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Lowish water level (4.8 cilmery gauge). Clear and 5 degree c. Needed to keep moving to find fish but located some fish at bottom end. The pool above the weir and just below rapids. Largest fish about 10 inches. All czech nymphing.

5 Grayling

Fished with HW. Tough going in the morning with only a graylet each to show for our efforts. We found a shoal at around 1pm and each had some brief success on deep bugs fished on a French leader setup

5 Grayling

River levels ok and gin clear. 8 to hand was hoping to contact the larger fish, sadly all around the 10-12 inch mark. Nice half day had.

8 Grayling

5 Grayling

Enjoyed a short day on the river with two friends. The water was quite high (showing 7.2m at Cilmery) but we were determined to get out and managed 26 grayling between us. It was nice to have my first 'mixed' double hook-up (a trout and a grayling). A lovely stretch of river, which looked very pretty amongst the welcome sunny spells.

1 Trout, 26 Grayling

10 Grayling

24 x grayling 6-17 Inches, 2 x out of season trout 7 and 14 inches, long trotting and a few on Tenkara. A warmer day than of late, with the level comfortably down below 0.60 on the Cilmery gauge. Water unusually clear and the grayling accordingly rather spooky this afternoon. Grayling of all sizes from some good ones (2 at 17 inches) down to shots. Met a shooter after woodcock on the way through the wood.

24 Grayling

8 x grayling 12-16 inches, 3 x out of season trout 9-10 inches, long trotting. The weather forecast let us down badly here. Two dry and cold weekend days should have been enough for the level of the Irfon to drop to a good fishing level. What we got was rain, snow on the hills, and so the river level stayed stubbornly up at 0.85 metres on the Cilmery gauge, which I would normally define as a flood. However, the water colour was not too thick. It was just about possible to fish under the bank and trot a couple of holes where the current was not too fast and grayling were sheltering. I would think that with a fly rod it would have been nigh on impossible, although two very nice gentlemen from Cheltenham were trying.

8 Grayling

"O" from Gloucestershire says it all ! The predicted forecast did not help when we booked and it was really a 'wash out' for us two from Cheltenham with our flies. Charlie was very friendly when we arrived and likewise 'O', who cheered us up by confirming that conditions were not in our favour! His advice on location gave us some hope and we battled on to dusk, catching one small and one 10" grayling (downstream from the chapel). Lovely beat and we very much enjoyed the day.

2 Grayling

River running fairly high but clear occasional rain / sleet showers. All fish were caught on nymphs. A few olives seen on the water but no fish rising.

17 Grayling