Feedback & Reports

Was lovely turning up at a favourite beat at half eight , only fished the two hours as had a pressing meeting in Builth later on ..... murky when I tackled up, my lovely little six foot two weight rod .........
I know from past experience fish are still prepared to smash dries in a coloured river here, so opted for my favourites for here, in size eighteen .....
Good fun from the off, nothing big today in a tally of seven , three long range releases also, slippy on the barbless hooks today !!! Was cool when I parked up , reading ten degrees in my truck but the fog soon lifted, with some upwings on the go and the odd sedge ...... fish smashing the dry in prospected fishy places, and just had the one riser .... lovely confident hit to my fly !!!
Must admit getting a bit of a jungle here, I cut out into the field just a hundred yards up from the Bridge..... resembling Belize up there!!! May give the Cammarch or another Edw beat a bash early bells tommorrow, lovely being on the streams after a month off them, enjoying the mountain llyns and reservoirs around my local patch in Rhayader .... a really pleasant two hours on a cracking little technical beat..... Happy days!!!!!

7 Trout

Despite fears there was enough water to move the fish. All fish between 6-8”. Stream needs clearing.

6 Trout

Decidedly tricky this afternoon , fished between three and quarter past six... did from the brook entrance in to Edw up to the Glanedw Farm ...
Lots of spent mayfly spinners about by five .... a warmer afternoon than yesterday ...but boy it was hard going above the bridge, foot depth of water in places and rising fish ,had a couple on and quickly off ... ... just one of those days to be honest ...
Four made it to the net , small feisty fish that were all risers, between six and eight inches in size ... hard earned with mega slow wading..... a grey Wulff did the business....... but the profile of the spent spinner has to be just right in the slower water to be taken ..... still a really fun session but boy has it grown a lot above the bridge .... wowser, really messy stuff and a lot of pools out of action cause of overhanging branches .... I have emailed WUF about the winter work parties again ... tidy up these wild streams..... lots are close to unfishable now .... escley, Monkland...Litton in places ....perhaps a permit holders forum maybe, find out who's free on a set date , bring lopers hand saws, secateurs and give these streams a dam good tidy up !!!! They deserve a bit of tlc .....
Packed up at quarter past six , still muggy but a really pleasant three hours .... seemed quiet downstream of the bridge, really odd, only picked uo the one fish there .... the pool heads were quite as a mouse ... even a small para Iron Blue didn't get a response on a lot of the pools..... almost seemed as though it may have had an angler through earlier possibly .. oh well , still good fun and managed a few... fun watching spent spinners come down a run and little trout reacting to them !!..... home time and a good water of the pots and tubs I think ...... May give the Elan Valley an early one tomorrow!!! Lifes good hey ........

4 Trout

Beautiful afternoon fishing. Water getting low now and lots of fallen trees. Three fish to an Adams from faster water at head of pools. Several long releases and endless flashy rises. Great fun.

3 Trout

Just a quick shimmy between the brook entrance into the Edw and the Bridge this afternoon.... been hectic with taking clients out on the reservoirs and rivers , so after some fitness this morning was nice to bimble off and park up at two by the bridge ..... Great fun as always here .......
She did seem a bit messy to be honest, a good winter haircut is in order I think here.... and I only fished to the bridge , finishing today at quarter past four ....
Tiny Para dries getting smashed... two goooooooood fish in the tally today well over twelve inches , lovely scrap on the six foot rod ...
Tis a beat you need to be careful on and wade carefully on that bedrock but the tout do love the plunge pools and a well presented dry is deadly here .... even in the slow deep glides they seem prepared to smash it !!! A lively couple of hours ... pretty hectic to be fair and great sport ... went sort of overcast for an hour but still hot .... I think about 21 degrees today.... river does need a splash of rain ... Thoroughly enjoyed the session .... off out with two clients again in a couple of days in the Elan Valley .... can't wait ....
Another fun afternoon on the Edw , sorted .... back to The Ponderosa dekit and a scoop at The Crown In town I think ..... just to round off a nice day !!!!

11 Trout

Fished up stream from the bridge this afternoon.
One or two riser’s seen but didn’t seem to want a dry so fished Tenkara and fish taking just under the surface.

4 Trout

Decidedly tough today ....at a nice height at Cregrina .... personally I like it lower ..that bedrock there is bloody aweful in fairness ... and takes no prisoners ,even with tungsten studs on your boots !! Bowled up about two .... 12 degrees in my truck... lots of insect life , ldos and sedge , but no rises seen in the two hour session here .....not one , zilch !!!!
Two small trout , both about six inches on a tiny silver beaded ptn ..... shame nothing looking up yet, mind you, a coooooool night in Rhayader , about 1 degrees ... so we are having odd weather just lately !!
Hopefully some decent warm weather inbound , kick in these wild streams .... they seem very late this year ... thankfully the Elan Valley is two mins up the road for me .......
Still a nice couple of hours ..... hopefully next time I'm here , mid May they've got the periscope up, and are feeding on the top ..... when the Edws on form, its an absolute delight !!! Homeward bound and a Baileys coffee to warm up !!! Lovely job !!!

2 Trout

much like the crai but a bit deeper and just the right amount of colour , olives of after lunch and with a gold bead grhe taken in the white water were it drops into a basin ,

2 Trout

Down to one of my favourites this morning , the lovely little Edw .... and boy she was a bit low when I parked up ... did contemplate driving on to Hergest but I wanted a challenge and it's a while since I've fished this one so tackled up had a chat with the farmer on his quad , at the field entrance ........ he did say the rain had freshened up the river and was running a bit better .... he was most interested in the wild streams ... good to see ....any way on to the fishing!!

Opted for a Para Greenwells initially which had the desired effect ... good takes to it ... also fished a D.H.E. some olives about and mayflies from half eleven .... a mix of fish this morning ranging from six to eleven inches ... the usual handsome Edw chaps ! And feisty too .....

A lot of low water so I only fished up to the bridge , a fun two and a half hours and warming up quick when I got out and clambered up to the parking spot for a well earned cold diet coke out of my cool bag !!!! Seven crackers and a few missed made for a fun albeit quick morning....... jobs at home to get done while this cracking weather lasts ! Perhaps try an early one on the Arrow at the weekend .... Happy days !!!!!

7 Trout

Difficult to access, lots of trees down. Foulhooked a minnow, apart from that nothing.