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Wowser, the old Edw is very low !!!A Tricky three hours today. Fished between half ten and half one. Missing the really strong worst of this dam annoying Easterley wind !!
Twas hard going for presentation today !! Well, that and a clear, low river. I'll target some of the other streams that hold water better, at the back end of the week....
Still plenty of pools fishable, with olives and sedge on the go from elevenish ... No risers seen, just tight casts in to likely spots!!! Nothing big on the dries today....Fish between seven and nine inches ...still great fun tbh !!! Ohhhh also had a salmon parr too !!! Feisty chap, nailed my dry .....
Hoping the moorland fires in the Elan Valley are under control by Thursday... They've been burning since saturday !!! Firr crews locally have been at it full slog !!! I have a client up there tommoz. Well, Nantymoch or one of the Trisant lakes will do very nicely instead I'm guessing !!!!.... choices choices ....
Anyway, a lovely few hours here , very much in need of rain, but, on stone turning, masses of cased caddis and lots of bullheads too.... lovely to see. I recall seeing a few stone loach as well here, last season ...Dippers and kingfishers on the go, life's bloody rosey in the Edw valley !!!! Happy days ......

4 Trout, 1 Other

On the water at 10 am, beautiful sunny day, water gin clear, didn’t hold out much hope a mass of fly activity but not one fish seen never mind a rise, a really difficult beat when the water is so clear, lots of promising looking lies but no joy

Fished from 4pm, great evening, no fish caught

Wow, she was hard going today!!! An old favourite and pretty local to me .... Temperature dipped stream, reading 13 degrees ... Twas only really the pools that I targeted with tiny dries....
Tough fishing ... in the Elan outflow for a couple of days this week that'll be good, usually some decent fish futher down its short journey before it meets the Wye. Dont forget the Claerwen river is fun too folks... not for the faint hearted, its mountain goat stuff, but bursting with small pretty brownies.... great fun too !!!
Anyway, dry fly tactics as always... and to be honest its all you can use, average depth must be eight inches, if that ... cold though, do thats a bonus !!!

Managed five, all from pool heads .. lovely savage takes too ..... Another two were on and off, a very brief contact..

I fished from eleven till half two ...A chilled but I suppose frustrating session... The Edw seems gloomy and lifeless when she's so low ... oh well, Afon Elan, Claerwen and mountain llyns later this week ....ohhhhhhh and rain next week.... Hallelujah!!!!!!

5 Trout

water low as expected. No fly life to see, and minimal rises over the two hours I was on the water. Two fished hooked and lost, but I'm getting old I guess. Parachute adams.

Wasn't sure where to go today .... thought of maybe the Hindwell or the Arrow, but have done lots of driving with clients over the last week or two, so opted for my local old favourite, the Edw !!!
Twas fishing or The Game Fair ... which, from mid Wales, to Warwickshire, is a two day camel ride, and in fairness you don't get the deals you used to get in years gone by .... shop prices, whilst jostling with townies in their sparkling Dubarry boots and Barbour jackets!!! Lol .....
Anyway, the fishing ... water temp at 14 degrees , good news, but she is mega low and clear ...Ninja wading here of the slowest order !!! Tricky stuff , if you're not into stealth, get yourself on a bigger stream or wait till we've had plenty of rain, is my good advice !!!
But, where i could sneak in a cast, with tiny dries, bang, lovely confident takes !! Sedge and olives on the go from midday ... lovely to see dippers and three young kingfishers !!! Hope they don't get a taste for young trout !!!! Lol ........
Eight to mh net, three very respectable fish too, and that gorgrous buttery colouring. Superb stuff.
Leaves are starting to drop, and grey squirrels happily cracking open Hazel nuts above me !! Autumn nearly here folks ....A fab four hours from half eleven to half three , on another one tommoz hopefully, then guiding a gent out in the Elan Valley and a mountain lake next week .... Happy days !!!!!

8 Trout

9 takes, 2 of which snapped the tippet.

fished from the bridge up maybe a third of the beat ,all took parachute adams lost maybe 4 and missed lots ,to quick for me.
Great fun

3 Trout

couple of hrs between the rain ,all caught on parachute adams, missed plenty more, first time on this beat wont be the last thoroughly enjoyed it

3 Trout

12 Trout