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First time fishing this beat and indeed the Edw, pure escapism although no fish seen or caught will definitely be back, water level low and clear plenty of fly life

Bowled up at the lovely pull in at the Hundred House beat .... always a pleasure parking here and my usual drills on getting out , cup from the flask and a peer over the bridge ..... lovely !!!!!!!

Tackled up with my usual six foot two weight rod and a single Goldbead PTN fished in the usual deep holes and had four this morning in my three hours there ... absolutely lovely solid takes too ..... silver fish at the mo ; not the buttery Edw fish of Summer ! But with some feeding and settling into their feeding lanes they'll soon colour up .... some new obstacles here too .... didn't appear much of a problem but getting in and out regularly is part and parcel of the wild streams ...... good exercise too !!!

Only fished perhaps just over half then cut out into the field where the farmer was sorting out flood damaged fencing !! Getting the old thumper going !! Pppffftttt I didn't envy him .... must admit fencing is always put so close to streams !!! Can't think why ! Always see good fencing just hanging in the air !! Oh well ... land use at a premium it seems .......

A fun few hours on one of my favourite beats .... lovely job ..... May give Talybont a crack next week ... hoping the weather behaves .... Happy days !!!

4 Trout

Always a gamble fishing a wild stream in these drought conditions!!! We've heard of skinny Latte well today was skinny Edw !!!! Lol !!

Headed to one of my favourite beats ,.the Edw @ Hundred House , as I know its got deep pools normally! Well actually it didn't disappoint either,.fished from half nine till one and had a ball on a small black Klinkhammer and Parachute Greenwells !! Great splashy aggressive takes when you could get a cast away !! It's tight and my six foot two weight is just the ticket here !!!

Nine beauties to the net this morning, nothing big , all between five and ten inches, lovely stuff !! A few missed and three off the hook also, but good sport on the surface, with olives , uprights on the go from tenish . . . . .

Always good fun here , although tight and huge amounts of foliage now, but as expected for the back end of Summer !Two new trees down across the stream, may be awkward in normal flows! Otherwise a fun hectic few hours which did surprise me , looks like rain back end of the week , let's hope its a decent amount !! Back on the Edw soon . . . . . Lovely job !

9 Trout

This beat is for masochists. First time on here with the water low but carrying a few more inches following rain the previous night. Water a little coloured especially in the morning. Very tricky fishing in jungle conditions. Managed a few fish on a small parachute Adams.

5 Trout

A cooler day today, initially anyway!! Up at four , all jobs done and the pooch had a bimble ,plumbed for the Edw @ Hundred House ! Got there at ten to six tackled up my usual rig ,misty and lovely and cool to be honest . . . . Reading twelve in my truck , nice !!!

First important task was a temp reading of the water which was 13 degrees, happy with that!! I took it in three more locations as well , all reading thirteen, sorted !!fine for some fishing . . .

Fished dry all morning , Para Greenwells and Adam's, both effective but tricky in places to get a cast away !!! Like a jungle here although as always great fun and some cracking takes this morning too !!lovely bit of sport i must say !!But as always if your carefull on the Edw you can get a dry pretty close to rising fish !! And explosive takes too ! Awesome !!!

Twelve to the net this morning ranging from twelve inches to seven . Four of them really nice fish this morning and plenty of poke in them too . I bet they're relieved like us that the mad scorchio week is over . . . Eeekkkkkkkk bit too much ! And rain to this week I hope! Didn't get any on the weekend on the outskirts of Leominster !! Oh well ,.all down London it seems .

A lovely four hours in one of my favourite spots ! Only did a bit over half of it ! Fun as always here and let's hope this Lilliputian stream has a bit of water soon ! It's pretty much on its bones . Back on the Edw end of the week maybe , spot on . . . . .

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2 Trout

It was days like this that reminded me that Hundred House is one of my favourite beats.
Having said that, the lower bit has changed a lot since was last there due to tree fall in the winter storms. And some of the pools are now quite deep, but I won't use chest waders as I will ping them when crossing the barbed wire fences.
All fish taken on a grey duster klink.

4 Trout

Bright hot sunny day. Fished mid afternoon to 6.30 pm, probably not the best time to expect many takes. River was pushing through a little following our ridiculously wet May. Mayfly hatching sporadically but did not see any rises to them. Started with copper nymph, later switching to smaller (size 18) lighter nymph, which bought some success one missed, one bumped off, plus one small brownie.

1 Trout

Arrived to a lovely brisk cool morning with the river fairly full and pushing through. Started near the bridge with a heavy tungsten PTN and had a small eager taker …. Then the wind got up..and up..and up bringing some lovely horizontal rain … managed an hour before casting became impossible ! That’s the Welsh hills !

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Well fancied a session on one of my favourites !! After having a cracking morning up at Claerwen reservoir on Tuesday with a buddy , was nice to look forward to the confines of a wild stream !! As I parked up my thoughts were correct!! Very confined and a pretty low river tbh !! May be tricky I thought!!

I tackled up at nine , initially with my own flashback PTN and a tiny GRHE . . . Was a while till I hig into my first Edw fish of the season! Only eight inches and not the little tubby spotties of Summertime ! Still silvery tbh ! I mooched slowly upstream, another hit again in a deep pool , ditto in size . . .

Last fish was a nice one perhaps ten inches again deep water . Other than those , very quiet and with low cold water hardly surprising I thought !! I did notice a booking for I think Aberedw last night on the Wild Streams page ; so will be interesting to see if that angler faired better further downstream!!

Still a really pleasant four hours. . . Three lovely Edw fish to hand , a kingfisher keeping me company, and lots of extra wood down to join an already assault course of a stream !!! Oh well keeps you fit all the in and out of the river !! Back soon when its woken up properly and splashy rises are round every bend !! Happy days!!!

3 Trout