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Three small trout in the morning before river rose very rapidly in the afternoon.

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Hi
I had two good hours in the rain with clear water at the top of the beat, no fish showing, the the rain got really heavy around 11.00am and the river with in 1 hour went in to spate and coloured up!!
Nigel

Great day on a challenging beat. Persistence paid off with 2 lovely trout, one circa 2lbs both on dries.

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River very low - “on it’s bones”! Picked up one WBT in the fast water on a partridge and orange (fished in tandem with a snipe and purple)

Campers and caravaners tend to spoil the Aberbran end skimming stones and throwing sticks for dogs in the river.
I think the farm should advise them against this, given the price of the fishing.

That said, it’s still one of my favourite beats and I fully appreciate how lucrative the camping is.

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Shocked how low the water was,and with anglers below and above the bridge from the house when I arrived at 4.30 I was against it from the start.
Hooked 4 and managed to land 3 on a grey clink hammer around 8 pm,only 8~10 inch fish .
We need rain desperately now.

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water level v low so v little flow - fish v spooky. no

got 4 small wild brownies just before the house nymphing fast bit of water running through a channel near an overhanging tree. (one was on a spider)

chucked some streamers around to no avail on the flats & in some deep pools.

went back to my tent at the campsite for a whisky & waited for last light - then went out again for some dry fly action & hoping for some rises.

after 10 mins or so of nothing happening - it suddenly all started kicking off. i had a few hits, but think they were fish too small even for my size 16 hook. then when it was nearly pitch black - i cast to a rise that i heard rather than saw and hooked into my biggest fish of the day- a beautiful 1 lb brownie. definitely worth waiting for.

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lovely stretch of river in a lovely setting. The levels still seemed pretty low but the fish were still moving about. Got caught by heavy rain for two hours or so with thunder so packed the rod away and found sanctuary.. Once the storm passed there was a good sized hatch and the fish were taking so cast a size 16 iron blue dun to match what i was seeing which landed me two brownies of around 11inches... Then it went quiet again.
I will note due to unfavorable conditions (low, warmer water than what would be normal) for the fish i used a 5wt rod with a stronger than needed leader just to land the fish quicker, try to reduce stressing them further then they are already in their environment. Hence no pictures.

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