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Thought I'd get a session in on the Edw, before tonight's weather warning, which pinged on my phone this morning, for heavy rain ... hopefully for quite a while too !!
When I parked up at half eleven the Edw was pretty low .... in desperate need of a good flush through too, in places that yucky dead algae in the quite nearly still pools .... It needs a dam good load of fresh water !!! Tis getting really jungley half way up, in need of Some TLC too, this beat along with Cregrina.... Not sure when this was last clipped and tidied up ???? I did a bit , but it really needs a winter session on it !!!
Anyway , wowser a fabulous session, amongst a tally of eleven to my net , sizes ranging from eight to I'd say fifteen inches maybe ... two of the fush were belters... both on the dry, sent barmy in the low water too....as always presenting a well placed dry fly!!!... well, I don't fish anything else from spring right through to September!!! Seems to work for me !!!!....
The one fish gave me a real run around on the six foot , two weight rig, lovely stuff, well rested, then he was away ..... spot on !! Some lovely rises to my dry this afternoon, that saud a good few olives and black sedge about.. Finished up by the Hergest Falls at half three, a fantastic sporting session on an old favourite..... ohhhh and walking back... there is that old "duck weeded" up pond in the woods, I watched a grass snake work it way across ....Real beauty too ....Did keep my eyes peeled re: crayfish,but on stone turning saw only two bullheads and one stone loach ..... Lovely to see these little fish ...... Will be back here once we've had a decent drop of rain !!!

11 Trout

No takers, one show in the Vanstone stream, Level at .250 and overcast.

Float and worm. Weather was fair

2 Trout

Low water. 30 inch hen fish for Edan Edison on a size 10 Bann Shrimp

1 Salmon

Fished 7.30 till 1
One very small barbel at the far end moved up to the hut and caught 5 small chub
Packed up and moved to the Creel

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

4 Barbel, 13 Chub

1 Barbel, 20 Chub

Wet day, banks very slippy.

11 Chub, 3 Other

Warm, overcast with bursts of sunshine, slight breeze but fine for cast control.
Various fly types on the water, but trout rising to take yellow may duns. Hatches were spasmodic but when on, trout seen to leap into the air to take them. Takes were often aggressive and all fish caught and more lost, were fishing a dun imitation.

3 Trout

Not as productive as previous years , although the water looked beautiful and in prime condition.
The combination lock was missing from the access gate.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other