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Another beat of the Edw today, warmer this morning with a bit of a breeze ....didn't really affect my dry fly fishing for the three hour session this morning ... looked a picture when I tackled up at half eight ......
Lots of low branches just screaming to grab your fly , I'm kinda used to these jungle habitats so a tight cast under them with my six foot, two weight had the fly placed in trouty lies !!!
Some nice tubby ten inch fish today too, in a tally of eight .. with another two that released themselves..... kind Edw fish !!! Lol !!!
Running at a nice height for dry fly work and Savage hits to my chosen dries ..... lovely stuff !! I must say I did see some uprights on the go, but not till later , about eleven , up by the falls ....you just can't beat an Edw fish putting a bend into a little stream outfit just awesome .... love it !!!
Beef cattle still in the field on the walk back, although I didn't see Bully boy , hope he's not in burgers just yet .... he looked a bit of a stud, so I imagine he's got a few years of " work " in him yet !!!
Anyway, another lovely morning, surprisingly first time ever not had a splashy rise in the falls pool, had two fish fifty yards below it .... nowt so strange as trout hey !!! Got out at half eleven.... a cracking three hours, Llynfi or Cammarch next week, weather permitting ....... !!

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Well, well, well, got to a disappointingly low edw at eleven bells ... thought it may be a bit refreshed from the few days rain we've had bit looks like it's dropped back to Sumner low ....again... I did a thermometer test anyway l, reading 11 degrees ....
Anyway, hard hard going today........ really slow, stealthy wading ..... which you have to do Anyway now as the average depth is probably a foot .... I worked a Para Iron Blue dry in the likely locations ..... some risers by mid day, just before a half hour downpour!!! Olives and a few mays still on the go ...still nice to have splashy aggressive takes..... and surprisingly two really tubby fish in the skinniest of water !!@ lovely job !!!
Still a lovely bear to mooch up .... five fish ...between seven and ten inches..... all to the Parachute dry , so really a fun three hours if I put it in perspective with such a low river.... ohhh point tj note for anglers, I've been informed by the girls in the garage @ E.T.James in Rhayader passed on from family who farms up there, the bull and resident beef cattle in the field are fine, no worries.... so the walk back was still with a Benny Hill pace on ....minus the music!!! Wellllll you can't beat a bit of bully hey !!! Lol ...........
A fun few hours .... back up on a solitary mountain Llyn tommorrow , then it looks like heavy rain for Rhayader Carnival day, on the saturday. Be aware anglers, Royal Welsh show the week after ... if you're fishing this way, be prepared for long queues !!anyway , happy days .... a few secretive hours on one of my favourites , sorted !!!!

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Another Edw adventure today..... Hergest beat .... eeekkkkkk looking lower than Aberedw beat to be honest when I parked up over the bridge at nine !!! Another warm sultry day ... I get to this one quite early as the moooooo cows are generally in the river mid afternoon so can ruin sport .... huge bull in with the herd too ....WUF can you find out if he's a friendly one !!!!! .... I'm OK I can do nought to fast pretty quickly but other anglers may not be able too on the field walk back to the car .... !!!
Hard fishing today after I thermometer dipped the water .... sat at 12.5 degrees ... Great stuff ... but like Aberedw yesterday low and lots of new, hanging tree growth ... did a lot of my casting kneeling .... six made it to the net, between six and nine inches in size .... good confident takes on my Iron blue when j could get a cast away !!!
Still a good few mayfly here, great to see ..... and the kingfishers were busy too this morning , up and down, breeding pair feeding possibly .... lots of minnows for them to be honest !!!
Got to the Hergest falls at half twelve a lovely session, my last fish in the plunge water just to the side of it ... nice splashy hit to my dry ...... lovely job ...
Walk back was pleasant but keep an eye ... or" two " on the cows and particularly the rusty brown bull .... he's a big meat head .... you won't miss him !!!
Anyway a lovely three and a half hours sport on a favourite stream ..... can't beat it !!! Home time and rustle up a late lunch ....... up in the Elan Valley early bells the weekend... see how they're doing on dries...... Happy days!!!!

6 Trout

Bright, warm day on the Edw. Reasonable flow given lack of rain. 6 wbt caught and released on variety of dries. Best 12". Beat in need of a good haircut.

6 Trout

Bright sunny day. Water very low with not much activity in the morning. Livened up in the afternoon. 2 WBT about 10-11 inches. 1 on a PTN and on a PA.

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short evening session

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all on duo

6 Trout

After the Edw beat this was a return to reality, the hatch was intermittent & the few rising fish were very shy. Maybe I was in too much of a hurry. One 8" making a splashy rise in the fast water at the tail of a pool. It was also bright sunshine.
Too many excuses but a lovely bit of water.

1 Trout

Smashed a load of jobs early .... so to top of a fabulous week on the streams I headed for a familiar stomping ground .... The Edw @ Hergest !! Got there at two, she looked a picture, again !!! Lots of olive upwings and Mayflies ..... sport was sublime this afternoon and with careful wading, literally takes not even the rod length in streamy water to my Rusty klinkhammer and Para Iron Blue, some nice fish too in a tally of eleven .... sizes ranging from eight to twelve inches , lovely job .... but mega fast here .... till I'd zoned in I missed three on the bounce , doooooh !!!! Lol !!
Just the best, catching little feisty brownies on light tackle ... nothing beats it ... its really good tenkara water here at the mo , and a slow mooch dipping a kebari fly in the faster water would get a response, be fun too .... I know B.P from Pembridge has great success using tenkara tactics ......
Saw a mandarin duck close too....
Stunning birds ... almost look not real , those colours, fantastic !! Fished up to the waterfall where just below it saw a splashy rise , had a take and twas a good fish too but didn't make it , oh well thats fishing hey .... another lovely four and a half hours on a favourite beat , I got out half six .... loved it ohhh and I built a pebble pillar whilst I had a break and enjoyed a half melted snicker bar ! Lol !! A fun week .... out on the mountain bike around the Elan Valley tommorrow , lovely job .......

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As with earlier reports from April, Hergest seems trickier at the moment than it traditionally is. Several fish rising short to gnats, Adams, and the one that came to hand was on a jig nymph under Hergest falls. Water conditions were ideal height, colder than usual for May and fly life was present but less that expected, gnats being present and LDO spinners which never touched down enough to generate a rise.

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