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4x grayling around 10"
1x excellent brown trout of 18"

Good day. The beat is so long that I could have spent a second day exploring the bottom half.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

River level (at Cilmery) at 0.47m and very clear; air temperature by mid afternoon around 14-15C. One small (around 9") grayling caught, two more missed. Very few insects visible and no hatch. A tough but enjoyable five hours of fishing in beautiful surroundings.

1 Grayling

Only had a few hours. Beautiful though cold day. The river was in good shape, running very clear. Beat is very well kept - thank you to the owner. Spooked couple of fish though didn't connect with any. Haven't been for a few years as previously water wasn't great quality. On today's evidence - will be back.

Had one OOS brownie to a spider, shortly after starting, then nothing thereafter. Lovely stretch of water, but the fish weren't playing this time!

1 Trout

Difficult day on the Irfon. Very cold water, low and clear. Didn't manage to catch any grayling today, however, this is one of the best Irfon beats, so I will definitely come back when the weather gets warmer.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

A cracking day on a beautiful stretch of river, quite warm at times, with a definite feel of Spring in the air. Challenging fishing, but plenty of water to explore – we managed 14 grayling to 10”, and a couple of oos trout (one over the pound). Encouraging for sure, and it was great to see healthy stocks of smaller grayling. Most were caught using small nymphs below an indicator.

2 Trout, 14 Grayling

Two anglers fishing Euro nymphing technique. No fish caught.

The river was quite high and coloured during the morning session at 0.8 on the Cimeri gauge, clarity improved as the day progressed and the river dropped to around 0.73.

Very enjoyable day on a lovely beat. Fishing hard due to clear river. One out of season trout and 5 grayling taken later on maggots and 2 grayling taken on nymphs.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

Trotting today, river at reasonable height (0.53 on Cilmery gauge), looked good. Odd small pockets of grayling here and there but had to cover a lot of river. Nothing of any size, largest around a pound.

2 Trout, 10 Grayling