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Hard days fishing, quite chilly though the sun broke out in the afternoon and there was a trickle of large dark olives, but nothing moving for them. River still carrying a tad of colour. Just 3 fish between us, one very small 15cm whilst the other two were 47cm fish.

No fish caught (trotting with maggot). After all the rain the previous day the Irfon was still slightly high, although it was fishable. It rained again during the morning, which brought the river up again by a few inches. The sun finally made an appearance after lunch, which caused a few stoneflies to hatch and a brought on a short-lived rise from what I assumed to be trout. It's a shame the river wasn't fishing as well as it was last week, but it's always nice to be up at Cefnllysgwynne.

7 chub to about 4.5lbs on spam or corn.

Excellent day, thank you! Weather was pleasant and river up a little with a brown tinge but nothing dramatic. Tried lots of spots from the water pump to the top of the fishery. Found fish in several places and finished up with a fin-perfect barbel and some cracking chub including a 'dodgy' (exactly on the scales) 6lb beauty. Pellet probably accounted for most bites but rotating meat and corn livened things up when needed. Bites came on and off all day. The area where the bank has been marked with poles was the most productive. (Last Summer we were so grateful when the farmer strimmed sections of the tall balsam and nettles to make access easier and marked where he'd done it with the poles. Now the spate has wiped away all the bankside weed, the poles look redundant). Echoing a previous contributor, in wet weather the track from the farm-yard to the river can be slippery on the way down and tricky on the way up. Also, don't wear your best shoes for driving as to open the farm-yard gate you have to paddle through considerable M&S. You can park in the farm-yard if you don't fancy the track. Failing that, take the wife's car.

Trotted maggot. One chub 3lb, one small trout.

The weather was good, fished the whole of the beat with no grayling caught.

Good days sport, with 7 grayling from one and a half pound to two pound and two out of season trout both of about one and a half pound and in really good condition. I also lost numerous other fish on hook pulls until I tried a slightly larger hook so I could put a bit more strain on the fish. All fish taken on float fished red maggot trotted down in various swims between the little weir and the church.

We fished the top end of the stretch and, having read TH's review of his day on the lower end, we know where all the grayling were. We float fished maggot all day and only had 2 grayling about 1.5lbs, but we had 3 trout about 2lbs and a sea trout (yes, quite sure) of getting on for 3lbs. Trout/sea trout weights an estimate because all released in the water. River level higher than ideal but clear and fishable.

First time upstream of Hereford and, consequently, on this beat and it has a lot of potential. The water had very little extra colour and looked superb despite the overcast, drizzly weather.
Enticed half a dozen nice chub from a couple of spots between the orchard and the fence where the river is slower and deeper, having tried several along that part of the bank. Got a bit preoccupied with fishing meat having caught a 4lb fish on the first cast and should have switched to pellets for a more resillient answer to the constant pecking at the bait.
There are so many inviting areas in that section of the river that the top and bottom of the beat were only visited during a lunchtime stroll. It all looks good.

Thanks WUF.

A note on the instruction sheet/map. The reason there are two dotted-green footpaths so close together is the presence of a barbed wire fence separating the fields and going down to the water's edge. To get around this, you have to go back to the stile by the road and, 20 yards towards the house, re-enter the field via a 5-bar gate. This is no distance at all and worth the effort to get at the faster water passing the island.

Three chub to 4.2. Breadflake.