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The river is quite low and very clear but still fishable. The fish are quite sparse this year. Areas where I would have seen fish in previous years are now barron. Plenty of fly hatches though and lots of fry in the margins . I saw 7 fish and got takes off 6, landed 2. Not my best ratio! Lol

2 Trout

Another nice day on the Edw. Very good fishing especially towards the top half of the beat. Water still low and clear.
Trout up to 11" on the nymph in the faster water.

10 Trout

All fish returned, and were caught using a modified pheasant tail nymph.

9 Trout

A few mayfly out, and 3 good sized trout to largish Grey Wulff

3 Trout

No fish taken. I trout of 8 oz and one of 3lb. Taken on pheasant tail nymph.

2 Trout

Two brown trout caught, one 14" and the other 9", both on a PTN. Great day and a beautiful beat.

2 Trout

Spent the afternoon enjoying the brook for the first time and although saw quite a few small fish no activity. Tried all the usuals but no interest. Great few hours and will return. Warm but very windy, and bright..!

fished 8 pm - 930 PM , plenty hatching plenty going on but only hackable at dusk best fish around 14 inches

3 Trout

I made my annual trip up the Clettwr gorge (while the family enjoyed the Hay festival) at the end of a damp and windy week. While there was some light rain in the late morning, it was largely dry and overcast with a little of the strong wind making its way to the bottom of the valley as a gentle downstream breeze.
The approach seems more overgrown than last year and fallen trees meant that I ended up sliding down into the stream bed itself perhaps 80m before the start of the beat and walking up from there. There are a few more fallen trees in the lower half of the beat - a particularly big fall is starting to block the flow pretty much due North of Crickadarn. There is a lot of detritus being held by the handful of trunks across the stream and, although it can still flow through a decent gap on the left, another winter or two might see that close up.
Aside from that, the beat continues to have a large number of excellent pools that require a bit of a hands and knees approach but still give decent room to swing a rod. The lower part of the gorge is easier to fish that the upper half which opens out with pasture on either side and trees growing lower down so many more branches getting in the way.

The fishing was as good as ever - plenty of trout in most of the pools prone to a couple of acrobatic leaps immediately on the hook being set. I managed 11 to hand with about twice that being lost after a few seconds of head shaking. Both nymphs and dry flies worked well in dark colours with most fish being around 8" but one coming in at 10". The pool below the ruined water mill where a tiny tributary cascades in was a particular hotspot with some big looking fish moving on the surface however, despite half a dozen splashy rises and a couple of strong pulls on the nymph, I was unable to connect with any of them.

Another lovely day on a great beat, thanks WUF.

11 Trout