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Not as cold today but still cold. Still no insects to speak of. So another day of picking locks with cold fingers. All the Summer hotspots seemingly devoid of fish but I did manage 5 fish including a couple of better ones, pretty much all of them from deeper slower channels in the edge, all of them to a small single nymph.

5 Trout

Very hard going today. Cold with water fairly low and clear. No insects coming off and fish in hiding. I targeted blue water and did eventually find a few fish willing to take a nymph. Challenging (but good).

3 Trout

1 Trout

Was hoping for a bit more water after midweek rain but still looking pretty low. Most fish holding in the deeper pools and easily spooked. Managed 8 with the Tenkara rod and mixture of nymph and traditional Tenkara flies.

8 Trout

Another very good day. Flow good and more or less clear water now. I caught steadily all day, half on nymphs and half - including the best of the day - on a dry. Two fish over a pound today.

18 Trout

As perfect a day fishing as I can remember. I went to the river twice today and caught consistently on a very small gold-beaded nymph under a klinkhammer. The river was nice and full with the colour fining out as the day went on. I also caught on a nymph set-up through the deeper pools and finished the day - still cool but brighter - catching some on a dry. At least three fish comfortably nudged the pound mark (maybe a touch more in a couple of cases). A beautiful day.

20 Trout

A couple of hours only having driven up. The river was still coloured from recent rain and the flow was good. Nothing looking up but I managed a couple of small fish with a gold beaded nymph under a dry and one on a black headed nymph on its own. A bit of bug life, not much hatching but one or two mayflies towards evening. Looks fairly promising if it stays dry-ish. I’m staying at the Seven Stars in Aberedw by the way, which I recommend!

3 Trout

Again, another fun fun fun session on my local Edw .... Fished the Aberedw beat ....Care needed here as the bedrock is really nasty, with sudden step downs etc etc and big fissures ..That said, as with everything in life, its a silver lining as going slow is the way ahead casting tiny dries here ..Just the best of wild stream fun this afternoon. Actually I bowled up a bit before midday. LOTS of upwings on the go, and sedge too, with fish looking up. Not stacks of rises, but enough to target and be fun right up to when i got out by the house by the river ...and thar lovely last pool that always holds a couple of good fish !!
Pretty sure I saw the Otter when I had my very late lunch, looking over the bridge in Aberedw ...
Fish hammered my dries this afternoon... and the twenty f fly looked a bit like Bobby Sands after a few fish had been caught on it !!! Sometimes the gnarly chewed up flies do seem very effective, my motto is, if its getting attention by trout, then leave it on !! Obviously a bit of ginking or dri shake is needed now and again .....lol !!!
A cracking few hours ..I think twelve maybe thirteen to the net, with a few that slipped the hook, sizes between seven and twelve inches ...A lovely mooch up one of my favourites, and she's looking perfect for dries at the moment. Home time and a chilled bottle of Westons Cider awaits me !!! Tops of a cracking Bank Holiday Monday hey .....lol !!!!

12 Trout

Having had an absolute ball over the weekend at Claerwen Reservoir , winkling lots of fish to the net on dries, with Bibio Pomonae on the go!!!! Lots of walking up my local wild reservoir !!! 900 acres is a lot of water..... Awesome fun though, but was lovely having a quick session up the Aberedw beat today ...... Fished eleven till just gone one, only likely areas with a dry Para Greenwells ...... Olives showing about midday, quite a few too .... Only the odd fish looking up , as Luke B. Put in his report, still need three or four good warm days for the tribs to crank into gear in mid Wales !!! The Wye at Builth has been great fun on the dries too ..... funny how these tribs can be so behind the main rivers ....... oh well, another ten days they'll be fantastic ... The Edw is running clear as gin and at her normal height !! Yes you could go plopping tungsten cannon balls in the pools, but I'm into finesse, always have, always will be !!! Proper stream dry fly tactics for this callsign I'm afraid !!! Lol.....
Four to the net , happy days, good Savage takes too, I cut out just before the house close to the river ... A fun two hours, fish between seven and ten inches .... back on one of the big wild reservoirs locally tommoz, then another wild stream on Thursday !! Living the dream ....Right, cuppa and digestive biccie time .......

4 Trout

Fished from 11.00 to 14.30. Very pleasant way to pass the time in such surroundings - but no fish! Still plenty of water and generally clear. Water still cold. No sign of any fish, except an eel. Pleasant weather - no rain but reasonably bright. Difficult to fish - overhanging trees and steep sides - but that's as expected.
Two Dippers and a Kingfisher made the visit memorable.