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Managed to grab a couple hours in the evening. Another bright hot day so I fished around the dam area but still no luck. Nice place to pass a could of hours on a sunny summer evening

Evening visit. Water levels still bank high, felt like luke warm bath water. Blank saved with 2 fish both about 13 inches at last knockings. Hardly anything rising.

2 Trout

Very little fish activity ,steaming hot, stopped fishing to go to lunch!

Despite warm sunny weather and numerous fly hatches no fish were rising. Tried small dries to match the hatch without success, switched to intermediate line & traditional wets again no takes. Then tried nymphs a mix of nymphs & buzzers to no avail. Went back to dries late on but still no fish showing & no luck. Just not my day I guess ????

Fixed for 4 hours. Caught nothing. I am novice and really enjoyed practicing on the reservoir.

Warm day which meant I had to go deep to entice the fish. 5 good sized fish to the net most on mallard and claret using a intermediate line.

5 Trout

Good day in perfect reservoir conditions. A few taken on dries, but majority on traditional wets, mallard and claret being the most successful, biggest fish around the 1 1/2 lb mark.

8 Trout

1 Trout

Nothing. Not the easiest access around the reservoir.

Well before venturing off to Beacons Resrevoir had to call into the garage just outside Leaominster , to stock up on some grub for the day. . . . Some serious man food was bought ( Ginsters pastie and a Yorkie bar ) classic easy fishing grub !!!!!

Was half ten when I tackled up , conditions looked good and there was a nice ripple and plenty of fish topping from all Over the lake . But looks can be deceiving they were a devil to tempt today . . . .

Tried various tactics , traditional wets just sub surface , nymphs , going as small as I could muster up and eventually had a confident take on a size eighteen suspender buzzer in black !!! A well marked angry brownie , to the net , and quickly released . . . . .

When the wind got up slightly the fish went down, and this happened all morning. For ten minutes when there was a dip in the breeze up they'd come taking what looked like very small emergers in the surface film .

I had another fish on and off very quickly on the same emerger , then another that felt like a decent fish . I chilled out for a bit at the top wooded end of the reservoir then worked my way back along the roadside shore.

Eventually I took my second fish to the net, a nice ten inch pristine conditioned Beacons brownie , wished him well and he was off like a shot !!!!!!

Again another fun few hours at this nice little water , always a shame about the litter but it's close to the main A470 and obviously using the bins provided is a real chore for people !!!!! Gggggrrrrrrr!!!!!

Having been in waders three days out of a five day break can't be bad at all , and Mrs A doesn't seem to mind either , as long as I do the mowing when Im back , , , ha ha ha !!!!!!! Had some fun on the Arrow and Stretford Brook , shall head up to the hills next week to good old Llyn Bugeilyn . . . . .

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