Feedback & Reports

Today proved what a great grayling river the Irfon is. Fish were rising all day and all 18 caught on a mixture of size 16 and 18 dry flies. The majority of the grayling between 8 and 10 inches with 1 at 15" and one at 14". Trout 10", but where are the rest of the Trout?

1 Trout, 17 Grayling

A sunny day on the Irfon but with a strong downstream wind. No rising fish despite multiple hatches, 4 trout between 8 and 12 inches ..2 to size 16 Tupps and 2 to gold bead hares ear . 6 grayling 2x 15"" the rest between 10 and 13", all taken from shallow water at the tail of the pools on size 16 barbless tungsten nymphs of various types.. lost another 4 due to fishing barbless.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

A beautiful warm day with masses of fly life but virtually no rising fish. The Irfon is the lowest I've fished it and with very little flow it was hard going. I fished subsurface at all depths and took the first grayling in shallow water at the tail of Glaslyn pool, the fish had a severe slash to its flank which must have been fairly recent..around 15" to a tungsten bead hares ear size 16. Changing to dries the next was a smaller fish 12" to a size 16 para Adams followed by the 3 trout the biggest being 10", all on Adams patterns. With the water so low it was good to see what the river bed is actually like and the variety and depths of the gutters were noted for another occasion.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Lovely stretch, but no fish taken. A big pike has been spotted in the pool at the very top of the beat. I did not see any fish rising. Used several diffrerent types of nymphs, but fishes were not cooperative at all.

We fly fished for grayling. Water was very clear but not low. Weather was mixed with some sun and mizzle. Beat is very picturesque. We really enjoyed our day even though no fish were caught. I found your website and service second to none. Diolch yn fawr,
Alun Jones

Levels on the slightly high side of good, just dropping after a small. 0.5 on the NRW Abernant scale. Grayling proved tricky to find but Kris managed one good fish.

1 Grayling

We fished from 09:30 until 16:15. Water temperature hovered at about 8 or 9 degrees all day. A number of trickle-hatches were evident from about mid-morning until late afternoon. However, despite these, the fish seemed reluctant to rise. Using a GRHE bead head, my brother winkled out a nice Grayling from the Glaslyn flats. Earlier on, I managed to ‘fluke’ a seven inch brownie from the Mud pool. I prayed earnestly for a proper hatch and after lunch my prayers were answered; there, at the head of an awkward-to-get-to glide, just beneath an overhanging tree I spotted a good fish rising with almost clockwork regularity. Wading into position I almost lost my life for the river bed is quite treacherous. However, at that moment, such things were the least of my concerns; I was in position, I cast to my fish and hooked it on the second drift down: it was a tiny, three inch Salmon Parr.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

River was crystal clear and unrecognisably low. In parts, only a gutter running down the far bank remained. Fishing was generally difficult due to leaves on the surface but despite this I managed to winkle out a few small Grayling and one perfectly marked Brownie all of which succumbed to a size 16 grhe beadhead.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

A strange days fishing. Fished from 10-4. Took two grayling around 10" before the mist had really cleared on Griffiths Gnat size 16, by 11 there was plenty of insect life and fish rising for them but all were tiny and this was the pattern of the day, I lost count of mainly grayling fingerlings but upwards of 15. Decided to fish nymphs to see if the adults were to be found but to no avail...just more tiny ones! Around 1.30 after returning to dry flies came another grayling around 8" and two trout of a similar size, then a big fish surfaced and I thought things were changing but I was wrong it was a large and extremely acrobatic salmon! Fascinating to watch its behaviour it concentrated on the fast water at the head of the pool but was present almost everywhere and leapt within 6 foot of me in very shallow water. This made up for a rather odd day.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

A day catching many more leaves than fish and being showered by acorns from the magnificent oaks that line the banks.This is a beautiful stretch of the Irfon, tricky wading and some large deep pools. Smallest grayling 10" and largest 15" all fighting fit ! All fish on size 16 dry flies ...Grey Duster, Para Adams, Griffiths Gnat and Greenwells. Great day!

1 Trout, 7 Grayling