Feedback & Reports

River quite low, not best conditions with gusty wind and bright sunshine. Only managed to squeeze in an hour, but a lovely beat with a good variety across it. Only 1 WBT, on a Parachute Adams on the most upstream pool.

1 Trout

Lovely tranquil beat. River very low. Rises only seen at very bottom of the beat around lunchtime and at the very top in the pool below the fast water later in the afternoon. Trout on parachute adams, grayling on nymph (hare's ear). Missed a couple and lost a large fish on the nymph.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

River very low, with a strong swirling wind. Lot of small grayling in the channel at the bottom of the beat, hitting the fly before anything else could get to it. Moved up the beat and didn't see another fish until the fast run below the last deep pool, where there were a few rises. Managed 1 trout of 6 inches on a size 18 klinkhammer.

A lot of evidence of otters in the sand on the banks. Beautiful location, accompanied by Red Kites and the distant sound of machine gun fire from the hills.

1 Trout

River quite low however this stretch has one or two deep runs which proved productive, 1 x brown caught and released, just under the 1lb mark, dry fly in early morning. Excellent beat with lots of options, would be harder/more dangerous to wade in higher water in some parts so care needed.

1 Trout

Fished up the beat, very fishy looking runs but no sign of any fish.

Probably still too early for trout on this beat

First time on this beat. Absolutely fantastic location. Water seemed very low, and I couldn't find any fish. This might have been due to the 2 otters that appeared at the bottom of the beat as I was tackling up, and followed me all the way to the top. Seemed quite indignant that I should be fishing in their back yard.

3 weight outfit, 6x leader, olive lug tungsten nymph (barbless flies). River good condition not too low

3 Grayling

Fished 11 - 2.30. Dry fly (coachman) with Goldhead nymph under. No fish seen nor hooked. Lovely stretch of river though and will try again next year.

A puzzling day on the Irfon. Despite perfect conditions, the better grayling were completely elusive. Most were tiny shots, just one of 3/4lb with another of same size lost at net. A few oos trout about, none of which looked close to spawning. A good few salmon were seen.

6 Trout, 5 Grayling