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No fly during the day until some late afternoon Sedges appeared. Hardly a rising fish at any time - August days! Fished duo most of the day and was grateful for 9 Grayling and 2 Trout and dropped a couple more. 7 fish to PT or GRHE nymphs and 4 to Grayling Steel Blue and EH Caddis. 2 Grayling of 14" and one lovely 17" fish of 1.75lbs. All fish returned.

Washed off. Nil. Gutted.

A cracking day. 7 or 8 trout to 10", 10 or so grayling to 17" and loads of parr. Fished mainly dry or duo and all but one trout came to the dry - most successful pattern being a large LT Klink.

Unfortunately mid afternoon they got the forecast right, torrential downpour and washed off the river. The Irfon rose rapidly, coloured within 15 minutes there were logs floating past quiet an impressive rate of rise!
Managed just a couple of trout before being wiped out by the rise. Amazing that on the way home other rivers literally only 10 miles away had not been affected. Ah well try another day.

Started well. Two trout 10", 12" and a 14" grayling, also a good trout lost, all within the first hour or so on a CDC Dun. Missed a couple of takes in the second half of the morning, then nothing for the rest of the day.

Arrived 10.30am - this was my first fly fishing session on the Irfon and this particular beat was highly recommended by guide Gareth Lewis. Prior to fishing I was given plenty of help, advice and a more detailed map by Charles at The Hendre (big thanks). Prolific Grayling sport on the duo upstream (3 x 1.5 plus 5 at 2.5lb) taking a large Klinkhammer (size 12) on the surface. 2 x WBT upstream nymph (GRHE size 16) plus 3 x on Water Hen Blower size 16 (northern spider method - downstream) and 1 x WBT (1.5lb) on Klinkhammer (size 12), duo method again. It did not stop there because I also had 2 x Salmon (Parr) about 6 inches on a wet fly (size 16 black nymph with silver rib and bead). Finally, a sea trout (same method as for salmon) about 5in long - is that possible on this stretch? Fished until 7pm and had a wonderful day of sport. Weather was showery (heavy at times) with some sunny spells, low wind and almost perfect conditions. Wading was easy and never got above waist height. Fish caught along the first 1.5 mile stretch upstream from the Old Church (which is worth a quick look inside). This was my first catch of Salmon, Sea Trout and Grayling and all were in perfect condition.. Want to return for another session soon but realistically not until next season :(

Lovely days fishing, no sign of the Armageddon forecast from the telly, breezy and bright but none of the promised showers. Much cooler than during the week.
Caught consistently through the day on small nymphs, (pheasant tails), and dries, Klinkhammer and small CDC olive. Fished some of the streamer deeper water with heavier jigs and bugs and tended to account for the better fish.
A good number of trout and grayling to a pound and a half.
Lots of gnat about during the day and plenty of sedge around in the evening, though generally didn’t see many fish rising.

Had a nice day on the river. Conditions were good and there was a good sedge hatch throughout most of the day. Fish were rising every now and again. Lovely stretch of water. Most fish caught were predominantly grayling but also caught the odd brownie. In total for the 2 rods that day, we had 26 grayling and 4 brown trout.

6 or 7 Small WBT and 4 or 5 grayling, two of which in the 14-16inch range. Most taken on an LT Klink, with a couple falling to upstream nymph (HE) when the rain came in at around 3pm.

This was a cracking day - good water and weather and produced 42 fish to 4 rods, two thirds of which were grayling [biggest nearly 2lbs [MINE, MINE, MINE!!!!!!]on a black klinkhammer - much sport on dry/emerger stuff and using 'klink and dink'.