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short evening session

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all on duo

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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.

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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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Turned up at one of my favourites at half twelve ... an absolute myriad of insects on the go .... Large Brook duns, olives, gnats and hawthorns, a kind of KFC family meal with extra fries for the Edws resident brienies .....
A very slow mooch fishing an Iron Blue and a Para greenwells ... sport this afternoon on a perfect river ... if you could dream the perfect river this would be it .... rising fish in most of the pool heads.... just totally sublime .... just carefully does it wading in the now clear, perfect height dry fly water !!!
Fish this afternoon ranging from seven to twelve inches, fourteen made it to the net ...with a few off at longer range , most casting to risers... lots of low branches over pools so careful casting, that's why I love the double taper two weight it just glides through the air , yet you can punch a tight loop with it to get it under alders etc etc ... love the Barrio line I'm using at the moment, fantastic!!!
A total change from a month ago when I was here just buzzing with life .... I got out by the waterfall at the top end at half five ......definitely a slow tactical session today, but so worth it, and some superb sport ...... lifes good in the Edw Valley, back to this little gem very soooooooon ..... cracking stuff !!!

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Including one reasonably decent fish. Anyone know when rain is next expected?

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I’ve been checking every stream and river I’ve crossed for the past month to select the optimum time to venture out . I thought today would be ok. Arrived at Hergest at 09.00 and fortunately no other angler was there. I was greeted with perfect conditions, weather, level and flow wth olives and pale watery breaking off and settling on the water. Fished until 14:00 without seeing a rise, without raising any and not bringing any to hand or net ! Drys , nymphs and reluctantly the duo. Nothing ! This has always been a beat where you knew you had a chance whatever the conditions and I’ve fished it for over fifteen years and proved successful. Either I was too late for the morning rise (April ?) and left to early for the later. First ever blank at Hergest, gutted but it is still the most beautiful beat and I’ll be back again and again and again . Tight lines you stream fishermen/ women !

Just a brief session this morning on an old favourite , up a tad and running a bit murky when I parked up . Reading 10 degrees on the trucks dash, considerably cooler than yesterday ….. anyway , nice to be down on the Hergest beat ….. it seemed confined after having a ball on Craig Goch , Claerwen and Nantymoch over the last two weeks ….. some cracking days in the Elan Valley too , with some fab early season sport , happy days !!!!!

The Edw was up which was a shame , I should imagine by Thursday she’ll be perfect , there was a good trickling of olives by eleven thirty , and sedge , but the party was decidedly dour , and I think only orange juice was being served , hence the lack of feisty fish on the go for the easy pickings !!!!!

Sometimes they do take some pepping up the old wild streams , it’s easy to rush things , but alas some are slow to get going , unlike the upper Wye and Usk which has seen some bumper days just lately with magnificent LDO and March Brown sport on the top !!!! I mamanged two this morning , on a single tungsten nymph with a bit of orange colour …. I’ve always found orange based nymphs successful here , and on the Llynfi …… anyway , still a fun few hours , lots of bankside erosion has taken place , which leaves the fencing suspended in mid air ….. I guess the only way around that with bare banks is to get it protected against the fast powerful outside meander , but of course it’s all bucks and time these days ….. Britain on its knees , things like this don’t get done anymore !!!!!!! We have enough of a battle with river pollution , I shall step down off my proverbial soap box …..

A fun time on the Edw , roll on May when Salmo Trutta is looking up , Great fun in the Edw valley as always ????????????????????

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Just a brief session this morning on an old favourite up a tad and running a bit murky when I parked up . Reading 10 degrees on my trucks dash. Considerably cooler than yesterday.... anyway nice to be down on the Hergest beat ..... it seemed confined after having a ball on Craig Goch , Claerwen and Nantymoch over the last two weeks .... some cracking days in the Elan Valley too , with some fab early season sport , happy days !!!

The Edw was up a tad which was a shame I should imagine by Thursday she'll be perfect , there was a good trickling of olives by half eleven , and sedge too ! The party never got going , no rises , in fact it was pretty dour in fairness !!! No rises yet to the easy pickings ....... shame !

Sometimes they do take some pepping up these wild streams , it's easy to rush them , but alas some are slow to get going, unlike the Wye and Usk which have seen some magnificent ldo and march brown hatches , to make top of the water sport excellent !!! I managed two this morning on a single tungsten nymph with a hint of orange in it .... always seems to do well here , nymphs with orange ... here and the Llynfi .. lots of bankside erosion on this beat , which leaves fencing suspended hanging in mid air ... its all bucks and time these days getting it done !!! Britain on its knees, things like this dont get done anymore .... we have enough of a battle with river pollution , I shall step down off my proverbial soap box ...

A fun few hours in the Edw Valley .... its just starting to wake uo now ..... roll on May when Salmo trusts will be scoffing off the top !!! Happy days ......

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