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I have not fished the Edw for some years. It remains a very beautiful river although I may have forgotten just how overgrown parts of it can get by this time of year. I'm not sure I chose the best day either; it was windy and pretty chilly. After two or three hours of slow fishing, I decided to cut my losses and head down to the main river...

4 Trout

Having fished the Edw for two or three hours in the morning, I headed to Abernant at about 11:30. I was hopeful the fishing would be better which indeed it was, the downside being that this very open stretch was much more exposed to the stiff northwesterly breeze that made any upstream casting very difficult. But I had some success with nymphs and spiders fished down and across. Almost all the fish came from the slightly more sheltered upper half of the beat. Though mostly small, there were some cracking fish among them in really lovely condition. The best was just over a pound and came to almost the last cast of the day at the very bottom of the beat. There were two very amiable chaps, both of whom took a keen interest in what I had (and hadn't) caught. Needless to say, they had stories of the huge fish they had seen rising only the other day!

There were a very few mayfly hatching which makes very little sense to me. What would be the point in hatching if so few other mayfly are at it at the same time? I should have thought, like fishing, it's all about being in the right place at the right time.

11 Trout

Fished upper section from the Trout Inn. Access over fence into field (?). There is a very deep hole just at the entry point to the beat. Fish all came from one riffle on small gold head pheasant tail nymph under a pale bodied klink. One mayfly spotted, a few small upwings. Very clear water. A few trees down further up the beat, but generally easy wading and a lovely beat.

4 Trout

3 wbt before falling in I think the river has some pools that I think are a lot deeper than in previous year, so would recommend chest waders to avoid my fate

3 Trout

2 Trout

1 Trout

A nice return to Bugeilyn, the view of the lake as you walk down is always such a pleasing sight. The cold wind blowing up the lake was less welcome. Very little surface activity first few fish on wets, diawl bachs at boathouse end of lake. Best fish coming later at the top end on usual small black dry flies. A hard day but as always very enjoyable to bag some of Bugeilyns hard fighting beautys.

7 Trout

5 Trout

very nice river, good hatches, no trout rising, only some small grayling

1 Trout, 1 Chub