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5 Trout

Up early ,did the usual chores , then bimbled off to Hundred House beat of the Edw ,I was in two minds to drive on to Cregrina , as both are some of my favourite beats , but opted for the easier option , didn't fancy disco dancing on the bedrock up at Cregrina beat !!!!
River lowish, like most of them now , but there are some cracking deep pools here to work a weighted nymph through , and this morning was just right to be honest when I started at eight , cool , reading twelve degrees in my truck and initially overcast so good news !!!
Some good sport during the four hours I was there and feisty brownies on the two weight rod this morning !!! Fish ranging from five to ten inches , only two on the Parachute Greenwells this morning ,most on the olive tungsten nymph, ten did make it too the net also lots freeing themselves off the barbless hooks , ahhhhh no bother, still good sport !!
I did spot a mink on the bank of a deep pool, cheeky beggar didn't budge either !!! Gggrrrr !!River is looking tired and messy to be fair , lots of trees and mess in the river , shame really as it's a cracking beat , needs the habitat team going through and giving it a dam good tidy up !!!!
That said, a lovely four hours , lovely mooching back to the truck , and nice to have a well earned can of pop and a banana when I de kitted !!some rain in next week, may be able to squeeze another session in here before the Seasons end , or a few sessions up Claerwen possibly , spot on ,a nice chill out . . . . .

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Well a glorious day when I was out with the pooch at seven , decided to plumb for the Edw at Hundred House , give it a bash, jobs done at the Ponderosa set off, arriving at the bridge at half nine, positively late for me !!!!

River looked a picture and was running at a lovely height, 16 degreees in my truck, and initially overcast too, the river had that usual brown tinge to it !! No upwings about till around eleven , so initially fished a tiny single flashback PTN , and interest from the off , missing the first one , but contacted with the usual stamp of Edw fish in the next section of broken water , a plump nine inch fish , lovely start !!!

Fished the PTN and 16 Parachute Adams all morning , alternating when dry or nymph may score better , and some lovely splashy takes this morning too in the faster water , also in some of the shallower glides , hammering the Adams with an explosive take . . . . . Super job !!!!

The morning was eventful and although I was super slow this morning , did maybe just over half the beat , for eleven lovely brownies, ranging in sizes from.six to ten inches , also five or six tiny parr too !!! Nice to see so many in here , great for the future of this little steam. . .

There is a lot of alder and willow down across some cracking water , and this beat is beginning to be a bit of a mess to be honest , needs half a dozen folks here for the morning , and some heavy cutting and tidying up, back to what it used to be like !!!

Still a cracking four hours sport , always willing brownies here to smash a well placed dry , just what it's all about , cracking stuff , back on one of the lower beats of the Edw next week , happy days !!!!

11 Trout

Well having had a ball up at Claerwen reservoir yesterday , early bells , with a perfect overcast morning and a lovely ripple , was nice tweeking back traditional wets in the wave for some aggressive takes, and eighteen beauties to the net , so thought I'd try and carry on the motion and headed to the Edw , at Hundred House , one of my old favourite rivers . . . .

Was six when I got down to a very shrunken river , opting this morning to mainly fush tiny dries were possible , so on with a tiny Parachute iron blue , they did seem to hammer this last season , so prospecting with it , and first fish , good feisty take too the dry , quickly released , about eight inches .

On the deeper pools , an olive tungsten nymph or PTN worked well and dud have three cracking fish in a tally of fifteen this morning , superb sport on the light six foot two weight rod !!! One of the brownies must have pushed seventeen inches, a real lunker !!!

Plenty of activity from the kingfishers and being in their normal highway route several times had to do
a last minute swerve yo avoid me !!! Superb to see though and perhaps this years brood ??

Asyou go further up this beat , more and more trees are down here , which is a shame, reminds me a bit of the Arrow at Kington , great at the bottom section , but a shambles up near the top of the beat !!!

Still some fabulous sport this morning , with the fifteen yo hand, and five or six slipping the hook , this little river needs some serious rain to freshen it up, although the brownies fought like tigers !!! The fish today ranged from six inches up to the big one I had , with most in the eight ish bracket . A great five hours ,calling it a day just after eleven , a slow mooch back to the truck for a well earned can of pop and a choggie bar , happy days, back here soon !!!!

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My first trip on the wild stream season ticket, having moved to the area just before covid 19 and the lockdown started. Luckily (for me) I live close to the Edw so was able to spend the afternoon there whilst complying with the Welsh covid "5 mile" remit - though in truth today was as much "walk the water" as it was fishing, not having fished it before. A little colour in the water - not surprising following recent rain, but managed a couple of rises on a small tups, though both shed the hook.

Well after a long session of night shifts , debating which of the Edw beats would be good today, initially plumbed for Cregrina , arriving at eleven , positively Spring like today , reading nine degrees in my truck when I parked up , and plenty of activity from bumble bees , dippers and the resident Kingfishers ,lovely to see !!

River still a tad heigh , and with the coppicing and tree kickers in situ , made fishing here difficult so cut my losses and bimbled back up the road to the Hundred House beat , which looked superb, one of my favourites . . . .

First fish was in the riffle just up from the bridge, lively littld feisty fish, about eight inches and quickly slipped back in , he took the Copper John , and with some gusto too !!!! Some upwings put in an appearance about one ish along with small sedges ,great too see . . .

Second fish , again hit the Copoer John hard , great little scrap on the six foot two weight rod , about nine inches slipped back in too colour up for Summer , was nice being away from the Loo Roll Apocalypse !!!!! Anyway , a really fun three hours down in the Edw Valley , peacefully, tranquil and dare I say it a touch of Spring !!! Back here soon , spot on !!!!

2 Trout

Water levels good, water still very cold. Nymphs were the order of the day. Had a few short hookups. Nothing landed. Dragging the bottom through the deepest pools was the only real chance of success.

Did not fish, high & brown.

Conditions were pretty poor - very low water, no flow whatsoever in the pools, late summer canopy and growth, bright sunshine and not a fly to be seen. Caught 3 wbt to 8" but fell out of love with the beat pretty quickly!

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