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First visit to the river this season. Not much going on

Well first session out really since the move to Rhayader ... now bang in the thick of some awesome fly fishing for wild brownies, from all the reservoirs and mountain llyns to the feeder streams and of course the proximity of a lot of the wild streams ...

I did a recce of the Llanidloes stretch of the Upper Severn a couple of days ago , concerning levels for February and to be honest the Ithon wasn't any better !!!! Low and running clear, but on a fairly decent section , managed three shots , one after another pretty much, all feisty for their five inches !! Nothing decent showing in the three hours I was there between ten and one ....

Three good constant days rain would be just the ticket .... its worrying for the start of the brownie season if I'm honest ... the Cambrian catchment streams should be pokey this time of year ...the Elan dams are all full , including Claerwen .... that's something I guess !! I'll head to one of my favourites on season start , see how the mop flops .... clients have been ringing me and emailing for river bookings which is nice but I fear with our " new" climate a mountain Llyn early bells may be the answer to some sport .... anyway on a high note , a lovely day , bit parky with the North wind , and nice to get some on the PTN , albeit tiny , cest la vie that's fishing hey ......

3 Grayling

1 Grayling

Arrived about 10am water level quite low sun out. Fished the lower reach of this beat. Only fish seen were realy small hence the 3 others. 2 tiny trout and a minnow. The grayling took me and the klinkhammer by suprise just as the rain set in. The raun turned heavy so packed in at 5pm.

11 Grayling, 3 Other

The river was coloured with recent rain. A few hours fishing no fish caught on this occasion.

Low water and water tinged cold afternoon with a downstream breeze. Few rises seen. Fished both dry and nymph to no avail.

One 8in brown off the top.
The river bed is pretty well covered in green blanket weed which makes fishing unpleasant. Hopefully this will disappear. in the winter. River seemed pretty lifeless with only one or two rising fish, again I hope this is due to the low flow and the grayling have moved down into the main river system.

1 Trout

A different day today when I set off from the outskirts of Leominster , overcast , blustery and reading sixteen in my truck …. Wasn’t sure where I was heading , but had seen Edw and Llanddewi were free , kind of followed my nose , and ended up at the Road side pull in at Llanddewi at ten bells …..

Nice bimble down to the start of the beat …. Eeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkk she was low ,I did thermometer dip test , reading 15 degrees , so all ok , …… no real trouty water till I came more or less opposite to where I’d parked the truck on the pull in , then some sport was had , at the heads of the trouty pools …. Real hard work with that bright green filamentous algae that sticks to line , dry flies , everything !!!!!

Still , that aside , sport was not toooooooo bad to be honest , fished an eighteen Para iron blue and an F fly , both with success , prospected most of the rises , but cast to two , and had the both , so that was nice . Five lovely Ithon brownies to the net , three of them nice chunky ten inch fish , also an eight inch grayling on the dry , very satisfying take too !!!!

Some serious changes to the river shape , and from what I remember a lot of pools gone , new ones there , and masses of piled up gravels , a good winter Will settled this old girl down , she looks in a bit of a state to be fair . More gravel than water ….. sad to see ….

Anyway , must have been a while since I’ve fished the Ithon , was nice , good flush out needed , lovely and open , and always fun here , steady wading too , nothings an effort here , just bear in mind it’s a long beat , I chose the field walk back as opposed to that mad fast road , there’s only sheep in there at the moment , so all good ….. a pleasant three hours , and some good sport …. Sorted !!!!!!!

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

32c on Friday which slumped to 13c on Saturday when fishing this beat. What's going on? Cold, wet day. River on its bones. Managed 3 wbt around 6" and lost a sizeable grayling after a frenetic tussle in shallow water. All caught on an F-fly. Lack of water made for really difficult fishing, Huge beat, easy wading, lots of variety. Will re-visit in better conditions.

3 Trout

River low, temperature lower than would be expected for mid June, and a cool breeze. Fished the upper part of the beat and brought a couple of small brownies to hand, both on small dries. Also rose a few others including one hooked but "distance released". Was nice to see a kingfisher that flew just past me

2 Trout