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In reply to J. A. from Rhayader's question, the huge fallen ash is still across the river and makes for a real obstacle to those of us in our dotage. I've also always wondered how one is expected to get from the weir to the next fishable water about 100m upstream? It's too deep to wade. I've always battled the shoulder high nettles and brambles and fence through the dilapidated factory site. Surely there's a better way?

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river very low, only saw one fish in a few hours.

Arrived very late. Saw one fish rise and managed to catch it which was a great result. Very little water. Beat very challenging in terms of vegetation and access. It is exceedingly over grown with the stream appearing to disappear in places due to the amount of trees that have fallen over it. Lovely stream though with real potential. Will attack again but in higher light levels!

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Just a very quick mooch up on my local beat this morning , only did an hour and a half on the good old Kington beat . She’s low like everywhere to be honest , but I did thermometer dip it just for interest and it was sitting at fourteen degrees …. It’s a shame this pathetic drizzle doesn’t come to decent proper rain …. Come on weather gods stop this faffing around !!!!!! We need four good days of it …….

The fishing was the usual jungle tactics for Kington , tricky going , and two brownies very hard earned on a tiny Parachute Iron Blue , good takes on it too ….. I didnt grapple , and climb over the huge ash tree , and I’ve given up asking if it’s going to be dealt with !!!!! Had to wade all the way back down stream , as there is no other way out !!!! Just a chainsaw step in it would suffice or a cut into it so it passable , as it’s over a very deep pool , and walking around it isn’t an option !!!!! Perhaps that’s why it’s hardly been fished this season , folks reading the reports don’t fancy doing the all arms Commando assault course !!!!!!

Anyway , I realise these things happen , but it’s been there a while now , second season I think ??? Fishing the couple of hundred yards up was good fun , a few fish rising in the heads of pools , and I did have the two that were rising , both about eight inches ……..

Will try the Edw again later in the week , between shifts , something to look forward too , let’s hope a bit of rain over Builth way , to liven that little river up !!!!! A fun quick session on an old favourite , sorted !!!!!!

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Completed all the morning chores I wanted to do in the garden , dog suitably walked , and all the necessary bits and bobs all sorted , this callsign was ready for a quick session on the Arrow ….. drove to the Whittern pull in , and a car was there , a blue focus I think , had no wild streams permit displayed , and I can’t remember having seen it booked up last night to be honest , anyway , did an about turn and headed for the Kington beat , which I hadn’t done for a while anyway ……

Strew she was low too , but there are some nice pools here so tackled up and did the moonwalk under the bridge to the first pool , which I know is generally a banker … Para Iron Blue was my chosen dry , and first cast , bang …….missed him , had another go , splashy take , this time on , great , no monster , but gorgeous red spots as always , only eight inches quickly released …. Onwards ….

The next four were like peas in a pod , all about eight inches , but great takes to the dry , all prospected casting , with some missed ones too , and a better fish I had on for about three seconds !!!! That huge ash tree is still a major nuisance to cross , and it would be over the deepest dam section wouldn’t it …. WUF , can this be chainsawed … I realise it’s all money , but perhaps a section just cut out so it’s passable . You can’t go field side , it’s two metres heigh with brambles , and the other side is too steep …. It’s been here a while now , one has been dealt with further up , that’s was about fifty yards down from the weir , good job done there too !!! I’m presuming maybe Kington angling club cleared it ?????

Anyway , assault course aside , fishing was hard going but still fun , and fish prepared to come up in the deep pools and hammer the dry , so much so I should have doubled the tally really , some really took me by surprise , but was quite happy with five , from a shrunken Arrow …. I did have a break after grappling climbing over that ash tree , flipping stones and catching bullheads in my net …. Took me right back to lazy afternoons when I was a young lad in Morda Brook or in the Cynllaith catching bullheads and minnows there …. Plenty in the Arrow too , and it seemed that most big fly stones lifted carefully there was a bully or two ….. oh hand plenty of caddies , in fact hundreds …….

A pleasant three hours on an old stomping ground , good sport too , don’t you just love a lazy few hours mooching upstream on a Saturday ……. Sorted !!!!!!!

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Fishing upstream from the top bridge from 10am till 4pm windy cold day fly life and fish activity steadily increased as temperature rose around midday,,water level low but fishable producing very quick rises from small fish to dry iron blue adams most succesful. Rises slowed after 2pm but hatch contnued to develope with pleany of different Olives including Mayfly still and some sedges later too,sadly commitments meant could not stay onto a promising evening rise.An Enjoyable day.

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Surprisingly tricky this morning... fished an old favourite between nine and eleven .. no takers on the tiny Deer Hair emeger I tried first thing ... nor on a big bushy mayfly either come to think of it !!!!

Mmmmmmm .... its sometimes nice figuring out a tricky session , on with a tan klinhammer ... bang!! First one to have about eight inches lovely colours as always...second one another forty yards up same size ... then it was that canalised section had the third ... feisty and all of six inches , as was the last up by the weir ... I did see footprints in the silt on the way up in a likely position a fly angler would stand ,so could have been a Kington member there earlier not sure ... still a fun couple of hours I did stop of at another river enroute home and managed three there on the Parachute Adams , so a fun varied morning ..... Bit of a jungle up at the Kington beat now and that huge Ash across the river is dam hard to negotiate now !!! An easier one next week I think like Hergest or Llandewi .... mind you , there all on their bones now .... let's have three good days of rain .... sorted !!!!

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Back to one of my old favourites !!!! Parked up at ten and tackled up ... did notice a few olives on the go from the off so on with an eighteen Parachute Adams see how the mop flops !!!

Good fun from the off ...... stealth required here like at the Whittern ... but careful presentation had me five this morning . I only fished up to the weir... water low but trout are looking up !!! Sizes this morning the usual stamp , between eight and ten inches .... lovely splashy takes too ... I did miss three corkers too !!ohh well thats life ....

The huge tree down across the river half way between the bridge and the weir could do with either a walk way around it now or some other solution .... I'm nimble but it's still dam hard work to negotiate .... maybe thats why it isn't as popular this year !!! Who knows .....

Anyway , still a cracking three hours and actually some good sport !! Stayed on the same Para Adams all the way up to the weir ..... lovely job .. on the walk back down it appears the field is crops this year and not those feisty black Aberdeen Angus.... that's a plus factor.... a fun morning back here soon !!

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First foray this year & good to be out on a mild Spring day. One trout to a small beaded pink nymph early on, then very quiet for remaining couple of hours fishing up lower section of beat to where fallen trees turned it into an assault course.

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