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Very hard fishing on my favourite beat of the irfon. Gin clear and no flow on several parts didn't help, but did manage to catch 4 trout, biggest 16 inch and 1 grayling 10 inch and lost another. French nymphing caught all the fish, never saw a rise all day! It seems to me the results of other anglers over the past year or so have gone down drastically, this is sure to be down to the otters! living in Norfolk as I do, I know only too well how they can destroy small rivers!

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Had a great day on this beat. The fishing was very challenging. Water levels were very low and any fish that were in the main river were very spooky. No shock though as I spotted two otters on this beat! All fish were taken in or around the main pools. Lots of insect life but very few rises so opted for nymphs which accounted for a few small wbt and salmon parr. Switched back on to drys in the afternoon after seeing a couple of rises and had two stunning wbt in the two pound bracket. And one fish around a pound that looked remarkably like a seatrout. All in a great day. I will be back.

5 Trout

A lovely warm and still, initially misty then sunny autumn day with the water quite low at 0.36m. on the Cilmery guage. Hardly any insects though, apart from the odd small olive, sedge and stonefly, and presumably few terrestrials in the foam as well, given the few rising fish. However most of those that were seen to rise were caught and just a couple which weren't were also tempted to get off their backsides and head upwards. Tried duo, single emerger and some bugging but the nymphs were all declined. I suspect in fact that the fish were just not "on" today. The few that were, proved to be four trout, the best of which was a lovely two pounder, and eight grayling from 14- 17", the best of which weighted just under 2.25lb. - all in great condition. All fish caught in the foam lanes on either HE or dark olive emergers. But where are the smaller 8 - 12" year classes that I used to catch here? Maybe FEBs and the otter are having a say there? Lots of otter prints today. The good news is that I also caught about six 4" graylets and what were almost certainly others were rising. A tough but great day, in a lovely place.

4 Trout, 8 Grayling

A nice day to be back on this lovely beat. A few fish rising here and there throughout the day, with willow flies being the most abundant. All but two of the fish taken on dries.

2 Trout, 9 Grayling

Guided by Oliver Burch. Lovely beat. 2 small browns at beginning of beat on Orange Otter; 1 medium-sized grayling (12") at upper end on grayling blue fly. Cloudy in morning, brighter in afternoon. Quite hard fishing.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fantastic day on Irfon for JD from Porthcawl and JE from Surrey. JD stubbornly persevered on dry to get 1xWBT 16" plus 2x10" and 2 grayling 14". JE mixed wet and dry to net a couple each of WBT and grayling. This beat has all types of water and is extensive although everything switched off mid-afternoon. JD waded up a blind alley which took a long time to reverse out of. Wading is quite difficult in places.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Just a wee bit of colour in the Irfon, yet it was still very low. Tried NZ rig, nymph, dry fly, emerger - everything except dynamite. There was some fly life; there were a few rises. The grayling (14" to 16") fell to suspended nymph, emerger & dry fly (a kind of Sherry Spinner). The 2 trout took the dry. The bigger was only 12".

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

River very low, really could do with some prolonged rain now. Rose 5 grayling to the dry but only one hooked and landed. Good to be on the river again.

1 Grayling

The river was running high and very coloured and only dropped slightly during the day.
No fish seen or caught.

Two brown trout to 14 inches and eight grayling to 17.5 inches ,all on dry fly, small olive emergers or sedges. There was a good hatch of bwo and the odd large dark olive as well as plenty of sedge, fish were rising sporadically, but taking the fly confidently when they did. Spotted one cormorant flying downstream.