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Nothing doing until midday ...sparse and short hatches of olives....no rising fish.....4 trout 8-13" all on Greenwells and Adams at the tails of the pools.
Nice to have a bit of sun!

4 Trout

Fished for 3 hours...no sight of grayling at all.....one nice fat and fit trout about 12-13" on olive tungsten bead nymph. River at 0.34m ..able to wade but flowing fast and strong.

1 Trout

This beat was fished by members of the Grayling Society on this occasion. Grayling c30cms Trout (15 - 30cms)

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

Just had a couple of hours to spare, but unfortunately I got my timing wrong as the overnight/early morning rain had raised the level sufficiently to colour the water up.
One tree down on the lower section and one leaning precariously just upstream of this one. Good to be out but no takes.

Coldest day of the year? Spent the first two hours clearing ice from the guides. Really bright sun,low in the sky and behind me all day causing unavoidable long shadows,water crystal clear. Fished tungsten bead nymphs...first fish a decent sized trout 15" or so and then only one small 9" grayling...couldn't locate the shoal though. Good to be out again!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Could only connect with trout on this extremely cold day. Snow on the ground and river running with a good pace. Looking at river levels, this beat seemed the only one just about fishable. The few trout to hand all took pink beadhead body quilled fly on the point bouncing bottom. No grayling today, maybe the floods now the cold snap has put them down for a few days. The flow was strong and nearly knocked me off my feet on more than one occasion and with the water temps low not advisable to take a dunking. Still a lovely stretch of water which, come April should fish extremely well.

Level dropping and clear but still with a bit of pace (0.3m on the gauge). Had a couple of hours trotting on the mid section and caught an 8" OOS trout plus a smaller one with a 10" grayling coming just before I packed up. A particular concern is the evidence of predators, as now I have witnessed an otter, cormorants, and a family of goosanders this year. The dippers, however, are a sight to behold.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Ice on the rod until late morning.....could not find any grayling only 2 small (6") trout to small gold head nymph...somethings had a big cock salmon I found the head pretty cleanly severed?!

2 Trout

Well it was Friday the 13th... and storm Abigail was blowing through... and I watched the gauge at Llandewi regularly ..water wasn't rising!
Inside I knew it was not the day to go but the Wish to Fish got the better of me! Ithon was 0.51 metres on the EA gauge and now I know that's too deep and too fast to wade..unless you are a giraffe!...........zero fish caught, seen or heard.

Challenging weather conditions....rained all day with strongish winds thankfully from the right direction. Fished from 10 till 3, firstly with nymphs but with no takes whatsoever.. changed to dry flies despite the rain and proceeded to take 7 voracious trout all on size 16 Adams Klinkhammer from 10-14". No sign of any grayling whatsoever despite all my efforts. I must have disturbed a massive tawny owl which flew from a hole in a tree surprisingly close to the water level.Only managed to fish two thirds of the beat.

7 Trout