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Quite cold higher up the valley, until the sun cleared the mist in the afternoon. River running fast and clear, but not much hatching. So, only saw a couple of rises but I could not tempt them and after half an hour went back to the small gold head PTN. Nothing in the faster shallower runs, but got 3 good 10/11" trout from deep pools and runs. In really good condition, fought hard in the strong current. About half way up the beat be prepared for a couple of dead sheep with the burnt remains of rubbish, not pleasant.

3 Trout

Stalking required, fish to be found in the deeper pools. Caught one on a ghe nymph

1 Trout

Very pleasant day in the Honddu valley, river very clear but the recent rain has helped clear it a little. Olives hatching but not many rises, but I tempted trout from many of the faster or streamier runs, eventually landing 9 to 11" on small paras and dries. Kingfishers, water birds, and buzzards flying around, but also some plastic bags etc and tin drinks cans in and around the water - mainly I guess from the campsites next to the river. Removed what I could.

9 Trout

Spent 3 hours along the beat, took 1 trout on dry and lost 1 other. Field had campers in at two places.
Pleasant beat, except for a couple of dead sheep near water.

1 Trout

Fished this beat for 2hrs, caught 1 trout on a dhe , missed takes and lost fish.

1 Trout

4 Trout

Sunny day with light wind, the river was running beautifully with a very slight tinge of colour. This was my first trip to this lovely little river, which unfortunately ended in a blank. I did lose a small fish on the last pool and I may have missed a couple of bites too.
Didn't see a single fish rise despite there being a small hatch, on one pool I sat and watched flies landing and skating on the water. I sat patiently, expecting a fish to take but nothing happened. I will be back to this pleasant river once it switches on.

First time on this beat, parking directions were excellent. A warm day and the river was pretty low as was to be expected, only fished to the farm and caught a few fish up to 8", but none of the bigger fish I was hoping for. Until the last run of the day when I hooked into a absolute beautiful trout of 13"-14". All fish caught on a nymph all safely returned. A really enjoyable day on a lovely little river.

5 Trout

River was brown but fining from flood. This is a lovely stretch of river, but challenging fishing, with lots of overhanging trees and roots underwater. It's a pretty small stream on this beat. Caught four on the duo (nymph and dry fly), lost several more, and missed many takes. Best fish was around 25cm, but lost a larger one that dived into a tangle of roots. Take a good stock of your favourite flies, as the trees will eat them!

4 Trout

River low and clear but relatively clean, a small flush Tuesday? Saw no trout and no interest in dries or klink/nymph duo, till later in the afternoon the trout looked up. Landed 5 very fit trout at 8" to 10", and missed a couple, on a small grey/blue para. A pleasant day, except at about 6, near the top of the beat, a thickening grey stain appeared from upstream, I do not know where from- no sign of distressed fish and the dippers were still active, but I stopped fishing. Hope its nothing serious.

5 Trout