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19 x grayling 6-16 inches, 10 x out of season trout 7-14 inches, trotting. This beat has been fished fairly hard over the weekend, but I had a wash-off in the bank so I thought I would give it a go. 18 inches on the gauge. Cold showers to begin; sunny later. A salmon kelt was wallowing and dying in the shallows with the characteristic white fungus. Eventually I cut the session short after lunch due to post-spawning trout which seemed to be all over the place.

19 Grayling

Fished with Roger Smith of Malvern. Had a slow morning but got into the Grayling after lunch and had over 60 fish between us on maggot from Stone Catch. Biggest Grayling 16". River very low and clear. Cold day with blue skies and very light breeze. Work on access point much appreciated.

10 Trout, 60 Grayling

I chose a guided day as I had not fished this area before and I wanted to see how the experts went about it. The river was clear and not too high. After an hour trotting with maggots we hadn't found the fish, so moved downstream where we found them. Caught a few grayling with trotting tackle, then switched to weighted flies on a short line which produced a couple of takes but none in the net. Oliver introduced me to a Tenkara rod, and this with an indicator and single maggot proved most effective. The grayling were from 6-15 inches and in fine condition, also one oos wbt. Thanks to Oliver Burch and WUF for a great day on this lovely beat.

27 Grayling

River clear but flowing strongly when we arrived about 09:30am. Temp below freezing. The ice in the margins didn't melt all day and it was still below freezing when we called it a day when the sun dipped below the hills. The grayling are there as other catch reports confirm but we were not minded to risk kamikaze wading to get into a position to fish the deeper holes where we suspect they lay. Two rises seen in the midday burst of sunshine but we mainly stuck to deep nymphs with little success. One oos brownie obliged and a shoal of grayling rewarded with three hook ups but only one to hand. On the margins temperature wise for us older chaps to be deep wading. time to invest in a trotting rod!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Two of us worked very hard from about 10am for 4 small grayling and a wee brownie. No obvious explanation for this meagre return given C K's impressive 22 grayling on Saturday. All fish took a red tag during a 1 hour period after lunch.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

A good day’s fishing, my first time on this beat. Water looked fairly low and clear. Didn’t start fishing until 11.30am but caught from the off. Grayling mostly around 9 inches, with the biggest at 11 inches and a few 5 inch juveniles. Also caught a couple of OOS brownies of 8 and 9 inches. Used a French leader tipped with two tungsten beaded nymphs. Czech nymphs and PTNs with copper, gold and white beads all scored. The catch rate tapered off after the first hour, it was then necessary to move around and pick off fish here and there. Didn’t have time to fully explore the beat so a good justification to return again.

2 Trout, 22 Grayling

River at just under two feet on the Llanstephan gauge, weather dull, about 12 deg. Five grayling on weighted nymphs.

5 Grayling

The water at Abernant was high and fast moving (3') but it was clear enough. The level fell during the day, and visibility continued to improve.
Graying up to 16" were caught, most were under 12", and mainly caught long trotting with maggot, although nymphs were used for a couple.One 15" and several small, out of season trout were also caught.
We were guided by Oliver Burch, whose knowledge and expertise made our day well worth while in tricky conditions.

11 Grayling

A cloudy, wind-free day. No insects and just a few solitary rises - took a fly rod but barely worth a cast. So spent the day, as planned, trotting for the first time for over fifteen years. Was reminded from start to finish that managing a centre-pin reel is a lot more difficult that I had remembered! Found grayling though, from a few 6 inch graylets to several very fit 14-15 inch adults; most fish, as has been the case throughout the season on the upper river, were 8-11". Also six OOS trout of 6-10 inches. Left wondering why it had taken me so long to get back to fishing with other than fly rods.

6 Trout, 20 Grayling

29 x grayling 9-16 inches, 16 x out of season trout 7-15 inches, trotting. A warmer day, ending in wind and rain. River still really in flood at 2 foot 3 inches with a big current, but going down and reasonably clear. Fished some quiet water in the edge off the main flow and some quite nice grayling of 15 and 16 inches were prepared to co-operate - when unwanted trout, still very much to the fore, were not pushing in ahead of them. A few large dark olives hatched, but nothing rose. Salmon showing at dusk.

29 Grayling