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Water a bit clearer but still running high, no surface activity, fished mainly nymphs, trying to get deep but the flow of the current made it difficult, struggled to find any fish!

We battled the wind all day and saw very few rises. Alas no fish and retired early.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Given the river conditions we decided to head up the catchment…. But even that didn’t save us the river came up 6” throughout the day … not a good recipe for the fish to be settled or for us to wade, which is essential on this beat.

There was plenty of fly life ranging from tiny sedges to mayflies and there were brief periods when the fish were rising … we managed to winkle out 4 trout between 4 and 15 inches. Might only have been 3 fish unless one had a distinctive body double!

The main excitement was when JB hooked a 4 “ fish only to find his rod bending double … it was seized by an Irfon whopper who posed for a photo before letting go…. The plucky tiddler was unharmed.

4 Trout

1 Trout

River high and very coloured

2 Trout

Fished after few days of rain, lower beat. No luck. Various wet flys.

One of those days I guess. Several tugs on the nymph but couldnt connect with any. Broke my rod D'oh! Steady trickle of upwings coming off most of the day but didn't see a sungle rise. Had a nice chat with an angler who was fishing the adjacent beat who had had better luck than me.

Well , what a totally sublime sporting five hours that was !!! Fished the coloured, tea stained Cregrina beat today, one of my favourites !! She was still carrying a bit of water but workable and , when I parked up at half eleven, saw a couple of Mayflys on the go ....... spot on I thought !!
The fishing below the bridge is tricky in coloured water, in fact dangerous if I'm honest ..... even me as a die hard local i here, doesn't do a lot of this lower beat after rain ..... I have favourite areas that produce fish and move on up the bank, avoiding disco dancing on the bed Rock you can't see .....
Picked up six I think below the Bridge, by half one the party was just bouncing along, with Danica making the fish rise, with violent splashy forms .... Great stuff to see !!! By three it was a full on rave !! Trout rising below me, above me and a yard in front of me !!!!!, in the slower pools ... I caught five from one cracking pool .... Tactically picking off the nearest first and working my cast up!!! Just sublime sport !! One fish was rising so close ... my six foot rod, I literally lowered my treated grey Wulff into the bubble lane, and he hammered it !!!
Put the effort in above the farm and you'll be rewarded with your trout ...Some lumps rising in a very deep pool ... with growth I just couldn't get a cast to him, even a downstream presentation ... up past Glan Edw Farm, tis jungle warfare ..... Needs not just a trim, but a dam good sorting out ... I took secateurs today, and did a bit, and I see Brian must have done some work here last week ..... It needs some serious attention up there in fairness !!!!
Still, fishing was awesome and just a red letter afternoon .... got out fairly knackered at half five ,twenty two fish maybe a few more to the net, lots of self released fish too....all on dries. Sizes from seven to twelve inches I'd say .... cracking stuff . Had a good chat with the farmer, who was most interested in the fishing and condition of the River etc etc ...... Even got shooting permission there too..... vermin control and a major thin out of pesky grey squirrels .... The sheep creep with lamb feed in it,had eight squirrels bomb bursting out of it when I walked past it first thing this morning!!!! I'll soon wade into those numbers !!!!! Anyway a fab day on a great beat ...... maybe the Lugg or Arrow tommoz ..... Happy Days !!!!

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