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Quite a tough day with blustery downstream winds making any method other than short-line nymphing a no-go. Worked the water fairly hard throughout the day and only managed to connect with one fish. Still, there's always next time!

A bit blustery but by no means unpleasant. Alas no fish moving that I could detect and so a blank day. For the record I used a weighted nymph but no takes. Nice river with easy access. I will try again soon.

A pretty damp and dreary day on the Irfon, and the fishing was hard going, picking off odd fish here and there, in what was a very good river level. I tried all morning with the fly rod with various bugs to no avail. Fish were starting to show on the surface so I changed to dry fly, had a couple of near misses and that was that, lunch. Then joined Rudi with the trotting rod which was a good move. The day's total 22 Grayling, 2 OSBT, 2 Chublets, and for myself, in total disbelief, a whopper of a rainbow @ 22" approx three and a half pounds which I first thought was a salmon. After a long fight all over the river it finally came to the net and it didn't fit very well in the bow net. The fish was in superb condition, thick set and beautiful fin's. After a little chat with the wuf team, it is apparently an escapee from nearby ponds. Another good day.

A great but chilly day at Cefnllysgwynne, with 13 fish to the net(consisting of ten grayling and three trout) and with a couple of missed takes. Ten of these fish fell to nymphs, with two even opting to rise for a dry. Fantastic!
Mostly all small fish pushing the 11" barrier but with one grayling weighing in at just under 1.5lb.

A cold day with a mixture of cloud and winter sunshine. Water levels well down and very little colour. Approx 10 grayling and 1 brownie all caught czech nymphing. Half the fish were graylets but the other half all just over the pound mark. Caught fish from 3 areas. Bend just above the church, deeper pool just above weir and the pool a little further upstream just above the rapids.

A very good result despite being so cold that rod rings were iced up preventing free running line thus hindering trotting. In total we caught 27 grayling between 2 rods from several spots. There were a few fish around 2 lbs and one going to 2.5 lbs. If we were able to present bait trotting properly who knows what the final total would have been? A great days fishing.

I fished this beat both on Friday 13th and Sun 15th after getting washed off numerous times last year. As the conditions were perfect I thought I would take advantage.
On the Friday I had between 15-20 Grayling. Fish size was from about 1/2 pound up to one clunker which was over two pound.
Most fish were caught down deep on a Pink Shrimp pattern.
The Sunday was pretty much a repeat of the Friday but with only about 10 fish caught with the biggest about a 1 1/4. I did catch a lovely out of season brownie which was about two pound in a run I had never fish before. I'll be back in summer to find out if it's still there!
Had a interesting finish to the day as a fellow fisherman on the beat had lost his car keys. After trying to find them in the dark and searching nearby fields they were finally found in his fishing jacket by his guide. A good ending on a lovely day spent by the river.

A frustrating day! A serious case of 'rubber hooks' saw me lose no less than six good grayling on upstream nymph tactics. Took two decent grayling, five 'graylets' and one small WBT. Conditions & level were ideal but just didn't really 'get amongst them' today. Drowned my mobile phone to cap it off too! At least the location & wildlife made up for it. Many thanks WUF.

Washed off last week so it was great to be back on the Irfon on a perfect day. Cloudy for most of the day with little wind and a bit of sunshine first thing.
First time here for RM who struggled a bit to score 3 grayling up to about 1.5lb. TH had a good day with 28 grayling up to about 1.5 lb, 9 oos trout and 3 salmon parr.
Most of the grayling from the bend upstream from the chapel in fast water about 18" deep. Had to move away from the water behind the chapel as all we got there was trout and parr. Quite a difficult venue for a first timer lessons have been learned. All fish caught using long trotted red maggot.

27 x grayling 8-17 inches, 11 x out of season trout 7-10 inches, long trotting with a centre pin. How good it is to get out on the river again after a month of floods and indoor frustration! The Irfon had come down to a very nice height; plenty of water still pushing through but very little colour. A warm, grey day with just a little drizzle, but nothing to affect the river. More pesky trout about than usual at this time of the year (and no visible signs of spawning about them), but the grayling were mostly good ones with two fish at 17 inches and quite a few in the 15-16 inch range. The Wye is still high.