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Very low and extremely clear. Nice looking water, but no signs of life.

1 Trout, 4 Chub

A bitterly cold day and wading more than thigh deep for fifteen minutes at a time was more than enough.
Most of the session was spent guiding my young nephew, a newcomer to river fly fishing. He did get his first grayling though, a nice fish of 1lb or so on a cased caddis. We did hook half a dozen other fish, most of which failed to reach the net.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Awesome stretch of river! Took one 10" ish grayling on a ptn early morning, then a blank for the rest of the day. Had a great time exploring all the pools, will be back in the summer!

1 Grayling

13 x grayling 15 - 18 inches, trotting. A remarkable bag of grayling including a large number of 17 inch fish. But, as noted elsewhere on the Irfon this year, where are the shotts? No sign of small or medium sized grayling at all. Water at 0.55 and clear as gin. A most enjoyable day if very cold.

13 Grayling

The off-season trout took a goldhead pink shrimp. Two grayling a general nymph pattern, with tunsten bead, orange hotspot and blue straggle string highlights.
Lots of colour/ flash was working but elsewhere on the beat fish were taking more traditional hare's ear patterns.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Just one small grayling caught trotting.

1 Grayling

1 Trout, 4 Chub

Day was aborted after an hour when mate found a drop-off in the river and took a dive, head first into the chilly Monnow.
Once he changed into my emergency bag of dry clothes it was decided to head home, as he was quivering more than Shakin' Stevens. Merry Christmas Everyone.