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2 Trout

Fished after few days of rain, lower beat. No luck. Various wet flys.

One of those days I guess. Several tugs on the nymph but couldnt connect with any. Broke my rod D'oh! Steady trickle of upwings coming off most of the day but didn't see a sungle rise. Had a nice chat with an angler who was fishing the adjacent beat who had had better luck than me.

Well , what a totally sublime sporting five hours that was !!! Fished the coloured, tea stained Cregrina beat today, one of my favourites !! She was still carrying a bit of water but workable and , when I parked up at half eleven, saw a couple of Mayflys on the go ....... spot on I thought !!
The fishing below the bridge is tricky in coloured water, in fact dangerous if I'm honest ..... even me as a die hard local i here, doesn't do a lot of this lower beat after rain ..... I have favourite areas that produce fish and move on up the bank, avoiding disco dancing on the bed Rock you can't see .....
Picked up six I think below the Bridge, by half one the party was just bouncing along, with Danica making the fish rise, with violent splashy forms .... Great stuff to see !!! By three it was a full on rave !! Trout rising below me, above me and a yard in front of me !!!!!, in the slower pools ... I caught five from one cracking pool .... Tactically picking off the nearest first and working my cast up!!! Just sublime sport !! One fish was rising so close ... my six foot rod, I literally lowered my treated grey Wulff into the bubble lane, and he hammered it !!!
Put the effort in above the farm and you'll be rewarded with your trout ...Some lumps rising in a very deep pool ... with growth I just couldn't get a cast to him, even a downstream presentation ... up past Glan Edw Farm, tis jungle warfare ..... Needs not just a trim, but a dam good sorting out ... I took secateurs today, and did a bit, and I see Brian must have done some work here last week ..... It needs some serious attention up there in fairness !!!!
Still, fishing was awesome and just a red letter afternoon .... got out fairly knackered at half five ,twenty two fish maybe a few more to the net, lots of self released fish too....all on dries. Sizes from seven to twelve inches I'd say .... cracking stuff . Had a good chat with the farmer, who was most interested in the fishing and condition of the River etc etc ...... Even got shooting permission there too..... vermin control and a major thin out of pesky grey squirrels .... The sheep creep with lamb feed in it,had eight squirrels bomb bursting out of it when I walked past it first thing this morning!!!! I'll soon wade into those numbers !!!!! Anyway a fab day on a great beat ...... maybe the Lugg or Arrow tommoz ..... Happy Days !!!!

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River unsurprisingly higher than I have seen it before, which made parts inaccessibility due to high banks and deep water. However, a few dry days might sort that out.

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River a little high and coloured tried nymphing after advice from successful angler but none caught.

River was very high and only managed to catch one small Trout. Was using a 4/5 weight rod, floating line and black and orange fly. Enjoyed my time on the water and have to give a big thanks to fishing passport staff for answering my queries after hours and generally making the fishing a great experience. Will be back soon to fish the river.

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