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2nd day, still gales, plus showers today, but happy with our return 4 more barbel and a chub like to see what this beat looks like in the summer..

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

A cool blustery one when I tackled up this morning at the bridge over the Hindwell Brook , running clear and at a really nice height , looked promising , but doesn't every river on the first few days of the season !!!!!

Tackled up my trustee six foot two weight , and a couple of gold head nymphs to work in the clear water , the pools looked fabulous and ahhhhhhhhhhh so nice to be back !

Was five degrees and still a persistent breeze after storm Freya , dam nuisance these regular storms . . . . . Aaarrrggghhhh!!!! Was a while before I had any interest , and I'm not really surprised , water was very very cold , and still a bit early to catch brownies on these Radnorshire streams . Was still great to start the season of though . . .A feisty take and a scrappy little brownie on the end , spot on !!!! . Eight inches and looking great , wished him well and slipped him back int the icey cold water , needs another month before the fish start showing in numbers .

Initially headed for the Pinsley this morning , but with the amount of barbed wire about , and the fact that clearing is getting done , I sacked it as a bad idea , work in progress , maybe it'll look clearer in a couple of months , shall leave this one and head further down and onto two very local brooks when I don't fancy a half hour drive !!

A fun few hours , glad I headed over to the Hindwell , good move , running at a nice height spot on and a brownie as well well that's the season kicked off , now let's see some more pleasant weather like last week . . . . Pleeeeeeeeeease !!!!

1 Trout

After a short spell of some amazingly dodgy casting, it was great to be back on the Wye once again! No springer for me today, but much enjoyed perusing this beat for the first time - Water very clear and running at 8.5 degrees C. Well done to all those who went out and kicked off the 2019 season with such promise yesterday! I think an opening day like that is what everybody was hoping for!

A tough cold day. The stretch isn’t the best for pike as it’s faster pace in the majority makes it difficult to fish. At the bottom end there is a eddying pool which was our best bet. We only landed two small jacks between us though, both of deadbaits.

2 Pike

Just after the bad weather day the water cleared up throughout the day and thought that fishing would be fine... maybe it was the fisherman. tried various nymphs and streamers with no luck.

River was gently rising after the rain - visibility still not bad at least 2 to 3 feet. Couldn't find the pike though! Next time We'll use faster sinking lines as not sure we were getting deep enough.

River level was dropping after previous day's rise. Thought it would be good but struggled. 1 nice barbel and 2 chub for me, friend blanked. Lovely stretch though.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Better conditions, river rising. Four chub but no barbel showing.

4 Chub

No fish caught