!!
Will give the Upper beat a bash next week, nice to be back in the confines of the stream, up close and personal with the brownies, after a couple of great days on Caban Coch and Claerwen reservoirs, lovely job, home time and a bottle of Rev.James is waiting for me , spot on !!!!!

11 Trout

Fished for a few hours around mid-day, which in mid-August probably isn't the best time. Nice to see the river with a bit of water in it. Very little fly life a few midges and a couple of caddis, didn't see any rising fish. However I did pick up a few on the nymph. So a very pleasant few hours on this very nice beat.

3 Trout

Fished lower beat only. No fish seen (except fry), no takes or fishy activity.
Tried different flies and methods, all in the pouring rain. River rising steadily but fishable, just about.
No access to upper beat. The Trout Inn car park is separated by barbed wire fencing from the field, which might otherwise provide river access. No safe access from bridge at the bottom of the upper beat either, only a drop into the river down a steep bank. Access around bridge very overgrown and would damage waders, which are pricey.
A tree is down in the lower beat making wading impossible throughout the whole stretch.

Unbelievably hot evening, river worryingly low, I was delighted to rise anything at all and consider 4 little uns a good result under the circumstances. Couldn't find access via field to left of pub, ended up using the bridge a little downstream. The pint afterwards in The Trout Inn was the most refreshing I've had for many a month....

4 Trout

A lovely beat, but currently "On it's bones" a couple of small browns from the shaded pools.
Looks like there's rain on the horizon, although I guess we have to be carefull of what we wish for...
If it starts it might not stop...

3 Trout

Well thought I'd head to the lovely Cammarch again this afternoon ....up since half six ... lots of jobs nailed , and a good gym session too .... got to the river at half twelve , balmy twenty degrees abd sunny !! ... gin clear water, and like a lot of the Wild Streams at a nice height at the mo !!
Fished a Para greenwells and Iron Blue this afternoon .... fish looking up by two ... not really that much on the go .... I saw a few Large Brook duns and olives and rest was it to be honest.... ohhh the usual tiny gnats that attract the attention of small trout.... still fun to cast to !!!
Very aggressive hits when the trout do want your fly here .... they hammer it, hard as nails ! The Vinny Jones of the fish world live in the Beaulah stretch of the Cammarch !!!!lol !!
A fun few hours the fishing up past the metal footbridge is hard work and a gorge with a few trouty pools ... I couldn't interst anything in the half a dozen I put a dry in the foam lane .... not a sniff ... a long walk back but not toooo bad .... a pleasant and interesting beat ... I'll do this one again .... six made it to the net ranging in Size from six to ten inches... Great feisty scrappers.....Time for home and crack open a cool bottle of the Amber nectar.... loving this varied week on the streams..... lifes good sometimes, happy days!!!

6 Trout

An afternoon session at the lovely River Cammarch ... lower beat . Warm and pleasant when I tackled up, reading 17 degrees on my truck dash .... parked up by the now dilapidated old shed and walked down at one ... looking a picture with just a very slight tinge but sat at a lovely workable height for dries ....
There were a lot of insects on the go in the afternoon including large Brook duns , saw some hawthorns and olives too ....nice to see two paired up mandarin ducks saw some here last year, maybe the ground is good for their nest burrows ...... Anyway the fishing this afternoon was fun fun fun.!!! Stealthy wading needed here as its clear with glides too... I fished a Para Greenwells the whole beat and didn't loose it either ..... fab sport, nine made it to the net with also some long range releases ....sizes from five to ten inches . They always go banzai here when hooked ... Great fun !!! Pretty little brownies here too .......
They can really surprise you when prospecting your dry here ... and smash it when you least expect it ! A good few cast to risers and the other half prospecting in trouty places ..... a really fun but casually slow four and half hour mooch ..... loved it .. I'll be back here soon .... near for me now I'm only in Rhayader too ..... Happy days !!! Ohhhh and there's one bottle of Speckled Hen still in the fridge tops off a grand day .....sorted !

9 Trout

After checking the river levels opted for the Cammarch as there appeared to have been more rain in the area with the Irfon up a couple of feet. There had obviously been quite a spate last week which had all but cleared.
The river looked good but fish were hard to find.
Only managed 2 on a small nymph.

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