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A very enjoyable 3 hrs early morning, had to walk a bit to get away from the trees, I got as far as the reservoir pipes before I gave up, sadly no fish seen or caught.

Chilly start to a lovely day but nothing moving. Tried small nymphs and dries to no avail. Still too early possibly.

A lovely spring day with birdsong, celandine, otter tracks and spraints and at one point a dipper flopping about in the water trying to take me away from its nest. I started fishing a heavy nymph but nothing doing. Around midday some flies started coming off and I saw a rise - I still had the nymph on - I cast to the fish - the fishing gods smiled upon me and I caught a 9” trout. Changed to a dry but no other signs of life. Progress upstream very difficult in places. There are quite a few livestock barriers or the remains thereof strung across the stream. Most of them are so delapidated that they no longer serve the original purpose but still spoil the fishing

1 Trout

Was a nice change heading to the little Clewedog Brook today , overcast a cool breeze , and 17 degrees when I tackled up at nine , with my usual six foot two weight rod , and a single 18 Parachute Adams to start , as initially looking over the bridge , I did see one steady rise , things looked good , always a nice start seeing a fish rising . . . . Excited delirium sets in !!!!!!!,
Eventually got down into the stream , tricky from the bridge , but found a small tight path in , aren't they always amass with brambles . . . Careful wading as the initial hundred yards is pretty slippy bedrock so took it very steady , cast too the rising fish , and he nailed it , happy days nice start . . . A feisty fish of about ten inches admired then slipped back in .
I worked my way steadily upstream , some lovely little pools and runs , superb stuff and casting is reasonable for such a small stream , although some of the pools are deep , reminds me of some of the pools on the Hindwell , very deceptive and can easily catch you out !!!!!!Next two fish were on the Parachute Adams as well , again little fighters , and lovely colouration , both about eight inches . A couple of the deep pools , I did change fly to a GRHE , did the trick , two more fish from the same large pool , great fun , one about six inches , the other about eight .
Some surface activity was starting to show more regular by about midday and a mix of upwings and sedge were on the go , so tied on an Adams agin , this time slightly bigger , I went for the 14 just to see how things went . . . .
Did seem particularly fussy , hammered at the head of a little pool , again strong little fish seven inches , slipped back in , didn't quite manage the full beat , perhaps three quarters , great fun and plenty of activity frontman the resident kingfishers , really nice to see . .
Last fish was prospecting the Adams tight under a slumped willow , and a slow motion rise , small fish came up to inspect it then nailed it , great fun .
A really interesting five hours on the Clewedog Brook , seven brownies caught and released and plenty of wildlife to keep you entertained , as always with these wild streams , a nice way to chill out and drift away . . . . . . . . Spot on !!!!!!!!

7 Trout

Bright sunny day stream still quite high and coloured. Plenty of fly life . Fished nymph and dry fly but no interest. No rising fish seen. Some areas that could do with trimming and a couple of large blockages that would help flow if cleared. That said, a lovely stretch of wild stream to fish - I'll be back!

Had an enjoyable day fishing on this remote beat. A lovely stretch of water but it is spoilt by overgrown vegetation which makes fishing in some parts impossible. This beat is in desperate need of some TLC. A few days work would make this stretch into an outstanding beat.

3 Trout

Holidaying in Wales for the week, took advantage of the passport scheme to have two days river fishing. Day two the Clywedog beat on an overcast calm day. A day of scrambling, climbing, ducking and untangling, this is not easy fishing, very overgrown. Tried nymphs to start with, but resorted to a dry fly just to make take detection easier. There are some very deep pools I was glad of my newly acquired wading staff. The top of the beat has a lot of fallen trees, had to leave the river completely at one point. Large hatch of olives in the afternoon but saw no fish rising to them. I'm a beginner at river fishing, it was hard work but I enjoyed the day, will return later in the year

1 Trout

Water level very low plus bright sunshine and high temperatures made for a tough couple of hours. Plenty of small Trout seen heading for cover but I managed to tempt 2 of around 6 inches from the deeper pools.

2 Trout