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Weather bright and warm. Lots of fly life on the water most of the day. 2 WBT caught on a para. Didn't get all of the way up the upper half of the beat. For another day!!!

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Lots of fly/insect life throughout the day but very few fish seen ( inc rises). Both fish taken c.7inch and looked gorgeous, butter yellow underside.

2 Trout

Well nice to have some decent weather !! Have down some cracking trips up at Claerwen and Craig Goch reservoirs just lately with the rivers out of sorts and high !!! Has been fun catching wild brownies in the hills , but lovely to tackle up this morning with the six foot ,two weight rod when I was getting ready at the bridge at seven bells . . .

Initially still some water pushing through , so opted for a single tungsten nymph with a bit of colour as there is still quite a tinge of brown in the river !! More than normal as well . . . .

Seemed to work well in the faster water and had a mixed bag of thirteen brownies , ranging In size from six to eleven inches !! Feisty fish this morning too , and hitting the single tungsten nymph hard in the pacier water . Nothing on dries this morning and I know I was early but still not a sniff even around tenish !! Only saw the one mayfly too . . . . That said a myriad of insect from sedges to olives and all in between !!!!! The kingfisher was busy up and down , although I missed him a lot of the time , only hearing his shrill call , as you have to concentrate on this beat with the river bed a lot of the time made up of ankle breaking bed rock !!!!!! I nearly took an early bath too !!!! Close call !!!! Lol !!

A fun few hours , and nice to be back on running water ! One of my favourite beats most definitely , although it's hard work with the bed rock , it's so varied here !!! May give the Arrow a bash on Tuesday afternoon , see if the mayfly are out to play !!!!happy days , back to the Ponderosa and a well earned cool beer me think . . . . . . . . .

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Well looked forward to getting on the Edw fir a while , so was nice to bimble off to the Cregrina beat this morning after a five mile session on the tread mill !! Bowled up at the bridge at half nine and temperature in my truck was reading 13 degrees si just nice , and a little overcast. Water really pushing through so carefully does it on this beat with the nasty angle of the bedrock on the river bed , its a real ankle breaker if you don't go steady here !!!!
Mooched down to the start of the beat , some new additions across the river in the form of ash and alder trees, aaarrggghhh shame really , some good water ruined !!! Cest la vie !!!!
Still initially fished a flashback PTN , good solid takes to it , so worked that all the way up to the bridge , some lovely fish this morning too , spotty Edw fish, ranging from six to thirteen inches , superb!!
The pools above the bridge fished well with a CDC and elk, three fish hammered it big time , as there were some sedge dancing about by then , great fun !!! Really strong feisty fish in the pokey current , took some taming with the two weight rod!!!A really interesting four hours sport, and fourteen beauties to the net , a few slipped the hook , but a sporting few hours on one of my favourite beats , spot on ,back here , or at Hundred House next week , lovely jubley. . . . . . . . .

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Another really muggy one , was out walking the pooch at four , that was pleasant having tried to get some zzzzz's in the stifling heat , so up with the bats and raring to go !!!!

Opted for the Edw at Cregrina , parked up ,looking a bit sorry for itself I thought !!! Oh well ,here now so tackled up and headed down to the start of the beat , some of the shady pools already showing some rises , so good news ,on with an eighteen Para Adam's initially . Some lovely confident takes this morning, on the dries . Stuck with them the whole three hour session , also fished a Parachute Greenwells , and some lovely takes on that too !!!

Very very slippy bedrock , pretty exhausting stuff too be fair , and fished a tad passed Fedw Farm ,with a tally of seven Edw browns to the net , and three or four slipped off !!! Had had enough by then lol !!!!

Up passed the bridge reminded me of fishing for blennies in Rock pools at Tenby beach , very cautious approach to them , and a cast at the head of each little pool normally produced a reaction to be honest. Fish today in the five to ten Inch range , great fun as always, lets hope this thunder weather produces some heavy rain . . . . That would be just the ticket !!!!! A spot on three hours sport , lovely job!!!!

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Warm bright day, water predictably low but Cregrina is blessed with some deep pools so enough promising water to fish. Bit of a hike to the bottom of the beat but some good water to fish, so worth the effort. Very little fly life and barely any rising fish. Persisted with dry fly (sedge patterns) and managed 8 wbt to hand / returned. 4 were plump 9"-12" the other 4 feisty little 6"-8". Lovely day to be out and to forget about the mess we've got ourselves into.

8 Trout

Never done before but pushed onto the top of beat over 6 hours. Most fish caught before the farm house before lunch. 2 or 3 more fish caught in the increasingly difficult water above the farm house. Poor access, jungle undergrowth and low water made afternoon very tricky.

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Quick trip up to my favourite stream at Cregina. Zero caught in the morning. I was getting them up but they wouldn’t stay on and I started to worry a bit.
Things picked up after lunch with 9 fish caught. The usual range of Edw trout at 6-10” and I suspect some of my smaller catch were Salmon Parr but I wasn’t very confident so I’ve marked down a couple caught. They had a deeper fork in tail than the trout. Got snarled in Welsh Show traffic on the way home - bad planning!

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Well with the weather promising good things again today , got up at four , few jobs , had the pooch a good walk around too , let the hens out , fed the pigs , and was off to sunny Cregrina , or so I thought it may be , but driving there , misty on the bendy A481 road to Builth , nice conditions to be fair , reading about eleven in the truck , good start to the day . . .

Parked up at the bridge , and bimbled down to the start of the beat , river looking low and very very clear . . . Opted for a Para Pheasant Tail for starters , see how the mop flops !!!!!

Things were good and had my first brownie on at ten passed six , happy days , and a cracker too , about eight inches , lovely markings these Edw fish , and one can be very different from another . Worked my way up , some bubbling little pools , but keeping low and kneeling got a cast away in most places , lovely splashy takes , some fish this morning only five or so inches , still great fun on light gear . . . . Fishing my usual six foot , two weight , perfect for here !

The river changes literally as soon as you go under the bridge , think I had to hand about fourteen brownies by the time I'd come to the bridge , it's more livelier water at the lower end of the beat , I did come across some lovely bigger fish in the slower deeper sections up past the bridge . Only did about three quarters of the beat , getting out a couple of fields up from Glanedw Farm .

A superb four hours sport , with twenty one to hand , some over ten inches in that tally , and two clonkers as well !!!!!Great fun . Also fished a small Para Iron Blue , again lots of interest , and some lovely hit son the fly . . . . Some even somersaulting will attempting to hammer the dry ever so funny , smaller excitable six inch fish ,, thinking they are great white sharks , little feisty fish , Greta fun !!

Will head back here again very very soon ,, nice change from my usual Hundred House beat of the Edw , and some fantastic water too , although could do with a top up I think !!!! Some mayfly still about here , and plenty of sedge and other terrestrial insect activity , in fact by half eight , it was alive down in the Cregrina valley , and some lovely rises in the pools , all in all an awesome few hours loved it , back very soon. !!!!!!!!!!!. . . .

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