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Lovely sunny day and a gentle breeze in the Clettwr valley. River very clear, and plenty of olives and others around, however not many trout rising yet, must happen soon? Caught 4 of 8/9" each and scared or missed a few. On different paras, from different runs searching the water.

4 Trout

In the first pools fished with heavy nymph. Used lighter nymphs on higher and less deep pools. Switched to dry fly when saw fish starting to rise, which was some time after half past two. The fish were mostly between 20 cms and 26-27 cms. I also caught one salmon parr.
I last fished Clettwr in Sept 20. The great difference this time were the number of tree trunks across pools. I counted about 12 or more over one particular pool! It needs to be cleared. There was a certain amount of rubbish lying around and I filled my fishing bag with as much as I could carry. Would it be an idea to urge all anglers to take a bag with them and collect some rubbish as their small contribution to keeping rivers clean?
Another important point is that I did not detect any sign marking the beat end and I don't know whether I strayed beyond it or not. I know that Felindre farm is marked on the map but I for one could not make it out.
Would it be possible in future to have the beat end clearly marked?

21 Trout

Steady hatch of various upwings during my time on the Clettwr. Levels slightly up but running clear. Trout began to show after midday, 9 fish between 4 and 9 inches.
Stunning scene with the blue bells out and the sunlight breaking through the trees.

9 Trout

Once again a superb beat, but as always one of the most challenging. 4 fish (all returned), the best at the top where the river levels off. All on an Adams. A few more came to the fly, but failed to contact.

4 Trout

Only fished for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Very cold and overcast. I've fished this beat a few times and it seems to get wilder each year. That could be me getting older, of course, but there were certainly more trees down than last year; one of them across what used to be just about the best pool on the beat. Good to be out there and actually relatively sheltered in the bottom of the gorge. But no sign of fish and nothing caught.

Very cold. Thought would have a look at this beat and a few nearby. In the gorge were four foot long icicles. Tenkara level line icing up every five minutes. Not a fish to be seen. Climbed back up the gorge, was 7 degrees and glorious sunshine. Is spring gonna arrive? Lets hope so!