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A lovely few hours on this beat. No real hatch/rise today. All caught on a jingler in the faster runs. River desperately needs some rain!

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Well, a niggling easterly with a bit of poke today, we’ve had it for a few days now, getting a bit annoying to say the least !!!! I opted for the Hundred House beat today, see how she goes ….. I bowled up at the bridge, at quarter to twelve….. Jeeeeeeeeeez, she looked lower than the Hergest beat, from the bridge view point !!!! We need some serious rain. The Edw, and probably the Wye and all her tribs, need a dam good flush through ……
I did start a hundred yards below the bridge, strictly speaking in the Cregrina beat, looked fishy, one of the pool heads from the bridge, and in fact she was, first one of the day, on my dry offering ….. yaaaaaaaay, a nice start !!!! Large brook duns and olives were on the go from about quarter to one … so not bad timing today….. at least even with the horrid east wind, there were some bugs showing . As I tackled up, it was reading 14 degrees in my truck at ten to twelve …. Not tooooooo bad !!!
It certainly wasn’t as lively as three days ago …. Had it not been for that wind, dry fly sport would have been excellent ….. wading is a slow affair now, with these being so low….
The Hereford / Leominster contingent, I’d be giving the Arrow at Kington or the Lugg at Litton a good bash on an afternoon stint … I’ll be on one of them, if not both next week, it’s all about giving them a go …..see if the trout are looking up on those beats !!! A couple of hours midday till two tells you a lot about the state of play !!!!
So, a difficult, but rewarding session, six wee chaps , nothing big, in fact all between six and eight inches… but, two were risers, and the others speculative casts into trouty territory …. Produced the desired splashy rise to my dry !!! Always fun on this beat, lots of new pools, masses of woody obstructions for trout refuge, and some nice dry fly areas too !!! Wild streams always do their own thing … You can trim them back, but they’ll never be tamed !!!! Hoping for this east wind to alter to at least the north or better still south west !!! Here’s hoping, and looks like no rain for quite a while too …. It’ll be the River Elan and the big reservoirs soon then …. Right, off to The Crown in Rhayader for a well earned pint of the good stuff ……. Cheers folks !!!!!

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Great day, beautiful river and nature!
Only one big fish (lost during ferocious fight:-)
Windy afternoon.

quite a few fish showing ,bright sunshine , very clear , alot of olives on the wing but the fish were not interested tried an olive nymph and emerger but nothing then a small bead grhe and i was in to fish 3 plus 2 turn overs all this in just over 1hr

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Bright 16mph winds, few fish rising. JD had a 12" fish and a long distance release. 1 long distance release for me. Couple of missed hook ups between us.

1 Trout

Saw no fish caught no fish!
Not easy this spring salmon fishing!

A bright day & low clear water with algae developing on gravels in slower pools. Saw just the one rising fish & missed its take to my dry. Otherwise a quiet but enjoyable afternoon. Dippers & signs of otters.

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Strewth, a school boy error on my behalf, bowled up really an hour or two early today....Knowing its shaded in the Aberedw valley and takes a bit to crank up !!! That's exactly what happened today... Insects didn't really get on thd go till oneish, a mix of olives and Large brook duns. They're similar to the March Brown's, with a slimmer abdomen....
I've got to proof read my reports, as some of it looked gibberish on yesterday's efforts !!! Bloody predicted text ... about as useless as our government !!! Well, not that bad ...... lol !!
Anyway in other news, the fishing , again in the broken riffley stuff , nothing huge to my dry fly offerings....Lovely aggressive splashy takes though..
By half one a good few insects on parade ....Not as many as yesterday, but not a bad show. That nasty easterly wind ...yuk !! Seems it's here for a while. That and low rivers are making it very very challenging!! Twas only the two and a half hours here. I had a meeting with two clients who want a mountain llyn day, then a big reservoirs day in the Cwm Elan .... Here's hoping we get some rain and south westerly winds in April !!!
Five brownies,and two long range releases..... only little chaps but great fun. Amusing watching the dippers... great to see....
Some stone turning revealed lots of young bullheads, masses of baetis nymphs and stone clingers.
A fun session, on a favourite beat ... Things are perking uo folks, get out there, while there's water in them ... it'll be the Elan for me when they get really low ....So come on rain gods ...Three days of the wet stuff please !!!!!! On another stream soooooooooooon .......

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