Mountain goat tactics today , warm too when i parked up in the hills of the Cambrian mountains . A beautiful day , and the heather clashing against the rocky landscape looked superb , and almost from another world …. got kitted up at nine , and even by then i felt toasty in waders !!!!! Trustee six foot , two weight rod in tow , i scrambled down the gorge to the Lilliputian Marteg …. and as always she looked a picture in June … been a while since I’ve fished here , and she looked much lower than in early May ……
Great fun this morning during the four peaceful hours i was there . Holding fish in most pools , beautifully clear water here , splashy takes in most of the heads of the pools , and i brought to hand twenty plus brownies , all on tiny dries , most about six or seven inches , with four or five over eight inches , beautifully coloured , and full of fight for their size !!!!!
There is a need to be agile here , and climbing is very much a part of the day , good fitness anyway !!!!!!…. Was grateful for the tungsten studs on my waders …. But as i mooched upstream , its just a series of gorgeous pools , some of them cavernous and deep , holding some good fish no doubt !!!!
With the trout caught , also had half a dozen salmon parr , fat little fish , released , and wished them well on their long journey ahead …… an absolutely fabulous morning , solitude and big air , combined with a mile or so wading and climbing up the gorge , rewarding to catch so many small feisty trout on the dries too this morning …. theres always a trade off in life folks , and that was the climb out of the gorge , and the long walk back to my truck in waders …… pheeeeeeeeew !!!!!
