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Strewth a warm one, when I tackled up by the Bridge parking area down in the field !! Reading 24 degrees at half nine ..... dam warm !!!! My first priority was to dip test the river with my thermometer ..... Reading 14 degrees .... creeping up steadily !!! Truth be told we need rain in these wild streams now!! I'm a slow stealthy wader so tend to target pretty close quarter,dry fly trout .... anything else, and at the mo you'd be scuppered ... low and very very clear!!!!
Great fun as always, but I think my last session here till we get rain ..... A dozen to the net and probably another 6 or 7 coming off today .... gggrrrrrr ... I'm putting it down to low water and fish going barmy when hooked .... and they're off !!! Still good sport and in that dozen, three belters, in awkward places... hence that's why they're big!!! Probably pushing twelve maybe thirteen inches , two of them ... fab stuff !!! All fish on the dry fly as always.....Lovely confident splashy takes too !!!!
Watched a kingfisher on his perch for an age, only two yards from me .... superb to see ... Tarka must have been busy, lots of fresh prints in the bottom of the beat . Quite there too, in lots of the pools !!!
Well, was nice to cut out by the weir ....a lovely four hours.... albeit hot and sticky!!! Cows sitting tight under the oak trees on way back over thr fields....A welcome cold can out of my cool bag and a Yorkie bar ......Sorted !!! A great session on one of my favourites.... Back when we've had rain !!! Happy days ......

12 Trout

Very nearly a blank day in the morning heat, but I dropped to the very bottom of the beat (the section with gutters and deep pots) adjacent to the field, and had three lovely trout, missed another and spooked another, all in an hour before the temp hit 27c!

3 Trout

3 Trout

A decent day considering the heat, all caught trotting. Some great work done creating new swims in good areas.

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

6 Trout

Very sadly I did not fish today.
I wanted to check out the Mellte/Nedd fechan beats as the rivers there looks a lot of fun looking at pics online but all the designated car parking spots where full or closed off!
I noticed a wardens van in the area too so wasnt inclined to chance it anywhere else and double yellow lines on lanes in the area!
Ah well, another time hopefully. Was damned hot anyways....

Lovely setting. Hard work but worth it.

1 Trout

Great location. Plus 3 perch.

2 Trout, 3 Other

Hot day, could only manage a few chub all on meat.

6 Chub

Great evening. Access is getting a little tricky in the downstream section due to vegetation, but is possible. Plenty of fish feeding on midge in warm/calm conditions.

4 Trout