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Well having had a ball up at Claerwen reservoir yesterday , early bells , with a perfect overcast morning and a lovely ripple , was nice tweeking back traditional wets in the wave for some aggressive takes, and eighteen beauties to the net , so thought I'd try and carry on the motion and headed to the Edw , at Hundred House , one of my old favourite rivers . . . .

Was six when I got down to a very shrunken river , opting this morning to mainly fush tiny dries were possible , so on with a tiny Parachute iron blue , they did seem to hammer this last season , so prospecting with it , and first fish , good feisty take too the dry , quickly released , about eight inches .

On the deeper pools , an olive tungsten nymph or PTN worked well and dud have three cracking fish in a tally of fifteen this morning , superb sport on the light six foot two weight rod !!! One of the brownies must have pushed seventeen inches, a real lunker !!!

Plenty of activity from the kingfishers and being in their normal highway route several times had to do
a last minute swerve yo avoid me !!! Superb to see though and perhaps this years brood ??

Asyou go further up this beat , more and more trees are down here , which is a shame, reminds me a bit of the Arrow at Kington , great at the bottom section , but a shambles up near the top of the beat !!!

Still some fabulous sport this morning , with the fifteen yo hand, and five or six slipping the hook , this little river needs some serious rain to freshen it up, although the brownies fought like tigers !!! The fish today ranged from six inches up to the big one I had , with most in the eight ish bracket . A great five hours ,calling it a day just after eleven , a slow mooch back to the truck for a well earned can of pop and a choggie bar , happy days, back here soon !!!!

15 Trout

My first trip on the wild stream season ticket, having moved to the area just before covid 19 and the lockdown started. Luckily (for me) I live close to the Edw so was able to spend the afternoon there whilst complying with the Welsh covid "5 mile" remit - though in truth today was as much "walk the water" as it was fishing, not having fished it before. A little colour in the water - not surprising following recent rain, but managed a couple of rises on a small tups, though both shed the hook.

Well after a long session of night shifts , debating which of the Edw beats would be good today, initially plumbed for Cregrina , arriving at eleven , positively Spring like today , reading nine degrees in my truck when I parked up , and plenty of activity from bumble bees , dippers and the resident Kingfishers ,lovely to see !!

River still a tad heigh , and with the coppicing and tree kickers in situ , made fishing here difficult so cut my losses and bimbled back up the road to the Hundred House beat , which looked superb, one of my favourites . . . .

First fish was in the riffle just up from the bridge, lively littld feisty fish, about eight inches and quickly slipped back in , he took the Copper John , and with some gusto too !!!! Some upwings put in an appearance about one ish along with small sedges ,great too see . . .

Second fish , again hit the Copoer John hard , great little scrap on the six foot two weight rod , about nine inches slipped back in too colour up for Summer , was nice being away from the Loo Roll Apocalypse !!!!! Anyway , a really fun three hours down in the Edw Valley , peacefully, tranquil and dare I say it a touch of Spring !!! Back here soon , spot on !!!!

2 Trout

Water levels good, water still very cold. Nymphs were the order of the day. Had a few short hookups. Nothing landed. Dragging the bottom through the deepest pools was the only real chance of success.

Did not fish, high & brown.

Conditions were pretty poor - very low water, no flow whatsoever in the pools, late summer canopy and growth, bright sunshine and not a fly to be seen. Caught 3 wbt to 8" but fell out of love with the beat pretty quickly!

3 Trout

Bowled up at the bridge this morning at eleven , slight drizzle murky and about fifteen degrees with an annoying blustery breeze that picked up even more through the three and a half hours I was fishing there . . . .

Water looked good , always has that slight tinge here, running at a nice height , and plenty of insect life about , great too see . . . .

Initially opted for a Parachute Pheasant Tail as there were some upwings about at half eleven , no takers on the dries so went for an eighteen flashback PTN , success a lovely savage take in one of the deep pools , and a cracker of an Edw fish , possibly thirteen inches and superb markings!!! Next cast bang , another and again a good fish for here. . . . . Great fun !!!

Fishing was good all the way up , in some areas catapult casting the tiny gold bead nymph but success in the tight little pools and some great takes on the nymph this morning . . . First time in ages I stayed on the nymph all the time I was there . . . . Ringing the changes with the changeable weather too !!!!

One pool had an absolute lunker for here all of fourteen or fifteen inches, superb and a lovely bend in my six foot two weight rod . . . Spot on !!!!

So nine beauties this morning , three on and off as well , always good fun here , although a lot of the time kneeling in the stream to get cast under the canopy , cracking stuff, and nice to see the kingfisher up and down all the time I was there, some trees starting to turn now , wont be long till its seasons end !!!

Chilled out with my dinner on the bridge after a slow bimble back down the fields , a cracking three and a half hours here , and the Edw always has some surprises , one of my best fish to date here, happy days , may even squeeze in another quick session here before the end of the month . . . . Happy days !!!

9 Trout

Well was a cool one when I was taking the pooch for a bimble this morning , about seven degrees , and thick mist on the outskirts of Leominster , up Stoke Prior way , and called for a fleece on , at that time of the morning !!!!! Was in two minds today , the little Clewedog , or the Edw . . . . I did plumb for the Edw @ Hundred House . . . . Still cool when I parked up by the bridge at ten passed seven , reading only eight degrees in my truck , and a spooky mist coming off the little river !!!!!

Tackled up my trustee six foot two weight , and opted for a Pheasant Tail Parachute dry for starters , was snaffled by a feisty eight inch beautifully marked brownie , just up from the first riffled section , a spot on start !!!

Second fish was a cracker for here , about eleven inches , lovely splashy confident rise to the dry , and although still cool , and not much about , the Edw fish were still keen to come up for a prospected dry . . . . Great fun !!!

I did change a couple of times to a very small goldhead nymph , to cover the quiet glassy pools on the middle section , and some good hits to the nymph to , including the most adventurous baby trout in the Edw , who must have only been two inches long , nailed the nymph fair and square , just caught in the corner of his mouth on the barbless hook so no damage done , wished him well and hoping I'll see him in two or three years !!!!!!!!

Sport was constant all the way up , I called it a day at half twelve , getting a tad warm by then , and I was ready for one of my diet cokes and a snack in the cool box left in the truck by then . . . . . A smashing few hours , eleven lovely fish brought to hand , and also four or five minnows , and some parr , all carefully released , great fun , and a pleasant mooch back down the fields to my truck . Lots of sedge activity by then , also damsels and horse flies aaaarrrggghhhhhh!!!!!

Sat on the bridge scoffing my dinner and coke , watching some small trout rising in the glide just up from the bridge , spot on , and a lovely start to the weekend , the Edw in all its guises always seems to relax you big time !!!!!! Back to the Ponderosa and time for some mowing , oh well no peace for the wicked hey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11 Trout

Plenty of colour but not too much water in the river. Nothing to bead head nymphs or dries but then saw a couple of fish move to emergers so fished a stiff hackle spider. Short Tenkara rod used 7 Trout landed and several more self released.

7 Trout

Just a few hours starting at bottom of beat. Water a little low and hot sunny day made it tricky, very spooky fish and tricky casting with lots of obstacles and high banks. Lovely spot though!

2 Trout