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Day 2 of 4. Similar conditions. 3 more Barbel from the top crib and numerous Chub caught towards the end of the Meadow in a freshly cut swim.

3 Barbel, 12 Chub

River to low

2 Chub

Nothing happening at all.

1 Chub

5 Barbel, 4 Chub

Lovely day on the river but nothing seen or touched, sadly.

12 x grayling 8-16 inches, mostly in the 12-14 inch range, 1 x trout 8 inches. Very low and clear today with bright sun. Persuaded a few grayling to rise by ringing the changes with old fashioned dry flies, size 18 on a long leader and 6X tippet; Grey Duster, Grayling Steel Blue, Sturdy's Fancy, Grayling Witch,

1 Trout, 12 Grayling

Tough fishing, river still low and bright sun all day. 4 brown Trout netted, 2 came up to a dry and 2 on a nymph long leader.

4 Trout

River low but fishable. Several takes of nymph but only one fish caught c8 inches

1 Trout

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Following yesterday's trip to Ty Newydd, I decided to visit the GPAIAC waters at Builth. Fished on what was a mainly sunny but quite windy day (downstream thankfully) from 10.30 until 5 pm. Water still 15 degrees and, with 1.04m on the Builth guage, plenty of water to go for. Unlike yesterday, there was a bit more fly and a few more more rising fish throughout the day with one major, though quite brief, rise halfway through the afternoon when the water was alive with fish - no fly coming off though. Apart from a couple of fish taken early on whilst Czech nymphing, all of the other fish were taken on a small size 20 pale HE emerger. Though some of the fish caught were risers, as yesterday the majority were fish which weren't and they simple came up and sucked it in! Whilst maybe a little over half of the fish caught were in the 8-10 inch year-class, today's catch featured fish of 11, 12, 13 and 14 inches, as per the attached photo. The only bad news on the day was the sight of two cormorants. A wonderful day's fishing for sure.

4 Trout, 26 Grayling