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When we arrived c.9:30 it was minus 4 celsius with a stunningly beautiful hard frost. The river was low and clear. The fish were elusive. Late morning MT had three good sized Grayling up to 1.5lb towards the top of Abernant Stream fishing spiders with a weighted nymph on the point. He picked up several more Grayling further down stream during the early afternoon.

We were both fishing the lower end of Lady Alexander's Catch at 3:30 feeling very cold and contemplating an early finish when things took an expected and quite inexplicable twist. Twenty seven fish were caught in the space of an hour. All but one were out of season trout ranging from .5 to 1.5lbs. At one point we seemed to be making contact with a fish on every cast as we put lines across to the trees and allowing the flies to drift down and across the main stream. The weighted nymphs accounted for most of the fish with a Jon Barnes, barbless 'Black Magic Nymph' proving to be almost irresistible. Quite why remains something of a mystery. We saw the occasional fish feeding sub-surface but nothing spectacular and there had been nothing of a hatch all day. Perhaps there was a concentration of terrestrials washing through on fallen leaves.

Boy it was cold!

24 Trout, 8 Grayling

Concentrated on the upstream wooded section. Not as prolific as the the field but a better stamp of Grayling once I located them. Several 1lb+. Glorious morning.

5 Trout, 18 Grayling

River running clear and cold. Very blustery with leaves falling all day. All fish returned safely. A lovely beat.

5 Trout, 28 Grayling

Day 1 of 2 on this beat, river conditions perfect for trotting for Grayling. Caught in the field then upstream in the woods. Called it a day at 10.30 after snapping my float rod. Excellent excuse to buy a new one.

10 Trout, 16 Grayling

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

River running high

Great conditions on the final day of a miserable season resulted in an injury time winner... A 38” hen fish on a red pot belly pig. Fish never left the water, and was returned safe and sound to continue her journey and spawning! We certainly need her gene pool and offspring for future seasons...

1 Salmon, 3 Trout

River in flood, did not fish.

No salmon moved or seen, 10” on the LlanS gauge. Lovely beat, good access, reasonable wading. Would like to try again with more water.

8 Trout

No salmon seen.