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On the water just before 8am and fished through till lunchtime. Patchy cloud at first, then hot sunshine with the stream predictably low and running gloriously clear. Plenty of evidence of invertebrate life on the riverbed.
I skipped the lowest field with the yurt, and pushed on upstream where I recalled that there were more gullies and pools with depth. Fishing blind, the faster water produced offers from sprat sized fish to a size 14 rough olive, three of which came to hand. And when it joined its cousins in the overhanging branches they found a Greenwell equally interesting.
After an hour I concentrated only on the slower stretches in the top third of the beat. There were very few fish showing to a hatch of pale wateries, so I continued searching out the likely spots as I progressed. I carelessly missed a couple of more significant rises before landing one that pushed 10inches.
By 11am all activity ceased and I never saw another fish. Still the couple of hours that remained were a delight beside the water. A wonderful beat that I feel is underfished. Very many thanks W&U!

4 Trout

Chose this beat for my first Wild Stream Passport outing. 2 hours of practice in a beautiful spot but not a sign of a fish. Water very clear and not so much of it.

Spent 4 hours from 9-1 on this beautiful little stream... but it was hard work! We hadn't had any rain for approx 5-6 weeks, but yesterday (Weds) it rained all day, so I was hoping that it would freshen things up. It did, but levels were still understandably low. My first time out since last season, and I felt like a beginner. Lots of trees down and low branches to snag on, but that's just how it is on the small streams. Pretty cold still, especially when the sun went in after about 10am. Gave it one walk through, not many fishable spots. Caught two early on by the yurt, one was a decent size of about 12". No luck after that. The two deeper pools gave me nothing. Nymph off a Klinkhammer. Very nice to be out and on a river (stream) again.

2 Trout

Beautiful stream but low tree branches can make casting difficult in places. Wading staff recommended for some areas. Overcast skies, with periodic light rain, little or no wind. Walked most of the beat between 12:30pm - 5pm. Caught four brown trout in reasonable condition. Caught one on a purple klinkhammer, two on parachute adams, and one on a dark-bodied CdC and elk-hair sedge. All trout were 10cm - 15cm. Two dippers, and four grey wagtail, seen along the river.

4 Trout

First time at Honddu Half Moon. This remote beat is beautiful with crystal clear water. Parking is 80 yards from the river. Access is easy (once found), as well as wading. The beat is well looked after, in the wild streams standard, with not much overgrown vegetation in summer.

Fished the duo with 4WBT to hand around 6"-8". 3 took s16 olive PTN and one took s12 Klink. Missed 5 on the Klink. The fly was possibly too big. However stopped getting any rise once downsized to s14 or s16. Put s12 back on and the rise came back but kept missing. I guessed the fish wanted something mouthful.

4 Trout

5 Trout

1 Trout

Getting a little tight in places so plenty of bow and arrow casts. Sneaked a couple out of scour pools.
Enjoyable few hours.

2 Trout

River gin clear but strong north wind and bright sunshine, no fish seen or caught