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2 Trout

No fish caught conditions far from ideal

I made this trip to take advantage of the unseasonably warm late February weather. It was a very bright day but still with a sharp frost when I arrived around 8:00 - far too early as it turned and I could probably have stayed in bed for another couple of hours. Nothing happened until mid morning when my first grayling came to a heavily weighted nymph. Thereafter there was a steady trickle of small flies coming off the water but the only fish I saw rise were those that swirled at and missed my fly. I caught steadily until mid-afternoon, mostly with spiders (snipe and purple, and partridge and orange) fished in a team with a weighted nymph on the point. All the fish were in lovely condition with the best trout and best grayling each around the pound mark. All the fish came from the Cillau run near the lower limit of the beat. A lovely day all in all.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

washed off

A difficult day, with a brutal down stream wind. Nevertheless, it was great to be out, having been cooped up in the office all week. We managed to find half a dozen small fish towards the bottom of Bachawy Pool (in the deeper water). As ever, the Pink Shrimp was working best (middle dropper). A lovely beat, with safe, off-road parking and a short walk to the river. Look forward to swinging those Spiders, come the Spring!

6 Grayling

River crystal clear - lovely conditions. 2 x 9 - 11" grayling on nymph Frozen toes stopped play

2 Grayling

2 Grayling

The Grayling were off the feed today ( post Christmas blues?). I did manage one 15" Grayling around midday on a Czech nymph.

1 Grayling

A great days fishing on a superb beat. Found most of the fish in the very bottom pool, the water was up a bit but very fishable. Most fish caught french nymphing with heavy bugs - Lots of fish 8-10", with one larger grayling pushing 2lb. Top end of the beat is very rocky, looks like it would be brilliant trout water in the summer - will definitely book again.

3 Trout, 25 Grayling

River flooded out. Threw a line in for an hour or so just because I'd made the drive but no such luck.