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One trout, one grayling. Tough conditions, river low and clear, stunning setting though. Will be back.

Having booked two beats for 5 rods, due to there being only 3 of us selcted to fish Caradoc. Total fish caught - 24 Barbel to 8lb's 10oz, 2 Chub, one angler taking a total of 15 barbel, 11 of which came from a non-descript swim, having never been fished before by pure watercraft knowledge. After looking at all the regular croys and easy swims on the shallows, by re-walking the length the angler in question chose a totaly unfished spot by picking what he thought looked like a fishy glide in the water and, what a 'Result'.
All in all a splendid days fishing in great surroundings (despite the bull), made even more memorable by the fantastic autumn weather.

About 40 between the 5 of us but mainly very small trout. A couple of decent grayling and one decent trout (about 1lb or so). A hard day, river very low and a cool downstream wind most of the time. Wading very tricky with rocks covered in brown slime - 3 of us went in!

Fish came to a full range of approaches - dries, nymph, NZ style and downstream spiders.

6 x grayling to 16 inches. A hard, cold day, east wind, with nothing much rising till late afternoon, when there was a brief flurry of activity.

A very peaceful and beautiful stretch but with somewhat limited access. One of our party had never caught a Barbel but eventually did. Total of 4 Barbel and 2 Chub to pellet or corn (3 rods).

Started with the fly but river too high and coloured. Switched to a silver mepps and took several trout, the largest nudging three pounds, all returned. Hooked a salmon that looked about six or seven pounds but lost him after about ten seconds. Conditons should be perfect for the start of next week.

6lb salmon caught on size 12 executioner at 0805 hrs....released

One small trout just below the bridge. Rest of the beat (including the Crai) seemed devoid of insect and fish life -- surprising in view of the calm, occasionally sunny weather. Nice day out and beautiful surroundings.
Will do it all again some day...earlier in the season.

What a wonderfull beat, the river was in fantastic condition. Access was easy and the entire beat easly fished. Two fish taken to nymphs, although fish were riseing, both returned.

Thanks for the opportunity to fish this superb beat, I hope to be back next week!

Thought I would get out before end of trout season and what a day I had! Great weather, warm, sunny and hardly any wind, more or less perfect.

Had a decent grayling, approx 13ins within first 5 mins on a gb ptn followed by another off the same pool approx same size. I followed this with a trout of 10-11 ins. The river was very low and clear which helped me access one of the deeper pools I hadn't been able to get at before. I was rewarded with 2 large grayling, I would guess the best was over 2 lbs,( it was far bigger than my scoop net!) the other not far behind. Both fish taken on flash-back shrimp fished Czech-style. Had several more graying and one more trout during day.

Fish rising all day, mainly grayling I think. Couldn't work out what they were taking, no noticable fly hatch. Missed more than I hooked. Managed 4 to the dry. Total 12 or so grayling and 2 Trout. All returned.