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Interesting water, apart from a little bit of action between 11 and 12,30 it was quite quiet. Lots of good spots though in a very beautiful part of the world. We will be back. 3 fish caught on tiny klinkhammers and 2 to small nymph.

5 Trout

All caught on nymphs.

7 Trout

Nice sunny day with water clear and low but no fish showing.

Took a risk on the river level, which was high and coming through fast, not overly coloured but difficult fishing all the same. Tried hard to find the shoaled up grayling with limited success. Only took 2 fish around the 8-10 mark on deep fished nymphs.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very cold, tried a few likely spots but the grayling seem to be shoaled up somewhere else. Nothing caught.

Grayling caught on pink shrimp and trout on czech nymph. Both approximately 1lb. Czech nymph method used. River a good height and crystal clear!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Didn't really do it justice, after a heavy night got there late in the day but wanted to try a new roll casting line, so had a flick about for an hour or so. It's a lovely stretch which I will be returning to soon.

2 Grayling

A cracking day on this lovely beat. Weather conditions were near perfect - 20 degrees with a slight breeze. Water was gin clear again and cool.
There was rather little fly activity, except for lots of very small aphid like insects, their bodies were 2-3mm with clear wings. It would be great if the W&UF could let one know what they are called? They fish were rising to them in a frenzy all morning, sipping them from the top, which I think were mostly Grayling.
This was a real lesson in matching the hatch, as I must have tried every dry fly in my box without success! I persuaded a lovely Grayling of 10" to fall for a size 18 olive F-fly. The lesson learnt was the more about the size & silhouette than the colour of the fly. In the afternoon, I managed to tempt several more Grayling between 10-13" on a grey Duster & Klinkhamer, all size 18's.
Gofynne is a fantastic beat, with a great variety of dry fly flats, deep pools and runs. I would definitely fish this stretch of water again.
WUF Note: An angler fishing the beat above (Cefnllysgwynne) on the same day reported aphids on the water too.

5 Grayling

A fantastic beat with a variety of dry fly flats, riffles and deep pools. Weather was rather windy and mild, around 18 degrees. The water was gin clear and cold. There was limited fly activity, mainly small to medium olives and the odd small brown caddis. Landed and released 2 beautiful wild brownies of 10" and one grayling of 11". All fell to an olive emerger, size 16.
Have booked the same beat again later in the week. Spending a few days fishing this beautiful part of Wales. Staying at a lovely B&B in Llantrywd Wells, www.cerdynvilla.com, highly recommended.
Looking forward to week ahead!

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Salmon parr only.