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1 Grayling

Tried 3 nymphs on a slightly coloured water 1 turn over but a strong wind and 6ft 6in 3w almost impossible to cast but good to be out

Fantastic day trotting maggots plus 1 OOS brown on the fly. Eighteen fish caught between two of us. Sixteen grayling and two OOS browns. Llanstephan gauge on 2ft.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

It was 10.5C, which was warmer than a few weeks ago, however the wind which grew in strength as the day worn on was biting. Explored downstream a bit further and was rewarded by one tiny Grayling, however a fish is a fish!

1 Grayling

Fished afternoon only, about half way down the beat.
The river was flowing quite strong and flow seemed to increase as the day went on.
Started with a 4oz feeder but ended up having to use a 7oz feeder to hold in the flow after crossing foy bridge from hole in the wall side.
That combined with a change to a shorter hooklink and a bigger hook resulted in a small chub of around 1 1/2lb. Did have a few other knocks and enquiries but nothing came of them.
I was using a 2. 25 test curve rod, 12lb mainline to a 10lb floro hooklink which was about 2ft long. Caught the fish on a spicy sausage dumbell after trying krill boilies for the first 2 hours without a sniff.
Still unsure if you can actually fish both sides of the beat. It clearly says you can on the map and could see a few places opposite that looked fishable from the bank that could be accessed by walking down the fields on lh side of bank (looking downstream from the bridge), but remember reading you would have to wade to across to access that bank.
Perhaps someone could clarify this for me. Thanks.
Lovely place to fish. Would highly recommend others have a go.

Fishing Passport Note : Some double bank fisheries will only have agreed access on one side of the river.

1 Chub

Trotting today. Gauge was at 0.65m on this very blustery day. Walked a lot and tried an a large number of pools for the larger grayling but to no avail. 3 grayling landed were very small which I guess might bode well for the future. One of the 3 x OOS trout was magnificent at 17 inches, fought well and carefully returned without leaving the water, would have been very pleased with that in season on the fly. As ever a delightful tranquil setting, did not see a sole all day.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

9 degrees and still when I arrived, river at 1.5 on Mordiford gauge, with an 8.6 water temperature and a good tinge of colour. Started up near the middle fence on hemp and maggot feeder. An early small chub, avoiding the blank, was followed by a biteless hour. I then pulled out of a chub and barbel in consecutive casts. A swap to meat produced a nice chub and again a blank period so I moved downstream. A 3lb barbel was all from that swim and as JC from Reading who I'd met there had had a few fish I moved down again early afternoon. First swim was quite shallow so I moved again and second chuck on a GB feeder and a big bit of meat resulted in a lovely barbel of 9.02. JC had no more fish but a good result for both of us on a lovely mild winter's day.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Nice days fishing on the river. All caught on spam hair rigged.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub

First time on this beat. Headed for the lower parking area as the walk to the river looked shorter (I'm well into my seventies) followed the access directions only to find there had been a massive bank collapse about a year ago (nice lady in the garden of the house told us) and the owners had erected high barbed wire and other fencing recently to prevent access to the river. We had no option but to get back in the car and head for the upper parking area which is a long downhill walk and a killer walk back! This situation should really be mentioned in the booking information. Couldn't find the Grayling after all that effort!

1 Trout

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Pike