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Bowled up at the lovely Escley Brook pretty early , to avoid the overhead sun as much as possible , so must have been about half eight buy the time I was casting my first fly , or there about . . . .

Usual rig , and opted for small Parachute Adams for starters , as I did see a rise , very splashy and excitable about twenty yards up from the beat start . . . Anyway , after about half hour , had first nice confident rise to the Adams , nice little Escley fish , of about seven inches , and slipped back in . . . .

Was a while before any more interest , and I changed the fly a few times , next take was in fact on a black Klinkhammer , again small fish head of small pool , lovely markings , and slipped back in . . . .

Sun was climbing high by ten , and very warm too , lovely to see such activity in the little Brook , loads of caddis on the bedrock , and great to watch them covertly moving about !!!!!! Also lots of Brook dun larva too , nice too see . . . .

The ravens were getting frisky up above , and playing hard to get , as were the trout , as soon as that sun got high in the sky , action ceased , I'm sure even an Houston earlier would have been better , and I'm plumbing on it livening up tonight here , probably about half seven eighthish . . . . I noticed an angler is booked in here for tomorrow , my tactical advice is get here early bells , fish it up the pools till you get to the skinny water , and call it a day at nineish , and return seven in the evening , if at all feasible . . . .

It's a great little spot , could have done with a tad more water in it I guess , real wild stream stuff and rocky and varied , reminds me of some of the streams North of Rhayader , spot on . . . A fun three hours, I'm sure sport would have been better had the sun not showed up , but hey that's fishing hey , and two pretty brownies from a beutiful stream isn't a bad start to the weekend . . . Happy days !!!!!

2 Trout

This was my first visit to this stretch and after parking up and walking upstream along the beat I feel that small and overgrown for the first part cannot be stressed enough! After a few casts in fishy looking areas I decided with the bright sun just starting to heat up mid-morning my best chances would be to move on to another beat. No fish caught.

A very nice looking beat for its small size, lots of fishy looking runs. A little less sun and a little less colour would've helped the cause but no signs of fish apart from a spooked trout in the mill stream. Sadly an electric fence placed upstream from the mill placed 1 yard from the waters edge makes most of the upstream fishing awkward or impossible.

Arrived at this beat for an afternoon session in the bright sunshine, as expected no fish rose and I opted for a pair of deep jig nymphs fished in the dark holes along the beat. Two fish of a good average size fell for the point fly. More flies lost than fish as any chance of take had to be within inches of structure to reach where the trout were hiding. A nice beat I would visit again.

2 Trout

No fish taken.

I missed the morning hatch due to a very enjoyable chat with Jean at Sweets and a less enjoyable set of delays on the M4 due to people’s bad driving. So it was a tough afternoon. I hooked one trout opposite the pub but the got off before landing. After that nothing.

The owner’s bank work is sprouting nicely! It was a nice touch to get a call and chat about the fishery’s plans for the future.

1 Trout

Nothing all day

4 Trout

Conditions were bright with hardly any wind,but there was a ripple on the water. Never caught or saw any movement or any fish rising all day although there was fly on the water.It's difficult to judge what ideal conditions would be on this water.