Feedback & Reports

With the river low and the temperature very cold I had little expectation for catching and so it proved with a blank. There was no fly on water but after "recent cutting back" and a number of downed trees, there were limited opportunities to exploit the deeper pools. Having fished the area for 50 years ......"I will be back!!"

Well after doing some intensive house chores ha ha !!!!! I thought it high time I headed to a venue I haven't been to for an age , so opted for the Edw , at Hundred House . . . .

I arrived at the bridge at about tenish , tackled up usual outfit , an started mooching upstream , which a team of two nymphs , one a goldhead , tuther pheasant tail nymph , see how the mop flops with them !!!!!

Seems as though the coppicicng of the first two hundred yards has been very savage indeed , bankside alders etc etc down in some lovely pools , not sure who's done this , as it will eventually let light in , and some will be good tree kickers , I suppose , but still a shame that lots of pools are Unfishable . . . .

First Edw brownie , small ,from a deep meandering pool , only eight inches took goldhead hairs ear , spirited scrap , and quickly released , good start . . . Worked my way upstream , working all the water , and was an hour later when I had another good hit , again on the goldhead nymph , deep pool again , Same size roughly as the first , no real action on the Edw after those two , still , Bit early , hey ho . . . . . . . . .

And at midday was a great hatch of LDO ,s showing , and some March browns , but they werent in any danger , as the resident Edw brownies weren't rising at all , which was a shame , as they really put in a good appearance , and even though I tried a sixteen Adams for half hour , no response at all . . . .

Still , a lovely three hours on a cracking spring day , two gorgeous brownies caught and released , kingfishers seen , lambs in the fields , upwings on the go , what more could a fly fisher want , spot on , back soon when things crank up a bit here . . . . . .

2 Trout

Very overgrown here with trees down across the water which you have to get out to negotiate. Needs some serious attention with a chain saw. If you're up to the challenge you are well rewarded however with plump trout rising to mayfly in a series of lovely deep pools. Huge mayfly hatch. Real bit of wilderness fishing.

7 Trout

1 Trout

Only fished for 2 hours around lunchtime.Very hot and sunny.No rising fish seen

A few mayfly out, but it was not obvious that the fish were feeding on them. However, one fish caught was on a grey wulff. River very low, and back eddies made presentation difficult. On the way back I had a few cast at the bottom of Aberedw.

1 Trout

A lovely day at Hundred house with plenty of Mayfly and rising Trout. All fish caught on dries, nothing big but great fun on light tackle.

12 Trout

A small mayfly hatch during the first half of the afternoon brought up a few of the smaller fish. Only one large fish was feeding, but only on the natural.

5 Trout

Trout between 6 and 10 inch. All caught on nymphs. Only fished part of the beat, but it seems a lot of pools have been cleared from rubbish as far as necessary to fish them. Thanks to WUF

6 Trout

First time on this beat....fished 10-1pm....hard going, wind against me and no sign of flies nor fish. Tried everything ..bottom...mid flow...surface but all quiet. Zero fish so moved on.