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Having had an absolute ball over the weekend at Claerwen Reservoir , winkling lots of fish to the net on dries, with Bibio Pomonae on the go!!!! Lots of walking up my local wild reservoir !!! 900 acres is a lot of water..... Awesome fun though, but was lovely having a quick session up the Aberedw beat today ...... Fished eleven till just gone one, only likely areas with a dry Para Greenwells ...... Olives showing about midday, quite a few too .... Only the odd fish looking up , as Luke B. Put in his report, still need three or four good warm days for the tribs to crank into gear in mid Wales !!! The Wye at Builth has been great fun on the dries too ..... funny how these tribs can be so behind the main rivers ....... oh well, another ten days they'll be fantastic ... The Edw is running clear as gin and at her normal height !! Yes you could go plopping tungsten cannon balls in the pools, but I'm into finesse, always have, always will be !!! Proper stream dry fly tactics for this callsign I'm afraid !!! Lol.....
Four to the net , happy days, good Savage takes too, I cut out just before the house close to the river ... A fun two hours, fish between seven and ten inches .... back on one of the big wild reservoirs locally tommoz, then another wild stream on Thursday !! Living the dream ....Right, cuppa and digestive biccie time .......

4 Trout

Fished from 11.00 to 14.30. Very pleasant way to pass the time in such surroundings - but no fish! Still plenty of water and generally clear. Water still cold. No sign of any fish, except an eel. Pleasant weather - no rain but reasonably bright. Difficult to fish - overhanging trees and steep sides - but that's as expected.
Two Dippers and a Kingfisher made the visit memorable.

Not fishable due to conditions

Was nice to park up at the lovely Aberedw beat ..... i was in two minds wether to try Cregrina, but that bedrock is pretty hazardous and the river was pushing through in fairness ......
Only a couple of hours, with other more pressing things the week previous, hence nog getting out on opening day ... gggrrrrrr !!!! Was nice to bring five crackers to the net, nothing huge, still a bit silvery sizes between eight and eleven inches .... two on tungsten hares ear nymphs and three on a small sculpin pattern stripped back erratically!!! And that was fun !!! They hammered it !!! Great fun .... hungry early season Edw fish after a decent meal !! I know here holds stacks of bullheads and Stone loach, so this little pattern did the business , big time .... one fish was only about ten inches but he literally smashed ot two tweets back after landing!!! Bloody great start !!! Still a fair height up and lots of in and out of thr River this morning..... back to wild streams ..... ooohhhhhh how I've missed you !!! Those lively feisty edw fush, great fun !!! Got back to my truck, tucked in to my Aldi chicken and mushroom slice and a classic jive bar !!!!! Lol !!!! A nice mug from my flask.... a grand start to my season ..... lovely job !!! A wild llyn mid week .... then into next month thr first clients are out in the Elan Valley ...... love it !!!!

5 Trout

Had booked Aberedw in case Abernant was unfishable. In the event we fished it for a couple of hours and it had a bit of water in it too. Very beautiful but challenging fishing - I would add a wading stick to the felt and studs advice about essential equipment. Three trout on a parachute Adams.

3 Trout

Nice day on the river. Water clarity increased over night. Trout caught on the nymph.

4 Trout

Nice day on the river. Water slightly colored. Trout caught on the dry fly and nymph.

6 Trout

Unfortunately I chose to visit mid Wales in a heat wave so no sign of fish apart from a couple of half hearted rises in the morning. Water levels good. Saw otter prints and a tawny owl roosting in a crevice above the river. Lovely river, needs a haircut!

Decided on another favourite beat of mine ..... not ideal dry fly weather at half nine when I started, but at least it was dry weather !!! First few pools not a sniff , then they perked up from tenish !!@ lovely splashy takes to my dry ... i fished a size twenty f fly and an eighteen greenwells , great sport further up the beat !!! Maybe an otter on the lower half, very quiet , oh well, cest la vie I guess !!!
Some sedge and olives on the go, when the sun made an appearance at half ten, although it was only for an hour or so .... at least the fish were looking up !! Seven to the net, usual stamp of fish, eight to eleven inches, with a cracker of maybe 13 inches, stunning fish !!! Just great fun and a steady fight on my six foot, two weight rod, lovely job .....
Did my usual stone lifting..... funny really I was doing this at the ripe old age of seven, and I'm still doing it ... nice to see lots of invertebrates ohhh and two stone loach also, that's very promising with regards to water quality... doubt there's any in the middle Wye !!!
Anyway, another cracking few hours on a secretive beat, called it a day opposite the plush house that's been built tight to the river .... always wonder if they sweat when we have days and days of rain ..... seems an odd place to plonk a house, still, there we go.....lol !!!! May try one literally minutes from my home in the next few days, other than that, it's been a real blast on the wild streams the last four days .... May as well carry on the motion, weather permitting.... Right, time for a large Baileys coffee ... cheers !!!!!!

7 Trout

River in nice nick, not a lot rising and managed to fluff up most of my chances. A lovely, strong 10incher on small dry saved the day.