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No fishing today - the river is still charging down at 3 feet on the gauge

NTR, although water height looked good if a little coloured

Nice day--rising water-no salmon seen or felt regrettably. Some excitement in the afternoon helping to rescue a heifer which had got stuck in the river!

Had half day tried again to no avail saw one fish in chapel before setting of for home

Had a good hard days fishing small flies good pull on tail end of chapel did not attach to small cascade.

First time to this beat, so approached with caution, not knowing where the deep gullys are. Fly fished using no10 shrimp pattern: 2 brownies, both returned. Will fish this stretch for winter greyling, to learn more about the deep gullys for an attack on the river next year.

2 Trout

Two fish from the Chapel Catch. 8lbs Hen from the lower Chapel, 20 lbs Hen from the Gutter below the Cemetery.
Both fish caught on a size 8 Logie tied on a single hook. Considering the time of the year, these fish were in good condition, viz. not very coloured. The latter fish, took all my line and about 50 yds of backing. Lovely day until the wind arrived and covered the river with leaves. More rain please S.M.S.

2 Salmon

It's difficult to know how to phrase a catch return after catching 70 fish. River level was 9" on the Llanstephan gauge, weather was mild with cloud. Good conditions in other words.
Starting at noon at the very top of the beat grayling were present in ones and twos in every pocket down to the start of the deeper pools level with the gate. At which point there were around in greater number to say the least. Five fish in about seven casts represented the busiest period.
I fished a three fly set up; two soft hackle spiders with something weighted on the point. Most fish took the droppers in the shallower water, less so in the deeper runs where a weighted GRHE was taken. A size 14 orange spider accounted for most of the fish but in all honesty a bare hook would have caught today. I was still catching at 7.30 when I called it a day (and a remarkable one at that).
Apart from two 12" inch fish all grayling were 6-8". Trout were 6 and10". 'Others' were salmon parr.

2 Trout, 65 Grayling, 3 Other

Approx 17lbs from Dolmeudwy

1 Salmon