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A friend (MC) fished my rod on Saturday resulting in a nicely conditioned fish of about 12 lbs caught on fly.

1 Salmon

River was up a good couple of feet on normal summer levels and was ripping through. Fished the lucky stone in the morning for 4 chub to 3.5lb before heading to the New Inn for a spot of lunch and a pint.

After watching a few overs of the local cricket match we headed back to the river, didn't fancy the trek back through the woods so fished the swim by the boathouse. Sun was blazing for most of the afternoon but we managed 3 more chub and 3 barbel which were all around the 6lb mark, not huge but great sport in the flow. All fish taken on pellet fished with a feeder.

All in all a good day, only negative was the lack of access to swims, doesn't seem to be much in the way of bankside maintenance going on.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

Hi had great day 4 barbel all to 8 mm pellet. Biggest 8lb smallest 5lb. All of the beach at lower part of beat. 4 chub
Slow start first fish at 12 and steady until 8 when we left

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

1 Trout

3 Barbel

Other was a perch

3 Barbel, 13 Chub, 1 Other

4 good fish
But no access , pot holes deeper than the reservoir, roads in need of serious repairs

4 Trout

Well , as I pulled up to the gate to do the combi lock to cross the moors to Bugeilyn, I was greeted with squally winds , dank, drizzly rain …reading twelve degrees in my truck too … jeeeeeeeeez I thought , it’s going to be a dismal day at one of my favourite stomping grounds !!!!!
But, as I tackled up, selecting two of my favourite wets for here, I had a mug of coffee from my flask , I could see the wind eddying and changing direction in the valley , kicking up different wave patterns on the Llyn …. Looked hard going …. Anyway, onwards …. Starting along the Chrimbo tree side !!!! Good sport there to be honest , even with the pokey wind ….. hitting the wets hard , great stuff !!! A slow retrieve was what they wanted today mind ..usual stamp of fish for here , some twelve inch beauties in the mix too .Rang the changes and also fished a single big bibio sedgehog on a long leader , effective too, and some lovely savage hits too it , just fished close to the Lilly lads … gotta have your wits about you and steer fish away quickly to get them cleat of the Lilly stems ,and thick rhizomes …
Managed nineteen crackers to the net , also a lot of long range releases, mainly with the big dry at range , oh well, such is life … lol !!!The wind certainly kept me on my toes , changing direction there or four times during the day …. Gggrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Good exercise though …….
Another fantastic day in the hills , on a favourite Llyn, give one of the Elan lakes a bash Sunday , and hopefully a wild stream end of the week…. I hope the weather stays reasonably kind, as I have a client for two days up in the Elan Valley next week …anyway, I packed up at three, some lovely sport today and nice to get a good few on the big dry sedgehog …. Great fun ,back home and a large Baileys coffee to warm up I think !!!!!!!

19 Trout

3 Trout caught, Nice day eventually after a few showers.

3 Trout

Dry day after a couple of wet ones, cloudy and overcast for most of the day. The sun came out in the afternoon prompting a hatch of upswing flies but there was no accompanying rise from the trout. Took two small WBT to a speculative dry fly, and lost one to a nymph in broken water at the end of the day. A good day and to be honest slightly intimidated by the size of the river.

2 Trout