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River perfect at 8" on the Ddol Farm guage and running clear, so that helped the wading on this beat where some care is needed at all times. Very sunny all day with little wind. Some sedges present a.m. and p.m., a few small olives on the water in the afternoon and some big spinners in the air in the evening as well. A few fish rose off and on all day and I even caught my last lady at 8.30pm when I could barely see the olive that I had cast to the rise. Lovely stuff! As at Abernant last week, the grayling were in heads-up mode but here some trout were rising too. Fished a single emerger most of the day and took fish on it as well when fishing duo with various small nymphs, none of which elicited any response. Most grayling of 13-15" and trout 14-15". As usual at Doldowlod, the absence of smaller year-classes of grayling is always a concern. Undoubtedly the goosanders, four here today, have a say in that. Took rising and non-rising fish on small hare's ear and dark olive emergers and one on a Grayling Steel Blue. The little olive was by far the most favoured. A lovely day right through to the dusky finish!

8 Trout, 14 Grayling

Challenging fishing in a beautiful location with deep water in places. Had trouble finding the beat but eventually found the track to the upper limit footbridge. The fishing in the upper section is very limited due to the steep bank. I could not fish the other bank as I could not find the path that avoided the white cottage, even though one is shown on your beat map. This was a pity as I could not reach the best water. Caught 3 trout, one being 1lb+. A good day but the signage could be better.

3 Trout

Thanks for the advice, I really enjoyed my day on the Doldowlod stretch of water. It is a lovely beat with shallow rock terraces and a deep central channel. I parked at the sawmill and went three fields downstream. I only managed to fish the bottom 3 pools.
Unfortunately I did not catch any fish, neither did I manage to rise any. I arrived on the beat around 10.30am and there were a few fish rising. There was an excellent hatch of small fly with occasional mayfly getting up. However the sun was shining brightly and I found the going very difficult. All the rising fish were at the tail ends of the pools in the slower water. They were spooked very easily, mainly I think by the shadow of the leader on the gravel as the water was gin clear. The rise finished around midday. After that there was only a very occasional rise and I never managed to tempt any of them despite several changes of flies - nymphs, klinkhammers, Mayflies - dark colours and then light colours - but to no avail. Some good sized trout came down passed me as I gradually moved upstream - and I spotted a number moving around when wearing Polaroid glasses and standing on the bank amongst the trees. I left to come home around 4.30. The afternoon was fairly dead as regards to fish movement.

A lovely stretch of water but bright sunshine and temperature rising to 20 degrees with very clear water meant fish spooked very easily. Good hatch of fly from 10am to 12pm with occasional mayfly getting up. Some rising fish at tail end of pools but I was unable to temp them despite numerous changes of fly. It all went dead from midday onwards. I was on the beat from 10am to 4.30pm. Good fish came downstream past me as I gently waded upstream - they are there but I could not get amongst them.

Did not catch.

Olive dun, single fish returned.

1 Trout

Cold, wet and windy lost one fish on olive emerger.

Fished for 6 hours until rain stopped play. Water temp still low and a gusty upstream wind. One lovely OOS, 16 inch fin perfect Grayling on a black beaded nymph. Don't know where the trout are! No rises seen and just a few olives appearing for a short time. The largest Cormorant I've ever seen "canoeing" down the rapids in the middle of the beat !

1 Grayling

No fish caught, river ar reasonable level. Looks as though they have been quite high due to the recent floods, weather gorgeous for February, however banks extremely muddy and slippery. The river is a bit boring all pretty much the same.

I didn't catch anything. The day looked promising, with the right weather and river conditions, unfortunately half an hour into my fishing the felt soles on my waders decided to part company from the boots. This beat is a beautiful stretch of water but with mostly bedrock it is a dangerous place to be without being fully equipped and confident.
My wife and I stayed in the Caer Beris Manor on the Irfon(another beautiful beat). We enjoyed our stay and even got a room upgrade so we were well pleased. The staff are all very friendly and welcoming but I don't think the food is worth writing home about.