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Trotting red maggots, using a centre pin reel - great fun. The hut at the halfway mark is a gem - thanks to whoever keeps that shipshape. One of the trout was a large 18” clonker. It had really unusual markings unlike the usual brown trout that are caught here. Pale, wavy vertical patterns along flanks and back. Very beautiful healthy fish. 9" - 12" Grayling picked up through most runs throughout the day - good sport, all fish returned. Although I was fine when leaving this time, I would be against parking at the middle area, down a short track to a small turning area, without a 4 x 4.

4 Trout, 9 Grayling

Slow today and didn’t manage to locate any shoaling Grayling. River still a bit too high to target them in their usual haunts though. Two nice fish of 15” and 16”, the rest small. Pink and purple grayling bugs took most of them.
I tried to upright the Llanstephan gauge as it had presumably taken a direct hit from a tree during the recent spates. Only a little improvement unfortunately and it will need to be reset in due course.

5 Trout, 6 Grayling

Finally managed to rebook a wash off from September. At 1.11m on the NRW Erwood Gauge, the river was a little high but very clear and very fishable.

Most of the grayling looked identical at about 10”, but a couple might have stretched to 12”. All caught on nymphs, either under a dry fly or straight lined. A few fish splashed at the dry fly, but nothing stuck. The grayling were hard to find, seldom catching two in the same place. All fish returned.

A group of about 10 canoes came through in the morning, and 3 paddle boards in the afternoon.

12 Grayling

Trotting for Grayling. Very pleasant day.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Trotting for Grayling. Very pleasant day.
“Other” was a dace.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Pike

Couldn't find the grayling - lots of small OOS trout all caught trotting

9 Trout, 1 Grayling

Sunny almost windless day, river running at a nice level and quite clear.

We trotted maggots all day, fishing the whole beat picking off odd fish in each accessible spot.

The grayling were had to find but we kept moving and picking off the odd one, the trout were unavoidable though.

15 Trout, 14 Grayling

wash off

wash off

Wash off just like my salmon season this year and i am sure i am not the only one