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Way too cold and couldn't stop the rings from icing up. We gave in after just a couple of hours!

Good weather three rods and no fish.

Beautiful day, river very low and clear. Fished most deep glides czech nymph style with no success and then tried nymphs on long leader also without success. Saw only one fish all day, a chub I startled. Best part of the day was sitting on the bank eating my sandwiches and looking up to see a red kite gliding above. Second visit to this beat, only seen one fish caught, is it conditions, me or no fish?

1 Grayling

Thought we would have a day on the Irfon as a change to the Wye, looking to catch a first Grayling for one of my angling Pals up from Stevenage.
River very low and water temps cold after the cold dry snap, walked the length during the day, discovered too many mouthwatering swims to mention, they all had one thing in common,( Bar two) there were no Grayling willing to show any interest.
Managed a first Grayling at 1lb 11oz for D.S and a second at a 1lb 8oz, both in perfect condition so he was delighted.
Found a shoal of chub feeding for the last hour and we managed 6 fish to 4lb 7oz
A great day in glorious surroundings, but Grayling fishing was hard even fining down hook-lengths and hook sizes.

2 Grayling, 6 Chub

Our first visit to the Wye and the river seemed to still be quite high. Tried numerous patterns with no success sadly. Very bright day with a few hatches and definately a venue for future visits.

River full up but clear. Both rods fished hard for 5hrs with same set up, Czech nymphing with a trio of flies. Not a sniff of a bite. To round it up got stuck in the church meadow, but it not rain so things are looking up.

Decided to have one last try for grayling before the end of the season, long trotting with maggots. I started at the lower end of the beat, just upstream from the church (Church Catch pool), but couldn't find any fish. I then worked my way up through the wood (quite boggy on the path at this time of year). I again couldn't find any grayling but did catch a 1.75lb brown trout (in reasonable condition for out-of-season) from Hendre Pool. I then went up to the meadow and worked my way down the gravel flats from the island (Grandstand). I finally managed to find some grayling at the lower end of this straight run. I caught two, the largest a beautifully conditioned 40cm (1.75lb) fish. I suspect the grayling are shoaling up now so it would be good to hear where they're concentrated in other people's catch returns. The field by the church is probably too soft to park in now until the weather dries out. Even with 4WD I had problems by the gate. Great day out - thanks WUF.

16 x grayling 12-17 inches, 1 x chub around 2.5 pounds, long trotting. Snow showers and a very strong cold gale - river was rising again during the afternoon and slightly coloured, 0.60 - 0.69 on the Cilmery gauge. It would nice to have fished one of the other beats on my winter "to-do" list, but yet again this was about the only one with water at a reasonable level for fishing. The main Wye is still very high.

16 x grayling 12-17 inches, 1 x chub around 2 pounds, long trotting. Very cold and windy. River rising during the afternoon due to rain and snow.