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First time for a while that a bad back that had precluded fishing for the last month or so had eased up AND a reasonaby stable few days (weather wise), so I toook the opportunity to visit my local wild stream beat this afternoon.

Whilst I didnt hook up, I had 5 rises to small dry flies in a couple of hours. Good to be out and mobile again.

The stream itself was reasonably clear and a nice hight compared to the last few days when fairly heavy rain had rendered it muddy

Well I did intend to fish the little Clywedog, but the farmer was penning sheep and busy in the only parking area down that narrow lane, so I reversed up, onwards to Hundred House, only another twenty mins onto the journey !!!
Actually I did three hours here and finished off with two at Cregrina, I'll submit that report also......
Ohhhhhhhh dear , really overgrown and what a cracking beat this used time be ..... one of my favs ... Tis a pity no investment is put into these streams..... still I persevered .... I don't mind over grown but jeeeeeeeeeezzz this is like primary jungle!!!
Fish taking surface insects by one, manged five on the dries ..... one was particularly fussy , three fly .... he took a size twenty f fly !!!!
I was actually pretty pleased with five, considering the dense foliage , stuff in.river etc etc etc ....Sizes of fish, between eight and eleven inches .... Happy days ... Still plenty to go at ,just a bit sparse now!!! And thr fish are there, just frustratingly not doable with dry fly tactics ..... loved it though as always...A quick pastie at my truck, and a can of diet coke ...then a mooch to Cregrina at half three, see if the parking spot is free ....ahhhhh yes ... might as well give it a go, happy days !!! The Edw extravaganza continues........

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Bowled up at an old favourite of mine at eleven this morning, warm and getting warmer!!!.... reading 18 in my truck when I parked up..... always have a mooch over the bridge while setting up. Some sedge and a few olives on the go .... so I opted for an eighteen para Pheasant tail .... a good suggestive all-rounder!!
Real jungle stuff here now ..... perhaps i can see why it's hardly been fished this season, shame really, six seven ,even ten years ago , total fun .... now a lot of the decent pools are long since hindered by fallen debris or over hanging trees !!! I'm sure it's why Arrow Kington hasn't bern fished at all too !!! There's that Commando assault course half way, in the form of a fallfen huge Ash tree .... no way around it really !!! Is it still there WUF????? ...can the habitat team cut some steps into it as a minimum ...... just so that anglers can get over it !!! I digress ..... big time !!!! .......lol !!!
Anyway where you can get a cast away on the Upper Edw, great smash takes to my dry Para PT. Lovely stuff !!! Stayed on the same dry all morning ....Three were a respectable size too, maybe eleven inches or so, in a tally of nine .... that said,the smallest today was probably an eight inch brownie.... lovely to catch on the six foot , two weight rod ....just fun !!!!!
A lot of the top beat iisn't worth the effort now, it's so taken over by nature, think the map needs to be adjusted to dictate this !!!! It's certainly not fishable past that one huge field .... really needs the top rung of barbed wire crimped as the full length is done with taught stock fencing and barbed wire ...Farmers must dream of barbed wire, its literally everywhere , damn stuff !!! .... its alright for agile people, but I guess you need to be agile to fish here from the word go, so disco dancing over a barbed wire fence is easy compared to some of the tree clambering you need to do !!!
Still an enjoyable four hours, I cut out into that big field at three bells, hot by then !!! 25 degrees !!! Strewth was I ready for a diet coke when I got to my wagon .... like a wilde beast at a watering hole !!! Lol ..... A good hair cut with four chaps would soon sort the lower " decent " beat !!! Here's a thing WUF .... I KNOW we're in a world of volunteering now, but six sessions done by each member of a" staunch work party" has gotta be worth a free wild streams season permit !!! You reap what you sow !!! And hopefully the gaffer is reading this !!! Let's tidy up all these lovely streams back to what they used to be like !!! A fun few hours today ....... home , a freshen up, and a couple of scoops in The Crown in Rhayader .... sorted!!!

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What started off as a dull dreary day at 11 degrees proved to be warmer than expected. A few small trout were taking flies but non took our patterns - albeit we caught 3, 2 on a dry and 1 on a nymph, lost another on a dry with a barbless hook. All fitted nicely in one hand. This is a small stream. The bottom part of the beat is deeper pools and slightly more accessible and less overgrown than the top part. The landowner has added a number of gates and styles but the banks still require some alpine skills in parts.

