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1 fish 10lbs from the Chapel Catch. at 10-30 am. This was a nice clean Hen and fought well.
Regards Denis

No fish caught today

Bigswear to high and coloured to fish, went to Caermawr. fished with Nathan Jubb, and John. River in good condition, had
very good tuition and learnt a lot during the day. No fish caught.

Well after doing some intensive house chores ha ha !!!!! I thought it high time I headed to a venue I haven't been to for an age , so opted for the Edw , at Hundred House . . . .

I arrived at the bridge at about tenish , tackled up usual outfit , an started mooching upstream , which a team of two nymphs , one a goldhead , tuther pheasant tail nymph , see how the mop flops with them !!!!!

Seems as though the coppicicng of the first two hundred yards has been very savage indeed , bankside alders etc etc down in some lovely pools , not sure who's done this , as it will eventually let light in , and some will be good tree kickers , I suppose , but still a shame that lots of pools are Unfishable . . . .

First Edw brownie , small ,from a deep meandering pool , only eight inches took goldhead hairs ear , spirited scrap , and quickly released , good start . . . Worked my way upstream , working all the water , and was an hour later when I had another good hit , again on the goldhead nymph , deep pool again , Same size roughly as the first , no real action on the Edw after those two , still , Bit early , hey ho . . . . . . . . .

And at midday was a great hatch of LDO ,s showing , and some March browns , but they werent in any danger , as the resident Edw brownies weren't rising at all , which was a shame , as they really put in a good appearance , and even though I tried a sixteen Adams for half hour , no response at all . . . .

Still , a lovely three hours on a cracking spring day , two gorgeous brownies caught and released , kingfishers seen , lambs in the fields , upwings on the go , what more could a fly fisher want , spot on , back soon when things crank up a bit here . . . . . .

2 Trout

First time on this beat. Bright sunshine and great to be out in this beautiful area. Fished the lower half of the beat with a small goldhead ptn and partridge and hares ear spider on the dropper but to no avail. Decided the ptn not getting down quickly enough so put on a heavier grhe nymph which produced two small trout - 9” and 6”. About 11.30 a hatch of march browns started but only saw one rise from a small fish. Would have tried an emerger if I had not left them in the car.

2 Trout

Continuing my exploration of the wild stream beats I had alook at this one after fishing Edw Hergest in the morning. No signs of fish although a few flies coming off.

9 x trout 9-16 inches, dry flies - Deer Hair Emerger, spiders - Waterhen Bloa, Dark Moorgame, Woodcock and Hare's Lug. A cold start, but clear, bright sun so a big temperature swing. Short hatch of March browns around 12.30 and large dark olives were also about. Penpont as beautiful as ever, with lambs in the fields and kites overhead. As the ticket price has gone up, it might not be inappropriate to ask if something can be done about access through the broken gate at the end of the second field, left hand bank, below the bridge? Currently it is wired shut and a tangle of wire is no fun for anglers to get over while wearing expensive chest waders.

9 Trout

lovely to be back on the river at the Rectory beat, river at a perfect height but no fish touched or seen ,but a beautiful day anyway. Many thanks to the owner for the improvements, being able to park at the top of the Rocks makes such a difference, unfortunately did not get down the bottom to see the hut but picture looks great. ( plus the gate no more climbing over the fence )

1 Trout

All fish euro style nymphing, best went 1lb1/4. only hooked and lost one fish on dry,fishing blind on broken shallow run,a few rising but not great yet. Nice beat,plenty of easy wading. Unfortunately getting as expensive as the chalk streams down south.

8 Trout