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Conditions looked lovely, ten hours of trotting ensued = 3 bites, 2 nibbled maggies - DOH! Any one got a bag of golf bats for sell?

Like our previous sessions on other waters the river was high and pushing through but we managed to pick out a few trout, grayling and salmon parr off the main flow in the calmer water.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling, 2 Other

First time fishing this stretch and tried trotting for Grayling with no success. Weather about 7 degrees and heavy rain and times. Wading in fast conditions was tough in places. Will be back in more clement conditions.

First time on Abernant and fish came from the whole length of the stretch. Largest fish was a lovely grayling of 16 or so inches and 1lb 13oz. All fish caught trotting maggots.

6 Trout, 7 Grayling

Trotting maggot. Grayling generally 10-12”; best 15”

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

Having had three very productive outings trotting for grayling of 8 - 15 " on various parts of the GPAIAC Builth waters this month (one reported last week) I fished Abernant yesterday on a beat that I have become very familiar with over the years. I often fish it from the bottom to the Edw from July until the end of October, when this beautiful beat can be so prolific and rewarding, but where I had never trotted before until yesterday, and was ticking off a "to do" on the bucket list! I was full of optimism for a day with a warm 10 degrees and the water a clear 1' at Llanstephan and 1.08m at Builth. A bit low but still affording plenty of water which should have been productive, and just a bit of a breeze but nothing detrimental. So where were the ladies? I had a 12" fish on the third trot and thought "here we go" but, unfortunately, from there on it wasn't a case of "here we go" but the beginning of a session which covered all of the bottom half of the beat that was accessible, but with the scant reward of only three more 8-12" fish and a couple of OOS 10-12" trout. So even they weren't having my red and white maggots either! I didn't try the upper half of the beat as, by then, I had decided that it was a day that had firmly put me in my place and so "retired hurt" at 3.30. Also rather wet too since, as I left the water, I slipped and, well, you know what happened next - a very wet ride home! Saw no LDOs today but the dippers were in fine voice. All good fun though, and many thanks to WUF for the bank-side work which was ongoing during the day on the top half of the beat. Undeterred, I'll be back again later in the year, chucking the fluff and hopefully staying much drier. Happy days!

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

29 x grayling 6-16 inches, 3 x out of season trout 8-13 inches, trotting and Tenkara. River very clear and down now to 1 foot on the Llanstephan gauge, so quite low by mid-winter standards. Weather dull, reasonably warm, but with strong downstream winds at times. A nice range of grayling, all sizes except very large, which speaks well for future stocks.

29 Grayling

A very cold but beautiful day.The river was running at perfect height and crystal clear, a slight upstream wind and so perfect conditions. I caught fish right from the first cast trotting maggot, the biggest Grayling was 15' in perfect condition and very solid and substantial girth. I would say around 1 3/4 lb. also 3 out of season WBT .

17 Grayling, 3 Other

Tungsten beaded hares ear

3 Grayling