Pleasant day but probably won't come back. Feel I have had enough of wild streams this season.

3 Trout

My first visit to this river. Was hard going. Most stretches heavily overgrown. Water still rather coloured after heavy rainfall in the previous week. Had 3 small 15cm trout on sedge emergers size 14. And 3 24 cm trout on a Partridge and Orange spider size 14. Trout looked well fed and healthy. Missed a heavy atack on a Tup’s nymph size 12. Didn’t see traces from other fishermen. Really enjoyed the jungle tour.

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No fish seen, two rises in evidence however.
Beat was coppiced in 2007 but is still overgrown, I couldn't wade through the deeper pools and the bank was too eroded in places where it wasn't overgrown.
Only managed to fish around 70 yards of the lower beat due to the above. Barbed wire fencing prevents re-entry to river from the field. A disappointing day.

1 Trout

Well thought I'd give an old favourite a bash this afternoon .... parked up at half eleven .... should have really left it another hour or more to be honest .... humid warm and they said maybe thunder and heavy downpours !!!
Tackled up my usual old faithful six foot two weight and initially plumbed for an #18 Para Adams ... a great suggestive fly for here ... Not much looking up the first hour then bang .... I'd been watching an increasing amount of Upwings, sedge and some hawthorn on the go... nice snd warm by half one ....
Missed a few today but still a cracking few hours , went right up to the road at Hundred House ... First time I've done that in an age, some lovely trouty pools up there!!! Splashy takes on my Adams and Para Greenwells .... I did actually see three mayfly at the back end of the day .... about fourish.... seven made it to the net .... sizes from five to eleven inches maybe ... good fun although seemed so confined after Craig Goch and Claerwen Resevoirs !!! Will venture out on another wild stream on Saturday .... I think things are hotting up ......at last !!! Been a slooooooooow start on the wild streams ..... home and time to crack open a bottle of Old Speckled Hen !!!

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Bowled up at an old favourite at just gone midday ... a nice bit of warmth too, reading twelve degrees in my truck ... river at a lovely height but she was holding some colour, only a touch but nice too see ... perfect ....
Today i was with my trustee six foot two weight I'd had cracking days on Nantymoch and Craig Goch just recently so was lovely being back on the small streams ... with this mega lightweight rig ..... bliss !
Fished a Parachute Greenwells and Iron Blue this afternoon ... five to the net ..and one clonker that didn't make it .... they are looking up at last !! Although they didn't switch on till half one this afternoon .... was superb playing an Edw trout on my favourite Rod ..... cracking stuff !!strewth it's tight with fallen trees and debris here now .... it has its advantages .... protects young trout and houses invertebrates and all manner of aquatic life in fairness ..... Saw the kingfisher .. what a joy too ...they always seem to do well here, generally every visit last year nearly always saw at least one fleeting kingfisher !!!!
Shall give a mountain stream a bash tommoz but had a fun three hours this afternoon , the Edw valley in Spring..... totally sublime.... I worked up quite a thirst so I think a well earned pint of the Amber nectar is called for at The Crown...... cheers folks!!!

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Wasn't planning on fishing the Edw , but had had some fab sessions on both Craig Goch and Claerwen reservoirs just lately , with them now being so close it's superb.

The Edw was a little high and coloured to be honest and lots of winter beds been made, some deep, so be carefull !!!! Fished a heavy single PTN throughout, three dinky trout of about six to seven inches..... still need to colour up and in fairness needs another two weeks here to come alive !!!

Lambs having a ball in the fields, I got out after a couple of hours, waters still very cold, even though this afternoon was thirteen degrees!!!... hard work at the moment negotiating obstacles...... lower water is almost better on this beat tbh !!
Anyway, two fun hours, nice to have a bit of a bend on the six foot, two weight rod. Walking back in the field is the remains of a mandarin duck I think looking at the feathers. I did take two of them!! More still there folks. Back here when it warms up ... Will try one of the Arrow beats after the Easter rush !!! Happy days ????????

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