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Fished upper oxbow section only. A long walk from bridge parking on a hot bright day & then required careful surmounting of barbed wire to gain access. Three pools & skinny water, but a pleasant place for lunch. Occasional rises in deeper shaded spots & missed a couple of takes to dries.

Short afternoon session today, was supposed to be a recon mission but tempted by some nice pools and runs at the top of the beat I didn't explore much. What I did see was encouraging, will come back for sure. Car park might do with a trim otherwise excellent access with pipe on the barbed wire noting access points, nice touch. 1 WBT on small nymph, klink and dink, no rises.

1 Trout

All fish taken on fly and returned, mixture of black gnat, olive and sedge patterns fished dry.

8 Trout

4.2 kg. Fly. 1ft 6” river level. Warm evening. Caught at 20.15.

1 Salmon

4 Trout

Hot bright day but the river reaching a more manageable level. Lots of beetles on the water and trout rose between 12 and 2 and 4 and 6. Two trout over 45cm and one over 50cm

23 Trout

Lovely beat, running a little fast and high, however the fishing was excellent. Returned 5 brown trout, all caught on floating line and small nymphs under a Klink hammer dry fly.
Many thanks to Barry for contacting me and giving me a great run down on the beat.
Well worth a visit when the water level is a little lower.

5 Trout

Wonderful sunny day with a gentle breeze. A few rises and a few mayfly hatching.
Caught a beautiful 7in WBT and returned.
A magic trick lace to fish

1 Trout

River clear and 1'1". There were LDOs hatching in the am, but trout ignored them. But fish did rise later in the am to something much smaller.
Access to the river is limited at this height of water. Banks are steep or vertical ! The top of the beat is only accessible through a jungle of rafted-trees and branches, Himalyan Balsam, Japanese knotweed, nettle and brambles.
Lovely to see kingfishers and lots of sand martins that were setting up their colony.
3 trout on dry flies

3 Trout

Well I did intend to fish the little Clywedog, but the farmer was penning sheep and busy in the only parking area down that narrow lane, so I reversed up, onwards to Hundred House, only another twenty mins onto the journey !!!
Actually I did three hours here and finished off with two at Cregrina, I'll submit that report also......
Ohhhhhhhh dear , really overgrown and what a cracking beat this used time be ..... one of my favs ... Tis a pity no investment is put into these streams..... still I persevered .... I don't mind over grown but jeeeeeeeeeezzz this is like primary jungle!!!
Fish taking surface insects by one, manged five on the dries ..... one was particularly fussy , three fly .... he took a size twenty f fly !!!!
I was actually pretty pleased with five, considering the dense foliage , stuff in.river etc etc etc ....Sizes of fish, between eight and eleven inches .... Happy days ... Still plenty to go at ,just a bit sparse now!!! And thr fish are there, just frustratingly not doable with dry fly tactics ..... loved it though as always...A quick pastie at my truck, and a can of diet coke ...then a mooch to Cregrina at half three, see if the parking spot is free ....ahhhhh yes ... might as well give it a go, happy days !!! The Edw extravaganza continues........

5 Trout