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First time grayling fishing. Had a good description of the waters and pools etc from Mr Picton near the house where you park. Cold day, didn't rise much above 1 degree, ice on some of the flat waters. Waters although not in flood, were running fast and I would advise a wading staff as the current can be rather nerve racking at times.

Caught 4 Grayling, 2 around 3/4lb mark and 2 around 1.5lb, all caught on size 16 pink shrimp. All caught in a pool close to the far bank upstream on the islands within about 1 hour. Other than that very difficult to see where the fish may be lying.

I know it's towards the end of the Grayling season now, but it's given me a taster for it and I shall definitely be back to the Irfon for the trout and Oct/Nov for the grayling. A great day out in beautiful surroundings.

A bitterly cold day with ice in the rod rings causing problems most of the session. It had been -8 degrees overnight. River up somewhat, pushing through and with a little more colour than we would have liked. Difficult to locate the fish but we managed about 35 grayling between us up to about 1lb 12oz.

34 x grayling 11-18 inches, long trotting with centre pin. Raw weather with snow on the hills and the odd flake falling, but the river was in nice condition and almost too clear. Proper cold grayling conditions, in fact, with the fish packed in tightly together, but it was just warm enough to trot properly. There is the world of difference between plus one degree, when the tackle works as it is designed to do, and minus one degree, when the rod locks up with ice. Lovely fish on the Irfon today, most of them over 15 inches, plenty at 16 inches, several at 17 inches, one at 18 inches. A very nice day's sport, but it was good to get back to the car and hot coffee.

No Grayling caught on a bitterly cold and wet 3 hour afternoon session, but 3 x WBT and 1 salmon parr caught on trotted maggot. River was clear, but rising slightly.
Didn't really have time to search out the Grayling and a longer session would have done more justice to the beat.

A better day at Cefnllysgwynne. Levels were good, and grayling showed around the warmer hours of the day from a number of locations. Between the three anglers, four grayling and one trout were landed, with another four missed.

Quite a tough day with blustery downstream winds making any method other than short-line nymphing a no-go. Worked the water fairly hard throughout the day and only managed to connect with one fish. Still, there's always next time!

A bit blustery but by no means unpleasant. Alas no fish moving that I could detect and so a blank day. For the record I used a weighted nymph but no takes. Nice river with easy access. I will try again soon.

A pretty damp and dreary day on the Irfon, and the fishing was hard going, picking off odd fish here and there, in what was a very good river level. I tried all morning with the fly rod with various bugs to no avail. Fish were starting to show on the surface so I changed to dry fly, had a couple of near misses and that was that, lunch. Then joined Rudi with the trotting rod which was a good move. The day's total 22 Grayling, 2 OSBT, 2 Chublets, and for myself, in total disbelief, a whopper of a rainbow @ 22" approx three and a half pounds which I first thought was a salmon. After a long fight all over the river it finally came to the net and it didn't fit very well in the bow net. The fish was in superb condition, thick set and beautiful fin's. After a little chat with the wuf team, it is apparently an escapee from nearby ponds. Another good day.

A great but chilly day at Cefnllysgwynne, with 13 fish to the net(consisting of ten grayling and three trout) and with a couple of missed takes. Ten of these fish fell to nymphs, with two even opting to rise for a dry. Fantastic!
Mostly all small fish pushing the 11" barrier but with one grayling weighing in at just under 1.5lb.

A cold day with a mixture of cloud and winter sunshine. Water levels well down and very little colour. Approx 10 grayling and 1 brownie all caught czech nymphing. Half the fish were graylets but the other half all just over the pound mark. Caught fish from 3 areas. Bend just above the church, deeper pool just above weir and the pool a little further upstream just above the rapids.