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Weather and river looked promising and in the first 30 yards of Lyepole I caught 3 fish (1 grayling and 2 trout) using French Leader and nymphs. Unfortunately catch rate rapidly declined and it became a bit of a struggle after that. Above the bridge switched to the duo and caught one more trout on a PTN, however after a savage take by a trout on the sedge indicator I was using, I moved on to dries and caught one more grayling and two trout on sedges. Only two small hatches of fly seen and it was during these that the dries were taken. Overall a good day’s fishing.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

6 Chub

A1

4 Trout

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

I fished from midday until it was dark - which was late on this, the longest day of the year.
River was fairly coloured, but a good height and definitely fishable.
No sign of any fish for the first couple of hours as I worked my way down the beat, then a stretch of river with several fish rising kept me entertained for the rest of the day. Obstinately sticking to dry flies, I worked my way through my fly box and managed to convince a few fish to investigate and had about 5 takes, only one of which resulted in a fish in the net: a nice 11 WBT.

A variety of different insects emerging over the course of the day, including quite a few yellow duns and a lone mayfly.
Lots of fun trying to outsmart the fish, but mostly they won!

1 Trout

Llyn Idwal, Nothing caught. Overcast with sunny spells and gusty winds at times.

please see my comments on 19th June about the swims. Fishing wise it was Ok for a river that was low, I only fished a few hours and had a Barbel of 9-11 and a Chub of 5-12. Canoeists became a problem quite early in the day, managed to hook one but it got away.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

EEL

2 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

Another great day - trotting with pellets - lots of chub and a nice barbel - a very well kept beat - a big thank you to Colin for keeping it so nice.

1 Barbel, 20 Chub

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. The "other" was a salmon parr which I haven't seen here for a while. The river low and quiet, waiting for rain.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I dropped a real clanger this morning. This was supposed to be my day off, but I thought I would sneak out for a couple of hours on Bideford Brook this morning. Accordingly, I'm sure I checked at ten past six last night to see if the beat was clear. I must have been half asleep or looked at the wrong month or something, because the beat WAS booked and I must must have spoiled the fishing for two very nice gentlemen who showed up later. I feel very badly about this, particularly in view of my habit of criticizing other people who do this sort of thing. They were very nice about it, but once again my humble apologies.

6 Trout, 1 Other