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First visit to Ty-Newydd, booked by a friend. A great day out in a stunning location. Water was clear with a bit of everything. Took a couple of small grayling on a weighted GRHE in the fast water before hooking a small brown 6-8 inches. Worked our way up the beat in the afternoon again picking up several grayling. My companion for the day hooked into a couple of larger fish around 1.5lbs but didn't quite manage to land!
Had an interesting liaison with an otter around 3pm, within 10ft of my rod tip.
One small issue on otherwise a good day was a young man encouraging his two dogs into a pool by throwing sticks and lumps of drift wood (dogs barking constantly) fished the pool later without a touch.
All fish returned.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

11 pound cock fish caught on gold headed black 1/2 inch tube fly from Bachawy pool at 11am Saturday morning on a floating line with float tip. River low and clear with no fish seen rising. Was grateful for a lucky cast, fish safely returned. Dry and bright, 11 inches on the Llanstephen gauge.

1 Salmon

Fished from 8-11am.
Last day of fishing as part of a two week break. The advice from the Foundation and the waters they have secured were exactly what I had hoped for. Thank you.
Even though the numbers to net or hand were lower than I would have expected this was a very enjoyable few hours fly fishing. Covering most of the beats faster water with double nymph, size 12 and 14 barbless. PTN on point, PTN spider on dropper. All returned.
For the first hour I bumped or lost 8 fish and only managed one to hand. A change of fly solved the problem and from here hook ups were more positive. The average size of trout was better than my last visit here but nothing over 10 inches. Fish of the day was a 14 inch grayling which put up a fantastic fight, taken from a boulder strewn glide in the middle of the beat. I rarely take a photo, this was only the second photo in two weeks, but this lady was very deserving.
I did notice that on this day each of the grayling had lice attached. No more than a couple per fish. I have read about it but it's the first time I have seen it myself.

6 Trout, 6 Grayling

5 small brown trout, all caught by my brother, biggest 0.5lb.

5 Trout

Fished from 8am to 12pm.
The river had cleared after carrying some colour a few days prior and there was a stiff breeze but conditions looked good.
Being the first time I had fished this section I searched just about every water type. But in the end all the trout were taken from creases or pocket water and all the grayling came from evenly paced water just after the mouths of pools.
Trout fell to either a red-tag or PTN, grayling to either the PTN or GRHE.
The trout were all of the smaller size, 6-8 inches, the best grayling a slim 12 inches.
A nice diverse bit of water. I shall be back now I know what to expect.

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

River quite high but clear and conditions good. Took several small fish on heavy nymphs in a couple of locations but otherwise little sign of activity. Only one fish required the use of the net.

8 Trout, 2 Grayling

River falling and very clear. 10lb salmon caught in the morning in Gravelly Pool, fished from left bank on Ty Newydd beat. Caught on 1/2 inch tube fly (monkey fly), black & yellow on an intermediate tip. Conditions perfect. Saw one other salmon & had a few plucks at the fly. Also had a fish on briefly at Top Planks on right bank in afternoon. A great day's fishing.

1 Salmon

River was at 1'6" on gauge when I arrived at 10:30am and it was running clear. Had about 20 minutes fishing before the heavy showers arrived and decided to sit in the car until they cleared, which they did but by then the river was running chocolate brown so that was that for the day.

3 x 8 inches.

3 Trout

Booked for my friends, a difficult day with few fish showing in the usually spots.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling