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Vey cold wind and no hatch so fished bugs, only small out of season grayling showing so finished early

2 Grayling

Lovely beat lots to go at although the water levels were very low, the grayling didn’t play ball but a lovely browny saved a blank for my son
Trotting single and double red maggot on 3lb bottom

1 Trout

Beautiful day, 14 or 15°C very light wind and the river dropping overnight to a good level and not pushing through as hard as yesterday. Sadly no grayling found only trout ( all very fit specimens ). Tried upstream and downstream nymphing as no rises without joy, then switched to trotting all afternoon. Had a salmon come past my feet and was close to another that jumped twice in quick succession. Are grayling numbers on the decline in the Irfon? Lovely beat, will be back for some trouting next season.

9 Trout

A lovely OOS brown trout about 15" and a smaller grayling. Windy conditions and lots of "leaves on the line" prevented dry flies being used, both taken on small nymphs.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

This a beautiful stretch of the Irfon and very quiet and private. we could access most of the water but due to the previous night's rain we didn't risk crossing to access the top section as we couldn't see how deep it was. The river was very coloured with a milky appearance when we arrived and stayed like that all day. Visibility was about 50 - 60 cm. This was most likely due to rain the previous night but it did make the fishing difficult with very little fly life and hardly any rising fish. The fish we did catch all came to a weighted nymph with a sparkle band would around the body. It was easy to find and the directions to the water were very straight forward.

5 Trout

Great beat, just had a couple of hours and caught a trout around 11 inches but missed several on the dink, got distracted by the bird life.

1 Trout

Nice morning on a lovely beat, no fish but happy to be out

0.7m on cilmery gauge. Found that a bit high for fly fishing. Caught a 4 pound chub trotting. Scenic peaceful spot. Nice to meet a landowner so passionate about the river.

1 Chub

Nothing doing sadly.