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Wulff dry fly with nimf dropper.

Windy conditions

Fish returned to lake.

Really wasn't sure where to plumb for today, after a busy couple of client days in the Elan Valley, so opted for an old timer ...the Arrow @Kington !!!!
Strewth she's like a serious jungle, and worse up past the collapsed weir !!! I think patrolling in Belize was easier than that top section ! I presume the Kington club have long "abandoned" looking after this beat .... mind you, is anything maintained with a sense of pride these days.... seems not !!!!
Anyway , mega stealth, dry fly work as always .... Six peas in a pod today ..Strangely only one risers, the rest prospecting in likely areas. Lovely aggressive hits here ... Fish all about sevrnnor eight inches , those lovrly markings on the Arrow fish you don't see in any other local stream in the vicinity ... gorgrous !!!!
Fished between two and half five , odd kind of gusty weather, but still warm . Not fabulous for dry fly presentation, but was still fun ....
A lovely 3.5 hours on an old stomping ground . She's mega low and lots of new trees in what used to be lovely pools ...Maybe high winter floods will shift a few . Great for trout cover though I must say. Some serious deep scoured pools underneath them, always adds features. Saw dippers, kingfishers , spooked a roe deer and was pestered by horse flies ... Ahhhhh summer by a river hey .....Just Bliss !!!!!!

6 Trout

Fished the bottom half of the beat which is fascinating to fish and holds some big fish. Unfortunately it’s only possible to fish the bottom two fields. It is near impossible wading up the river to make it past the suspension footbridge and if you opt to get out of the river and walk round that obstacle there are three fences with no stiles to navigate around the bridge up into the next field. Real pity as there looks to be plenty more fishing to go at but it’s not accessible and I didn’t want to damage fences trying to climb over them.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

3 Barbel

1 Trout

2 Trout

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

grandson is 12 ,tried various parts of reservoir, spinning and worm under a float but nothing

2 Chub

Very few bites but was able to make it count on a very low river.
Found a swim in the fast water (rope or mountain goat balance needed) which proved worthwhile. I watched a shoal flashing in the downstream swim but not feeding. However by leaving it for a bit and banking on them moving I got lucky.
All fish taken on meat with GB and pellet in feeder.
Fish of 10.3, 8.11, 7.12 and two smaller were taken. Each fought like tigers in the fast water, were properly rested and all swam off strongly.
No chub today.

5 Barbel