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Silver 10 lb fish to John West on a conehead monkey fly.

1 Salmon

Well before venturing off to Beacons Resrevoir had to call into the garage just outside Leaominster , to stock up on some grub for the day. . . . Some serious man food was bought ( Ginsters pastie and a Yorkie bar ) classic easy fishing grub !!!!!

Was half ten when I tackled up , conditions looked good and there was a nice ripple and plenty of fish topping from all Over the lake . But looks can be deceiving they were a devil to tempt today . . . .

Tried various tactics , traditional wets just sub surface , nymphs , going as small as I could muster up and eventually had a confident take on a size eighteen suspender buzzer in black !!! A well marked angry brownie , to the net , and quickly released . . . . .

When the wind got up slightly the fish went down, and this happened all morning. For ten minutes when there was a dip in the breeze up they'd come taking what looked like very small emergers in the surface film .

I had another fish on and off very quickly on the same emerger , then another that felt like a decent fish . I chilled out for a bit at the top wooded end of the reservoir then worked my way back along the roadside shore.

Eventually I took my second fish to the net, a nice ten inch pristine conditioned Beacons brownie , wished him well and he was off like a shot !!!!!!

Again another fun few hours at this nice little water , always a shame about the litter but it's close to the main A470 and obviously using the bins provided is a real chore for people !!!!! Gggggrrrrrrr!!!!!

Having been in waders three days out of a five day break can't be bad at all , and Mrs A doesn't seem to mind either , as long as I do the mowing when Im back , , , ha ha ha !!!!!!! Had some fun on the Arrow and Stretford Brook , shall head up to the hills next week to good old Llyn Bugeilyn . . . . .

2 Trout

A few but limited rises Two trout caught on an iron blue dun klinkhammer

2 Trout

big fish lost today in the ferry pool on the fly home made . cut me on the rocks that's life

A pleasant afternoon with sporadic trickles of LDOs meaning at last I could discard the nymphs. Rewarded with a decent size fish on an Adams. This is a lovely remote beat but with only 6 or 7 pools between fast moving shallow water the opportunities are limited, the bottom half is better than the top.

1 Trout

Really pretty venue, lovely day

10 Trout

After seeing the previous report and being desperate to catch anything I decided to take the day off and go to Kington.
The day was mostly overcast with the occasional breeze. All of the fish came on nymphs, either GRHE or PTN's, with fast water being the most productive. The size of the fish varied from 4 - 10 inches.
The beat itself is varied with plenty of riffles and pools to have a go at, casting can be challenging due to the amount of trees.
Overall a good day out, and so nice to finally catch a fish after two blanks this year!

8 Trout

Parr

1 Other

3 Trout

Overcast and muggy , water lever quite high which makes it difficult to get at the river on this beat . However found some promising areas an landed my first fish of the season, very handsome brownie on aPTN below a Klink.
Caught a tiddler a short while later then a 8oz Grayling also on the PTN. No hatch and no surface activity

2 Trout, 1 Grayling