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After 2 days of heavy rain the river was up about 3ft and colored, it probably would have qualified for a wash off.
However the level was dropping and clearing, so with a little optimism I fished the stretch. The river was definitely in flood. But it was fishable and there were good numbers of Caperer on the bank side vegetation, though few ventured out on to the water. Most of the runs were buried under the water, although the tails of the pools provided some hope, but no fish.
The best way to learn a river is to fish it in all conditions. It is a lovely looking stretch and on that I look forward to seeing in slightly better conditions.

River very low, extreme stealth required. Trout to 12", grayling to 14" with a couple of good fish lost.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Arrived to find a quite substantial hatch of Ldo's, Blues and some Sedge breaking off from the puddles that was the left bank fishing. Then it rained. I didn't fish the right bank. Blank.

Good flow of water in river after recent rain. No rises, one small grayling taken on a hare's ear nymph.

1 Grayling

A misty start followed by a warm, still day. River very low and clear. Four browns (10-12 inches) from the deeper faster pools on gold-head GRHE nymph, and one lovely 2lb (18 inch) brown on a dry (CDC Compara). Five fish in total; no grayling. Some big browns seen in shallow runs. A beautiful beat. A morning session.

5 Trout

Out first visit to the Irfon. Water levels low with weather overcast but warm. Moderate fly life in evidence but little surface activity. The Llanfechan stretch is magnificent with as much variety of fishing pools and runs as you could hope for. Wading in chest waders was comfortable. Only one fish was caught but what a fish. A beautiful WBT of 3 to 3 1/2lbs. caught on a dragonfly nymph that looked uncannily like a small fry pattern! We will return in the Autumn to search out some grayling. A great day's fishing even with only one fish caught.

1 Trout

Lovely river, unfortunately no fish seen or caught.

I fished as a guest of the new owner Dai Gingell for a couple of hours and I was immensely impressed with the 'fishiness' of the water. I only fished sporadically but had two trout. The first was certainly a pound plus and put up a heck of a fight on my #4 rod. I rather assumed this was exceptional but my next fish was even bigger and could have made a pound and a half and took line from my reel as it went up and down the pool. Dai followed this up with a fish on a small nymph which like my brace gave a very good account of itself. Stunningly pretty water and great fishing.

3 Trout

I arrived at around 6am and the river was running a little high and coloured but managed raise several fish but missed them all apart from a small WBT of about 8", left at 12.30pm, very nice stretch of river.

1 Trout

The river was incredibly low after such a long hot and dry spell. Fortunately there was some cloud and a bit of breeze to help. Low water obviously means there is less water to search so I concentrated on the deep gutters and pools. On some parts of the beat that was all that was left. Glaslyn Flat was a dry bed except for the channel under the far bank. Took two nice grayling and a trout (all returned) on a John Goddard emerger when the fish started looking up in the Penrhw sections.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling