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Looked perfect. 0.675 cilmery and a hint of colour (previous day 0.338). Spent the day trotting the lower pools but not even a bite all day.

Stunning location, with very helpful and friendly advice provided. Spent 3 hours at the lower end of the beat and caught 2 wild brown trout (both safely released). Couldn't have asked for more!

2 Trout

We made an effort to arrive early as the weather looked like it might turn dodgy by early afternoon. River was low and clear but there were plenty of smaller fish rising down by the church. I left dad down there and went further up to try and cover as much water before the rain came without success. The rain came about 14:00 but was not as heavy as predicted and it seems to be that just before or just after rain showers is the best time to catch, and throughout the afternoon we managed 9 trout up to 15” and 2 oos grayling. Amazing amount of smaller fish which is good too see.

9 Trout, 2 Grayling

Beautiful river, tough fishing (perhaps as expected from the Irfon these days? Out of interest, is WUF still liming the river's headwaters, and if not, when did this project end? My own fishing diary says things on the Irfon started getting much more difficult from about 2007).

Anyhow, this visit produced 1x 8 inch trout, caught by swinging an emerger at range in an otherwise inaccessible bedrock area: intensive nymphing before and after in good-looking pools and runs showed up nothing at all. Still, I'll aim to be back!

1 Trout

A hot (22C) sunny day. Water very clear and low enough to see most of the 'skeleton' of the river. I fished from 1000hrs to 1800hrs but only had 2 fish to show for my effort (a small trout and a small grayling) but I missed many more (including what appeared to be a couple of sizeable trout). I was surprised that there wasn't a noticeable and distinct hatch of anything but there was a drip drip of caddis and mayfly emergers throughout the day. It was good to see a sandpiper flying upstream.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Nearly but not quite. Plenty of fly early in the day, and a few rising fish. It was one of those days where fish didn't stay attached, bumped off several and one was a good fish. There was a good mix of fly, olives and stoneflies, but the trout were occasional risers. Still a nice beat with plenty of fishable water.

The water looked great following a day of rain. Fished from 09.30 to 16.30. Walked up stream through the woods from the church and fished the field stretch, caught 10 Trout all on a red and black buzzer in the deeper pools.
Returned to the first field by the church and caught 6 small Trout on the buzzer, 2 larger Trout and a chub around 2 lbs. On a Adams.
A great day out despite the heavy rain showers.

18 Trout, 1 Chub

Two rods had the services of Oliver Birch who in damp windy conditions enabled them to catch a trout each.only 5 rises seen all day .A very different river when the sun is out.

2 Trout

River condition good,water was clear and flowing nicely. Weather was hot with no cloud cover. 4 small Brown Trout caught using surface size 16 Adams fly. I large Brown Trout and 1 good grayling caught using a red buzzer, fished in the deeper pools. Lots of fish rising.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Plenty of life hatching but almost no surface activity and no fish caught. Lovely day though in a beautiful spot!