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Quiet till evening then river switched on. Lovely stretch of water. Over 10bwbt up to 10 inch on parachute Adam's.

10 Trout

not much action fishing with my 5 year old boy 4 hours and only caught 1.. dissapointing really using worm.

1 Trout

Low water no real surface action. Small trout on size 18 grhe
I imagine a nice beat with some water

4 Trout

Fished 9.30 - 4.30 p.m. Guage at 1.17m. Good news - the water temperature has dropped from 19/20 late last week to 16 degrees. Relatively wind-free and cloudy as per forecast. Midge and sedges p.m. Also some YMs and PWs. Was a pretty tough day but with some rising fish from time to time. Fish taken on Baby Sunfly a.m., and HE and PW emergers p.m. Also a couple on small HE nymphs. Most fish still small though, 8-10 inches, with just one 15" trout and a 12" grayling thrown in for good measure.

13 Trout, 9 Grayling

My first time on the Hindwell. Not much fly life about and few fish rising. Very overgrown and many trees across the river too, so not an easy one to fish, also for such a small stream there are some very deep pools so beware. I managed to catch 6 wbt to a dry fly - all quite small though.

NB - note to WUF, there is a lot of Himalayan Balsam on this beat.

6 Trout

Water low, very hard going.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

First visit to Craig Llyn, and it won't be the last. Lovely stretch of varied water, but wading is difficult to say the least in some pools. A productive day with 5 trout to 1 1/2 lb and 4 grayling to 2 1/2. A few lost as ever, and a few other knocks. Great day in all, and will definitely be back.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

Some algae in the river which is clearing, the level was fine for fishing and is falling again. There are fish there especially the Corner Stone and the Van Stone pools but they were not interested in a fly.

Conditions seemed good, a little colour in the water, fish showing - none taking. Lovely beat.

Lovely looking beat and has easy wading for most of its length and plenty of room if (like me) your casting is less than perfect. Thing is, it is quite deceptive. It looks like a lot of water but an awful lot of it is ankle-deep runs over gravel and stones. You really need to know WHERE to fish.

Temperature was c21c, overcast and the wind had miraculously dropped, so conditions were good. Water rather low for the time of year. Plenty of tiny terrestrials around and the odd aquatic insect but nothing rising other than the odd sprat. Tried a parachute Adams, a Klinkhamer and then the Duo with a deer hair emerger and a goldhead GRHE. I thought I was being reasonably stealthy but had no takes. A deceptively hard beat, I think. Saw a heron and a Kingfisher but it is a pretty expensive method of birdwatching...