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Overcast, little windy at times. Started near the crumbling stones and worked my way up the the river entrance and to other side... didn’t see any fish rising. Very muddy up the river entrance and shallow.

Unfortunately no fish or pulls . Tried naturals, nymphs, small black flies etc

I opted for the Irfon today knowing there would be more water than on the smaller streams. I have had very mixed results on this beat over the years, it’s not an easy stretch to fish and usually Aberbwtran Pool has produced the best results ..but not today. I started at 8.30 at the big pool knowing I could return to it at the end of the session but nothing doing at all, moved to the other end of the beat and slowly worked every gutter with nymphs on the bottom and was about to give up when I found a pod of fish. Took six , 15”, two 14 ½”, 13”, two 11+” from the same short swim. Heavy strong fish which fought like crazy and kept taking the nymph despite their comrades having thrashed around next to them! Finally a really big specimen broke a 5x leader taking the indicator and #16 gold bead hares ear with it, I watched it swim off and felt bad hoping it would survive. All went quiet everywhere and I left at 2.

6 Grayling

Caught a trout of about 10 inches on an olive CDC emerger, safely returned. River conditions good and a modest hatch.

1 Trout

Half a dozen barbel were on the small side but still great fun. Mostly on pellet. 2 eels

14 Barbel, 8 Chub, 2 Other

4 Trout

Fished for hours again not one single bite... Many people moaning.... Clearly aint stocking and if they are 10 fish at time.....total waste money and time....quick enough checking if we paid. Piss take.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 chub best 5lb the two other were eels,nice to see that the owner has erected posts with ropes attached will be a definite help in the winter.

3 Chub, 2 Other

2lb eel

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

River low. Fished same beat similar time last year and The winter has seen a number of trees down in the river and associated land slides, not an issue generally though. Has resulted in quite bad silting and a fair amount of blanket weed but the trout and a few salmon parr were still playing. Trout to 11” on a mixture of beaded jigs, March brown nymphs and CDC and Elk dries.
Great stretch but needs a good flush through.

12 Trout, 2 Other