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Guided by Oliver Burch. Lovely beat. 2 small browns at beginning of beat on Orange Otter; 1 medium-sized grayling (12") at upper end on grayling blue fly. Cloudy in morning, brighter in afternoon. Quite hard fishing.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fantastic day on Irfon for JD from Porthcawl and JE from Surrey. JD stubbornly persevered on dry to get 1xWBT 16" plus 2x10" and 2 grayling 14". JE mixed wet and dry to net a couple each of WBT and grayling. This beat has all types of water and is extensive although everything switched off mid-afternoon. JD waded up a blind alley which took a long time to reverse out of. Wading is quite difficult in places.

5 Trout, 4 Grayling

Just a wee bit of colour in the Irfon, yet it was still very low. Tried NZ rig, nymph, dry fly, emerger - everything except dynamite. There was some fly life; there were a few rises. The grayling (14" to 16") fell to suspended nymph, emerger & dry fly (a kind of Sherry Spinner). The 2 trout took the dry. The bigger was only 12".

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

River very low, really could do with some prolonged rain now. Rose 5 grayling to the dry but only one hooked and landed. Good to be on the river again.

1 Grayling

The river was running high and very coloured and only dropped slightly during the day.
No fish seen or caught.

Two brown trout to 14 inches and eight grayling to 17.5 inches ,all on dry fly, small olive emergers or sedges. There was a good hatch of bwo and the odd large dark olive as well as plenty of sedge, fish were rising sporadically, but taking the fly confidently when they did. Spotted one cormorant flying downstream.

Nice day out a couple of 40+ grayling and 30+ trout.
A few sedges and the odd olive made an appearance but fish appeared reluctant to rise, expected a little better as flows colour and weather perect.

6 Trout, 8 Grayling

Nothing caught. Very pleasant day.

Fishing in the afternoon the upper part of the beat. The water level was a little high and a little dark. Strong wind, no surface activity. We try with nymphs. No rising fish. The river seemed dead.

1 very small WBT. Nice day but little sign of any fish.

2 Trout