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Normally at this time of year this beat should be boiling with trout, but this time nothing, not a rise. So after about 1 1/2 hours I moved on the the Edw were there was more activity.

My first trip to this beat, and what a beauty!
The wading below the bridge is a bit more difficult, as the brochure says, but manageable. And great pools above.
I only wish that I had been able to land every fish that came to or took my fly. Maybe the Mayfly I was using was too large for these small fish?

4 Trout

I bought a day ticket yet due to heavy rain in the am i fished the evening. 5 fish around 1lb each taking Adam’s dry flys . The bottom of the beat was steep banked and deep water so best for low water conditions. The upper beat was nice to fish wih waders . Bank fishing would be difficult

5 Trout

NOTHING CAUGHT.
NO BITES AT ALL.
TOOK MY 9YEAR GRANDSON TO TRY AND GET HIM INTERESTED IN FISHING.
TERRIBLE AND BORING DAY.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO AGAIN.
SO SAD.
DEFINITELY NOT WORTH THE £24.50 I PAID.

Water a bit clearer but still running high, no surface activity, fished mainly nymphs, trying to get deep but the flow of the current made it difficult, struggled to find any fish!

We battled the wind all day and saw very few rises. Alas no fish and retired early.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Given the river conditions we decided to head up the catchment…. But even that didn’t save us the river came up 6” throughout the day … not a good recipe for the fish to be settled or for us to wade, which is essential on this beat.

There was plenty of fly life ranging from tiny sedges to mayflies and there were brief periods when the fish were rising … we managed to winkle out 4 trout between 4 and 15 inches. Might only have been 3 fish unless one had a distinctive body double!

The main excitement was when JB hooked a 4 “ fish only to find his rod bending double … it was seized by an Irfon whopper who posed for a photo before letting go…. The plucky tiddler was unharmed.

4 Trout

1 Trout

River high and very coloured