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Nice day on the river. Water clarity increased over night. Trout caught on the nymph.

4 Trout

Nice day on the river. Water slightly colored. Trout caught on the dry fly and nymph.

6 Trout

Unfortunately I chose to visit mid Wales in a heat wave so no sign of fish apart from a couple of half hearted rises in the morning. Water levels good. Saw otter prints and a tawny owl roosting in a crevice above the river. Lovely river, needs a haircut!

Decided on another favourite beat of mine ..... not ideal dry fly weather at half nine when I started, but at least it was dry weather !!! First few pools not a sniff , then they perked up from tenish !!@ lovely splashy takes to my dry ... i fished a size twenty f fly and an eighteen greenwells , great sport further up the beat !!! Maybe an otter on the lower half, very quiet , oh well, cest la vie I guess !!!
Some sedge and olives on the go, when the sun made an appearance at half ten, although it was only for an hour or so .... at least the fish were looking up !! Seven to the net, usual stamp of fish, eight to eleven inches, with a cracker of maybe 13 inches, stunning fish !!! Just great fun and a steady fight on my six foot, two weight rod, lovely job .....
Did my usual stone lifting..... funny really I was doing this at the ripe old age of seven, and I'm still doing it ... nice to see lots of invertebrates ohhh and two stone loach also, that's very promising with regards to water quality... doubt there's any in the middle Wye !!!
Anyway, another cracking few hours on a secretive beat, called it a day opposite the plush house that's been built tight to the river .... always wonder if they sweat when we have days and days of rain ..... seems an odd place to plonk a house, still, there we go.....lol !!!! May try one literally minutes from my home in the next few days, other than that, it's been a real blast on the wild streams the last four days .... May as well carry on the motion, weather permitting.... Right, time for a large Baileys coffee ... cheers !!!!!!

7 Trout

River in nice nick, not a lot rising and managed to fluff up most of my chances. A lovely, strong 10incher on small dry saved the day.

2 Trout

A lovely day to be out with a rod. Cloudy, little wind. Water low, despite recent rain, but clear. Wading is not difficult with gravel and slate, but need studs as the latter if sloping can be interesting. Sadly all was so quiet. Little fly life; only two rises seen, and nothing could be tempted to my flies. Despite this an enjoyable session in as much as a blank day can be!

1 Trout

Bimbled off to the lovely Edw at Aberedw .. First job there was a thermometer dip before tackling up , so headed down to the Bridge and ran across the field with thermometer and dipped it in three locations .... 12 degrees happy days .... although she was low and very over grown .... twas going to be a tricky session .......
Fished between ten and half twelve....i cut out just before the house on the river bank on the right !!@ makes me wonder if they worry about flood conditions, as its literally on the banks !!! Cest la vie !! Plush place ... I'm sure getting flooded out wouldn't have crossed their minds !! Anyway, onto the fishing , lots of pools ruined with summer growth now .... a work party much needed here ... three of four hours would be just the ticket !! As I've mentioned before we need to blitz these lovely wild streams ... they've had a few years" free for all "and it's a bit like Jack and the Beanstalk on some of them !! Where I could get a cast away , some good takes this morning on my Para Greenwells ..... five made it to the net, a few also slipped the hook .... good fun , just a quick session as had a weather warning for torrential storms covering Builth and Rhayader area ...fish in the seven to nine inch bracket .... low and slow wading needed ... seems confined big time after my fab three days up at Claerwen locally during the Cochybonddu fall... was sublime and three morning sessions tallied over sixty gorgeous brownies up there.....
The walk back through the fields on the Edw is very pleasant and was only when I got back to my truck that the sun was poking through and some rain drops too!!! A fun session, will try a more open beat in a few days ...... let's hope for more rain not this half hearted stuff we're getting ..... home time and a large diet coke I think, lovely job !!!

5 Trout

Fished later than normal, had a fairly hectic day so ended up at the pull in opposite the phone box at about fourish.... still really muggy and warm. Reading 18 degrees on my truck dash ...... such a calm feeling walking down to the now low river Edw ..... I'd say two more good weeks fishing on this with no rain then things will get really tricky !!! It was hard going this evening to be fair !!!
Fished a small grey wulff and tiny f fly when they weren't smashing up to spent spinners !!@ seemed to work ... sized down my f fly to a twenty , lots of missed fish today and a good few on but then off the barbless hook .... oh well still good fun .... managed seven to the net , some feisty tubby fish too .... sizes from seven to eleven inches or so .....
Fished from below the Bridge up to just shy of the plush house on the right as you wade up .... before it, there is a nice gate opening then you have that cracking walk through the woodland .... blighted for me by dam horse flys..... they are persistent aren't they !!! Tactic is let them land and swat them quickly before they get into your skin!!!
A fun three hours here as always , think the fish have had a beating here the last few weeks .... it amazes me what's wrong with the Arrow and Lugg beats this year .... if I was back leominster way I'd be on Court of Noke and kington, Hergest beats etc etc .... come on folks where is your sense of adventure!!!.... there good beats .... anyway I digress , a fun chill out on an old favourite, I'm waiting for the Cochybonddu to show up at Claerwen, rumour has it there's been a few on Llyn Clywedog ..... we shall see!!! Happy times .....

7 Trout

difficult but fun

5 Trout