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Totally blank day. Bright and sunny but a chilly downstream wing blowing for most of the time. Saw only 2 or 3 fish rise. First time I've fished here with so little success and seen so little activity. Scenery as beautiful as ever though!

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The river was running a little high and coloured but was still fishable. I came back to my car to find a fishing diary on my windscreen with a request to comment and an invite for coffee. A nice end to a great day.

3 Trout

The river was low and very clear, the fish were very shy. Didn't see any decent size trout. Caught a few par, a small trout, 2 grayling on buzzer in the top pool. Lovely stretch of river, good access, parking, easy wading. Thanks.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

No fish but nice beat.

A disappointing trip - not a rise seen all day. Plenty of insect life but nothing taking either the dry or the nymph other than a 6" oos grayling. Some compensation from the surroundings of this beautiful beat including a close up meeting with an otter.

1 Grayling

This is my second attempt here after a wash off back in March, I thought this beat was lovely back then but now spring has fully sprung this place is just stunning. Staying at Bronwye guest house again which I can't recommend highly enough.
The river looked much more inviting this time around and was crystal clear, weather started bright but soon clouded over with a downstream wind making presentation difficult, there seemed to be plenty of fly life, I counted at least four different up-winged flies coming off, not in any great numbers, probably because of the wind, but enough to start the trout taking them off the surface, usually in the most inaccessible places!
Plenty of smaller trout kept me busy in one of the pools, I missed loads of takes but managed three wild brown trout of about 5-6 inches and two decent out of season grayling on a dry fly before moving on to find a much better fish taking flies from a faster piece of water under far bank trees. Some careful wading, I found my staff essential, and I was in a position to present a fly and on the second attempt it was nailed by a wild brown trout of 14 inches, my biggest to date and a great end to a lovely day.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Hard days fishing in blustery conditions with no fish seen or caught. My 9 year old son was gutted.

Well this was my second ever fly fishing attempt and things couldn't have been more difficult.
Stayed overnight at Bronwye Guesthouse in Builth Wells, highly recommended, where a huge full English set me up for the day ahead. Things didn't look good after heavy rain all night and the surrounding hills were covered in SNOW!
I arrived at the Irfon, and as I'd feared, the river had risen overnight and was pushing through at quite a rate and was heavily coloured. I wasn't confident wading in such conditions but attempted to fish before calling the WUF to find the day was officially a "wash off".
Fantastic looking venue even at this time of year, the owner was friendly and very helpful and I can't wait to return in better weather for another bash free of charge.
As you've probably guessed no fish were caught.

Found the river quite high but more than fishable. Stunning place. Highly frustrating day with a lot of hook ups on the bottom. The rock here seems to grip the hook especially when fishing deep nymphs. But managed a few. Nothing bigger than 12 inches.

3 Trout, 12 Grayling