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A red letter session .... fished between ten and quarter to two !!! Sublime dry fly sport today ....The wild streams are at there best now, having previously seen this morning some remarks on catch returns !! Im sure folks visualise a wild stream as a babbling Cherry Brook as described well by Mike Weaver ..... The local ones demand some graft i can tell you !! Jungle tactics, go armed with your secateurs too, to do a bit of a clip back here and there ....I always do twenty minutes tidy up where ever I am !!!!
Pocket water was were lots of the six to eight inch fish nailed my dry fly !!! Tops of streamy pools also great fun ....
Nothing huge, all peas in a pod , between six and ten inches, but still fun with the six foot, two weight.... superb stuff !!!
Running perfect now, and fish feisty and aggressive...
Here's a point .... whys no one fishing the Usk Wild Streams ???? I see they've hardly been touched this season ... Bran, Honddu, some fab water there too ....
Had a quick recce up at Oakfield beat, just up the road too, looking nice... back here soon!! Clients in the Elan Valley for a couple of days now .... looks like perfect drizzly weather inbound too ....sorted !!! A cracking few hours on a local favourite stream.....

23 Trout

On arrival nothing showing at all, but decided to prospect with dry flies. Caught steadily from just about every riffle then on, mostly small fish but the occasional bigger one.

Really fun session.

20 Trout

Fished the upper part of Llanddewi for the morning, lots of activity to start with, but rises tailed off later in the morning, as you might expect in June. River at great height for fishing.

2 Trout

More of a quick recce this morning ....Not sure as the NRW rivers gauge is working, was reading 0.161 online , it was way more than that !!! Fab having some water in it .........
Early session, only an hour and a half... Fished the mid section up to top of the beat ....
This'll be back on form in a couple of days ...I'll be back then for a proper slow time, dry fly session ...
The fast riffley water, I picked up six small fish, nothing huge, perhaps six or seven inches, like peas in a pod.....
Saw the mink skulking about.
All the half dozen fish to dries.... Still carrying a good strong tea stain in the water...Like i mentioned, by Friday should be bang on !!!
Twas just a quick mooch with the six foot rod, nice to see a river pushing through, in June !!! Great stuff ..Right, back to organising the rest of the week ...A fun, albeit brief session on a favourite beat ....

6 Trout

Fished after lunch and the river was quite quiet.
Returned in the evening and much more activity, including a small mayfly hatch

4 Trout

A quick walk with the dry fly rod up a new bit of river to me. 2 trout to hand with a good few takes missed.

2 Trout

Another sublime sortie on a local stream !!! I took my partner along, and Dawnie loved it ...Shes an outward bound kinda gal anyway, but the dry fly action, she was well and truly hooked !!!
Fab sport between 11 bells and 2 ish .... Mayfly , Large brook duns and medium olives on the bounce from midday ...
Smaller trout, still a bit bemused with the bigger fly, but, small dries still getting nailed with vigour ...Theyll soon zone in on thr juicy mayflies !!!DHE and para Greenwells were getting smashed....
Sixteen to my net, with maybe a futher eight that wriggled off !!! Ohhhh well, thats how it goes sometimes hey ....Frantic sport, and I'll be on another local stream on sunday ...Happy days !!!
Fish between six inches and perhaps eleven inches, great fun, and superb takes today ...That balmy, muggy, insecty weather, you just know is going to make for a dynamic dry fly session ....
Three fun hours, then a cracking ice cream sat outside on the benches by the Crossgates garage.... Doesn't get anybetter than that I'd say .... A sublime session, in fantastic company ..... lovely Jubbley .....

16 Trout

A sublime three hours !!!! Glad I went, with ominous downpours early on, and a bit of a miserable looking Sunday, or so just thought !!!! Skies kind of cleared and, i had a window of opportunity ...Local stream, @ Llanddewi....Happy days ......Boom !!!!
She was fun from the off, with olives, large brook duns and a smattering of mayflies on parade, when i first got down to the river at half eleven ....Superb dry fly sport...Aggressive, lively hits to my dry fly offerings...fabulous sport !!!! Nineteen, maybe a couple more, made it to my net ....
Fish ranging in size from seven to eleven inches . And, best of all, some serious professional rain dodging was done too ...Heavens opened as I was heading back along the A44 to Rhayader, now, thats good timing for you !!! Home, emails to clients im taking out next week, then a nice cold can of Inchs Cider ....Now, thats what I call a sunday, rounded off very well .....Cheers Folks !!!!

19 Trout

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1 Trout, 2 Grayling

A fab guiding day, with Mr.Wilson, from London ....He fished the Wild streams last season, and was so smitten,he booked again !!! He's up again for two days in September....
Today on the Ithon I guided him between 11 bells and half four ....Great dry fly sport, he "zoned" in quickly and I gotta be honest, these little trout are fast... But, he managed to bring to the net eight crackers !!!
There was plenty of olive Uprights, large brook duns and medium olives to keep the fish entertained ...And obviously us as well, with some superb dry fly sport.... Fish were the usual stamp for here...Six to eleven inches...Fun, fun, fun ...Always a buzz, when a client gets in that dry fly zone and it becomes a constant wet net !!! Happy days, just doesn't get any better than that ....
The Ithon is now getting low.... Two good days rain would be absolute tonic at the mo !!! In fact, most of the streams need a good topping up now !!!
The kingfisher was busy here, as were the Martins.... But, so nice for Andrew, to see the Red kites and the Ravens ... A cracking day for all...
Back up in the Elan Valley in a few days ! Time for a well earned pint down @ The Lamb and Flag now .... cheers folks !!!!

8 Trout