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River in good condition first thing, but coloured up and started rising mid afternoon. Fished dry fly and finished up with two small trout and four grayling to 14".

2 Brown Trout and 2 Grayling. The rest little Trout. Frank williams was my guide the day before. The river was with tobacco color but a little clear. All catch and release of course. The Foundation gave me the guide contact.

1 small trout but still an enjoyable day. River level was high but fishable.

1 grayling about 1 1/4lb, nice fish but very little trout activity apart from a few rising fish and one or two takes from small fish. This was disappointing considering that the river seemed in good condition (falling and clearing after rain 2 days previously, and plenty of fly life, sedges and small upwings).

No fly during the day until some late afternoon Sedges appeared. Hardly a rising fish at any time - August days! Fished duo most of the day and was grateful for 9 Grayling and 2 Trout and dropped a couple more. 7 fish to PT or GRHE nymphs and 4 to Grayling Steel Blue and EH Caddis. 2 Grayling of 14" and one lovely 17" fish of 1.75lbs. All fish returned.

Washed off. Nil. Gutted.

A cracking day. 7 or 8 trout to 10", 10 or so grayling to 17" and loads of parr. Fished mainly dry or duo and all but one trout came to the dry - most successful pattern being a large LT Klink.

Unfortunately mid afternoon they got the forecast right, torrential downpour and washed off the river. The Irfon rose rapidly, coloured within 15 minutes there were logs floating past quiet an impressive rate of rise!
Managed just a couple of trout before being wiped out by the rise. Amazing that on the way home other rivers literally only 10 miles away had not been affected. Ah well try another day.

Started well. Two trout 10", 12" and a 14" grayling, also a good trout lost, all within the first hour or so on a CDC Dun. Missed a couple of takes in the second half of the morning, then nothing for the rest of the day.

Arrived 10.30am - this was my first fly fishing session on the Irfon and this particular beat was highly recommended by guide Gareth Lewis. Prior to fishing I was given plenty of help, advice and a more detailed map by Charles at The Hendre (big thanks). Prolific Grayling sport on the duo upstream (3 x 1.5 plus 5 at 2.5lb) taking a large Klinkhammer (size 12) on the surface. 2 x WBT upstream nymph (GRHE size 16) plus 3 x on Water Hen Blower size 16 (northern spider method - downstream) and 1 x WBT (1.5lb) on Klinkhammer (size 12), duo method again. It did not stop there because I also had 2 x Salmon (Parr) about 6 inches on a wet fly (size 16 black nymph with silver rib and bead). Finally, a sea trout (same method as for salmon) about 5in long - is that possible on this stretch? Fished until 7pm and had a wonderful day of sport. Weather was showery (heavy at times) with some sunny spells, low wind and almost perfect conditions. Wading was easy and never got above waist height. Fish caught along the first 1.5 mile stretch upstream from the Old Church (which is worth a quick look inside). This was my first catch of Salmon, Sea Trout and Grayling and all were in perfect condition.. Want to return for another session soon but realistically not until next season :(