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After a very slow and icey, scary drive along the old hospital road (do take care on this winding lane) we arrived at the Gofynne beat which is a beautiful part of the river Irfon. It was a cold start at 3 degrees. We fished nymphs and bugs in the clear water and had to fish a lot of the beat to find the elusive Grayling. C found a few rising fish swapped the nymphs over to a small tan F fly and was straight into a hard fighting Grayling which he nicely played into the net a lovely conditioned fish about 1.5lb. He took another good fighting Grayling. I
was not so lucky. We saw a big salmon as we crossed the river. Saw one Cormarant fly over.

Fished from 12 noon for two and a half hours in bright sunshine. Advised locally that river was high, had a lot of leaves and associated debris flowing and was running very fast - this proved to be an accurate assessment of river condition. Sporadic hatch of Olives. Saw no fish - raised no fish with a dry - contacted no fish with nymph/bug.
Despite all of the above an enjoyable November fishing trip - will definitely go back in 2013.

5 grayling.

Yet another fantastic day on this lovely beat. Can't believe it's already been a year since we were last here. This time not only was the weather better but so was the fishing. Had two grayling of about 12'' and one, my personal best, of about 18''. This was taken on a LT Klink and the other two were taken on a Red Tag and a Czech nymph. Lost a few as well. Last cast also saw a small wbt fall to a Czech nymph. All in all a truly memorable day. Cheers WUF and cheers to Lily my wonderful wife for arranging the surprise birthday session xxx

River high and coloured, borderline unfishable, but we gave it a go. Searching out the deeper pots and eddys, we managed 3 grayling and a couple of WBT on heavy shrimp and peeping caddis patterns. Nothing big but any catch in the conditions felt like a victory.

A good day - 8 grayling between the two rods including two cracking fish at 18". Most fish came to nymphs with a couple on an LT klink. Several parr and a couple of v. small trout were also encountered on a very low and clear river. Many thanks WUF.

River low and clear. One small grayling and two even smaller trout.

1 x 10" grayling caught (and returned) on a size 16 klinkhammer. A westerly gusting wind made casting conditions tricky, and reduced the number of fish rising. But a terrific beat with some lovely water.

4 small trout caught and returned. Had hoped to fish an evening rise but not much moving. All fish took a Peter Ross.

Arrived at the bottom of the beat and guess what? An otter! That's three this year and it's 35yrs since I had seen one previously. Prospects didn't look good with a major predator on the beat and so it proved. Perfect water, no rises or sign of fish until the very top of the beat where I was rewarded for my efforts with a 9in brownie which appeared to be a well mended stockie. Nothing like as pretty as the wild fish. G/h pt nymph under a Klink NZ style. Double edged sword these otters!