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Fished morning only due to other commitments nothing moving but still lots of fly life
a blank few hours

You have bad days and good days, this was both!

River quite low and clear but the sky overcast and dull so overall hopeful for a fish or two. Second cast and a good solid take ... then the knot at the hook gave way. Deep breath, re-tie and back in the water for a couple of casts then it was tangle after tangle and my casting gone to pot! Persevered for an hour but just could not pull things together so sat down for a bit of quiet contemplation. A family of three otters swam by.

Felt much calmer and off we go again. The next 1.5hrs produced five plump trout from about 12oz and the biggest around 1.25lb. The sixth one was a monster (maybe!) but it decided 'Not today!' and managed to slip the hook.
So what began as bad and frustrating, turned into a really good few hours on the river.

5 Trout

1 Trout

3 Trout

1 Trout

Bowled up at the lovely little bridge at the Hundred House beat of the Edw at about half ten , reading sixteen degrees in my truck , lovely , slightly overcast , and a bit of a breeze , things looked good , as I tackled up , some upwings already on manoeuvres , great stuff !!!!!!

Initially tied on an eighteen Pale Watery , and immediate response in the first riffle , little fellow of perhaps six inches , a good start !!! It went like that all the way up , I changed also to a Parachute Adams , sixteen , and had hits on it also , great fun , lightening quick , and in the heads of some of those lovely pools , some surprises , and amongst the tally , I had some fish of between seven and eleven inches , great fun .

Managed about three quarters of the beat , it's fantastic water , some reminds me of the upper Lugg , whilst others is just like the Dore , great variety . . . .

Had a chill out for ten minutes half way up , and nice to see the kingfishers busy up and down , also spooked a heron , wonder how he did today , as the Edw has a great population of trout !!!!

Had quite a few that didn't make it to hand and threw the hook , also countless splash toy takes that resulted in catching thin air . . . . A fabulous , fun four hours , fourteen lovely Edw brownies to the net , some only small , but fun on light tackle , and had some tubby decent fish too , a really pleasant few hours , back here in a couple of weeks , nice start to the long weekend , morning session briefly tomorrow , as out with Mrs A . Later in the day , . . . . . . Now where shall I head to , choices choices , ha ha !!!!!!!!!!

14 Trout

The Irfon was 0.27m on the Cilmery gauge, very low water conditions and very hard going. Although there was plentiful fly activity there were virtually no sign of fish on the surface. The few rising fish were small and extremely wary. Fish were taking tiny flies and the two 8” trout I took came to a size 22 Greenwells, there was plenty of rejections and downright ignoring of my offerings.

2 Trout

Tricky day as water low and very few fish feeding on the top despite a fair few mayflies coming off. Enjoyable fishing nonetheless.

2 Trout

Low and clear. Fish all taken in the outflow of riffles and drops on the duo. All fish took the nymph, copper bead black and olives in variation, except one to a CDC and Elk dry. All small to 5” bar one bigger fish from a deeper pool but lost mid fight. Probably 10” that one.

8 Trout

Well, to put it bluntly, a fantastic day of fishing. Worked the pools and pockets all the way up the beat with the grayling seeming particularly lively today. Managed to get a double hookup at one point too, a first for me. 28 fish netted.

Note: One of the boards on the boardwalk midway up the beat seems to be almost 100% rotted through. Look out for this board because unless its replaced soon it'll give way and send you tumbling into the river!

12 Trout, 16 Grayling