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I wonder who is going to be the first to catch a fish on this beat this year?, 4 anglers have tried and 4 have failed!. But I did meet someone who has caught plenty here but he had four legs and whiskers so that doesn't really count. Yet another of the irfons beats destroyed but otters!. Checking my diary i last fished here 8 years ago and had 32 fish in 2 visits , oh I times have changed! , the beat has changed as well, the top end is only accessible with low water due to all the barbed wire fences and I was certainly low today and very clear which helped me see absolutely nothing!. Sorry about the moaning but I say how it is, anyway it was great too be back in Wales my last adventure was on the river Test and that is a complete joke of a river give me the wild waters of Wales any day!. Thanks WUF for having me this week, it been a challenge.

Lovely stretch of water, river clear with some nice pools, didn’t catch a single fish or have a bite! Also did not even see a fish, a small hatch came off midday and I didn’t see a single rise… I guess one of them days…

No fish caught, few visible, couldn't tempt a take from the few rises I came across.

No fish, I think it was a bit cold and the river was quite low at about half a metre on the Cilmery gauge. Still nice to get out

Only small fish evident today. Nymphs/grubs and one surprise taker to a dry klink on the dropper.

5 Grayling

Clear water. Low activity.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

First time on this beat. A lovely bit of water and a nice place to spend the day. Difficult fishing with no sign of much happening. Managed one on a bug fished deep and took one of the top

2 Grayling

River was .062m on the Cilmery gauge and clear. No grayling caught, only OOS trout.

16 Trout

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

First time fishing Colonel's water and had an amazing day. Really nice beat with a good range of water suitable for both dry's and nymphs. Managed to catch my first ever grayling, followed by my second which weighed in at a pound and three quarters, giving a great fight on my light weight euro nymph setup. Unfortunately (can't believe I'm writing this) the beat is full of trout willing to take a nymph. Ended the day with 19 trout and 2 grayling with nearly all the fish taken on nymphs fished euro style. The deeper pools/runs were most productive with a couple of fish caught in the faster riffles. River was .053m on the Cilmery gauge and very clear.

19 Trout, 2 Grayling