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Firstly, what a beautiful stretch of river... a fabulous place to go and fish. It is a shame there was still no sign of any fish....no trout rising despite some olives showing. I walked 'the planks' at Llanstephan and saw nothing at all. I will try again however in a few weeks.
One thing to say.... the drive down to the beat is too hazardous for most vehicles to venture down. There is a big drop on corner at the top which will ground anything but a 4x4. Also it is open for anyone to go down to the river. This is fine if the 'anyone' isn't a poacher but I couldn't help wondering if an apparent lack of fish in the deep pool just off to the left of the entrance was to do with ease of access for unscrupulous poachers.
WUF Note: This beat is well patrolled so the lack of fish seen is probably more to do with the cold early season conditions. The "Leaning Willow" opposite the hut is not thought of as the best pool for trout. The Ferry, Upper Heirag, Bridge Pool and Spring Pool are all regarded as better for trout and, when in season, grayling.

Lovely venue. No sign of any trout moving about or feeding. Caught a grayling of about 1 pound.

1 Grayling

Great place to be fishing even though not many about. Caught grayling 8" first one ever. Enjoyed it, lots of places to fish.

1 Grayling

First time at this part of the river and found access easy and also parking. A single lane gives you access to the river which I had no problem driving down. Being a stone surface at the turning point I was able to park and turn around my Citroen C3. The river was very clear and fairly high and you could see lots of deep runs. This was my first time using my waders so took it very easy. Cold dry day with no sun. Kept on moving up steam with very little action. Fishing with my own
tied Beaded Nymphs size 12 Polish/Black PTN on a floating line. Just below the Spout hooked into a beautiful fighting Grayling of just over a pound. Took the PTN on the dropper. First ever Grayling and boy did it fight. Netted fish and and carefully released. Fished for a further couple of hours back down steam with no luck. Excellent swim will return once weather improves.

1 Grayling

Sadly had a small fish escape my line prior to a confirmed catch so drew a blank!! Better luck next time! Great conditions water dropping flies rising, but still could not catch!!

My first time on the beat no takes only used the fly rod only fished the middle of the beat

The mild weather gave us high hopes but the fish were somewhat finnicky. The grayling didn't seem to be shoaled up and the trout didn't recognise that their season had finished. Sporadic rises didn't give much confidence to dry fly tactics and we mainly stuck to the duo. That said the klink did get the odd inspection and accounted for a fish. All the fish were taken from typical grayling water but we never felt we were going to connect with any reasonable sized specimens. The best grayling was probably just over the pound and the trout were mainly about 3/4lb with the odd smaller fish thrown in.

11 Trout, 6 Grayling

Difficult the water level had risen after the rain has fallen in the night
We saw a sick truite (40cm) with white plaques (left bank near leaning willow)

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

I haven't been to Gromain for years. A bit of an impulse decision to go there and try trotting maggot. Grayling ranged from 10" to 14".

12 Trout, 5 Grayling

Spent my 40th birthday fishing the beat with a friend, a great place to be. Fish started to show in the afternoon and after lots of misses managed to connect to two grayling and a small trout on a dry.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling