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The river was lower than I had hoped for but looked OK on arrival with a few upwinged flies hatching. I tried nymphs,spiders and dries but had little interest apart from Salmon and Trout parr. Didn't really count the parr but it was quite a lot many of which managed to unhook themselves.

Water levels quite low, water very clear. Caught trout on an elk hair fly.

1 Trout

The fishing was not very good, at the end of the spot the fish started to move we fished with dry flies and the size of the trouts was very good around 10 inches. Francisco and miyself were working the river.

8 Trout

Very nice day, but the water was very low. Plenty of small trout around, caught 6 trout around 9 inch on dry fly and nymphs. Only fished about 2 h in the afternoon so I did not fish all water.

6 Trout

River at summer low, lot of fly life including mayfly. Managed to fish most of the beat during the afternoon. Casting a fly very challenging in places but rewarding. Fish 5" to 9" all on dry fly.

5 Trout

Nice fish up to 12 inch. River was very low and clear. All fish caught on nymphs.

18 Trout

River was slightly cloudy, but at a good height. The weather was cool with clouds and sunny intervals. The fish were rising, and occasionally hooked and rarer still landed. Dry flies were the order of the day and there was healthy insect life. Lovely day's fishing.
2 observations
The whole herd of cattle charged down the hillside into the river at the now-defunct watergate. The water was cloudy and the river seems more silty than in previous years. Could the 2 be connected?
The farmer asked not to use the car park area over the bridge as he can't swing his tractor and long trailer into the field. Perhaps the large carpark on the 'main road' should be the only one recommended. Hope the comments are helpful.

1 Trout

Excellent mornings fishing although if I had managed to hook and land as many fish as I had takes then easily into double figures. Best method was a small size 16 copper beaded pheasant tail nymph fished upstream although fish also caught on mayfly hatch late morning. All fish returned ..and I will later in the season!

4 Trout

After having day 2 of a 3 day trip rained off I decided to return to the small stream I'd been so impressed with on day 1 (Edw at Aberedw), which looked likely to be the only river in the area unaffected by the rain. It turned out to be a little coloured, but fishing well. I think the extra rain actually helped and there were plenty of fish spread throughout most of the pools, mainly hiding under overhanging branches or alongside the plentiful woody cover. Fished 9.00-18.00 and had about 12 to hand, mainly on large dries - DHE, caddis etc. As with day 1, could've been many more. Lots of insect life about - the river really is very healthy and just packed with young trout feeding aggressively. Had a brilliant day on what is probably the nicest piece of water I've ever seen.

12 Trout

Fished from 2 till 6 after the morning rain. It was too windy to fish dries effectively for the few rising fish so stuck with French leader and 2 weighted nymphs. 18 Trout to hand between 2 and 10 inches countless misses in the fast runs. I was surprised to see a few Mayfly hatching on such a rocky river. The Edw is obviously in great health going by the stocks of fish and so many juveniles, good to see the WUF work paying off.

18 Trout