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Excellent sport throughout the day.

The weather was cool and misty in the morning, definitely more autumnal than late summer. The sun came out later, triggering sporadic hatches of pale wateries, small sedges, medium olives, and what looked like out of season yellow mays. Grayling and trout were rising freely throughout the day in the glides and in the creases on the edge of riffles. I fished dries above Cillau falls, catching on klinkhamers and small (#16 and 18) palmered grayling 'tags' (double badger, red tag etc.). In the late afternoon I fished a team of spiders (partridge and orange and yellow dotterel) down and across through the fast run below the falls and had great fun picking up smaller fish. I tried Czech nymphs in some of the deeper pools, connecting with a couple of reasonable grayling although they bumped off the barbless hooks as I had too much line out and was over-reaching (still haven't got to grips with this technique). Most of the grayling caught were in the 8-10" category although I also had four around 11-12". All of the trout were wild; the two largest were around 11" and the rest were parr.

The access was excellent, with safe off-road parking and no distance to the river (on the right bank, at least). The wading was moderate; the gravel sections were easy enough but some care is needed on the larger cobbles and particularly around the large boulders, where the current has scoured out deceptively deep pots. I avoided wading on the bedrock as my boot felt and studs are worn. I also avoided the planks as they were too high at this water level (0.7m on the EA's Erwood gauge), and it looked like a good way to end up with an early bath.

A very picturesque beat, with plenty of wildlife although I didn't see any otters or salmon. Thanks to the WUF booking office team for suggesting this beat - good advice and a good fit for the type of fishing I was after. Now, which beats have the specimen grayling?

10 Trout, 16 Grayling

3 small trout - all returned and a 3lb grayling all caught on a PTN

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

River in fine fettle with falling water levels. Steady trickle of Pale Wateries and BWO hatching off. Through most of afternoon, only salmon parr taking the hatching duns. Early evening the grayling also started coming to the dry fly. Most successful method was fishing a team of spiders across and down. Most productive flies were size 16 snipe & purple and size 14 water hen bloa. Most of the grayling in the 6-8 ounce size range.

4 Trout, 15 Grayling

All fish returned.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout

Fished 8.30am - 1pm. Water clear and warmer than I was expecting with a light breeze.
Trout - 1 x 7, 2 x 9 and 2 x 10 inches. Grayling 7, 10 and 14 inches. All on dark nymphs. The larger Grayling has some small green domed fungal growths on the dorsum just back from the head.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

First visit to Ty-Newydd, booked by a friend. A great day out in a stunning location. Water was clear with a bit of everything. Took a couple of small grayling on a weighted GRHE in the fast water before hooking a small brown 6-8 inches. Worked our way up the beat in the afternoon again picking up several grayling. My companion for the day hooked into a couple of larger fish around 1.5lbs but didn't quite manage to land!
Had an interesting liaison with an otter around 3pm, within 10ft of my rod tip.
One small issue on otherwise a good day was a young man encouraging his two dogs into a pool by throwing sticks and lumps of drift wood (dogs barking constantly) fished the pool later without a touch.
All fish returned.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

11 pound cock fish caught on gold headed black 1/2 inch tube fly from Bachawy pool at 11am Saturday morning on a floating line with float tip. River low and clear with no fish seen rising. Was grateful for a lucky cast, fish safely returned. Dry and bright, 11 inches on the Llanstephen gauge.

1 Salmon

Fished from 8-11am.
Last day of fishing as part of a two week break. The advice from the Foundation and the waters they have secured were exactly what I had hoped for. Thank you.
Even though the numbers to net or hand were lower than I would have expected this was a very enjoyable few hours fly fishing. Covering most of the beats faster water with double nymph, size 12 and 14 barbless. PTN on point, PTN spider on dropper. All returned.
For the first hour I bumped or lost 8 fish and only managed one to hand. A change of fly solved the problem and from here hook ups were more positive. The average size of trout was better than my last visit here but nothing over 10 inches. Fish of the day was a 14 inch grayling which put up a fantastic fight, taken from a boulder strewn glide in the middle of the beat. I rarely take a photo, this was only the second photo in two weeks, but this lady was very deserving.
I did notice that on this day each of the grayling had lice attached. No more than a couple per fish. I have read about it but it's the first time I have seen it myself.

6 Trout, 6 Grayling

5 small brown trout, all caught by my brother, biggest 0.5lb.

5 Trout