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First time on the Irfon and the beat lived up to my expectations being a classic Border river in a lovely setting. Arrived to find the water somewhat coloured which was surprising as there had been no rain. It transpired that the EA were just as bemused and were investigating as it wasn't an isolated incident. The river clarity soon improved but the fishing didn't. It was a hard slog for most of the day with 1 grayling at about 1 1/2lbs and a Graylet caught. At 3.30ish another rod trotting got into a shoal just upstream of the Church and caught plenty of fine fish. Using a Nymph in the shallow water there I had 4 or 5 fish around 12 inches. Great fun, only wish I'd started there earlier! I'd love to fish here in the Autumn and suspect the quality of fishing would be hard to surpass.

Pleasant day, river in good shape. 52 grayling between 3 rods - all on trotted maggot. Several around 2lb, best fish 2lb 8oz. Everybody happy!

7 grayling 10 - 16" on upstream nymph. All but one fish came to a tungsten beaded hares ear. Levels were low and water clear. Most fish came from fast riffles rather than the deeper pools.

Nothing caught, river level was quite high.

32 x grayling 10-18 inches between 2 rods - a combination of trotting and bugging, sometimes shoulder to shoulder. At last a long-awited spring-like day at 8 degrees, lambs gambolling in the field and woodpeckers hammering. I even saw a large dark olive taken at the surface. We had some super fish: five at 17 inches and one at 18 inches.

First time grayling fishing. Had a good description of the waters and pools etc from Mr Picton near the house where you park. Cold day, didn't rise much above 1 degree, ice on some of the flat waters. Waters although not in flood, were running fast and I would advise a wading staff as the current can be rather nerve racking at times.

Caught 4 Grayling, 2 around 3/4lb mark and 2 around 1.5lb, all caught on size 16 pink shrimp. All caught in a pool close to the far bank upstream on the islands within about 1 hour. Other than that very difficult to see where the fish may be lying.

I know it's towards the end of the Grayling season now, but it's given me a taster for it and I shall definitely be back to the Irfon for the trout and Oct/Nov for the grayling. A great day out in beautiful surroundings.

A bitterly cold day with ice in the rod rings causing problems most of the session. It had been -8 degrees overnight. River up somewhat, pushing through and with a little more colour than we would have liked. Difficult to locate the fish but we managed about 35 grayling between us up to about 1lb 12oz.

34 x grayling 11-18 inches, long trotting with centre pin. Raw weather with snow on the hills and the odd flake falling, but the river was in nice condition and almost too clear. Proper cold grayling conditions, in fact, with the fish packed in tightly together, but it was just warm enough to trot properly. There is the world of difference between plus one degree, when the tackle works as it is designed to do, and minus one degree, when the rod locks up with ice. Lovely fish on the Irfon today, most of them over 15 inches, plenty at 16 inches, several at 17 inches, one at 18 inches. A very nice day's sport, but it was good to get back to the car and hot coffee.

No Grayling caught on a bitterly cold and wet 3 hour afternoon session, but 3 x WBT and 1 salmon parr caught on trotted maggot. River was clear, but rising slightly.
Didn't really have time to search out the Grayling and a longer session would have done more justice to the beat.

A better day at Cefnllysgwynne. Levels were good, and grayling showed around the warmer hours of the day from a number of locations. Between the three anglers, four grayling and one trout were landed, with another four missed.