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River crystal clear - lovely conditions. 2 x 9 - 11" grayling on nymph Frozen toes stopped play

2 Grayling

Reasonably promising conditions but no fish caught (or indeed detected). This despite trying all the likely swims with likely flies, likely swims with unlikely flies, unlikely swims with likely flies and finally... you get the picture. Still it beats working.

River low and very clear, didn’t see a fish. Not a bite

Fished GPAIAC today 11- 3.30 p.m. RIver 1.15m. Water 4 deg C and air warmer at 4-8 degrees than yesterday for sure. Very still as well and saw LDOs on the water from arrival until 2 p.m., plus I saw some midge but no sippers. Heard and saw a few rising fish close in the margins and foam lanes but concentrated on trotting maggots. Did, as usual, take the fly rod as well and, after trotting, chucked out a Universal Baetis Ducks Dun where I'd seen a fish rise about an hour or so earlier. Rose one but missed it - rusty! Good to see that "my old faithful UBDDl" still pulled up fish rising to LDOs again in 2019! Bring it on. Found a pod of beautiful decent-sized ladies with all fish 14 fish of 13-15", the latter weighing in at 1.5lb. Plus some OS trout - some wildies, others stockies. Got broken first cast by what I suspect was a salmon which appeared time and again for about an hour. Also spent some time fishing some pretty featureless water as well, with the expected results - "nothing ventured" etc etc! A lovely day. Have attached a pic of one of today's LDO s as a sign of things to come - I hope! Tight lines to all for 2019!

5 Trout, 14 Grayling

Trotting with maggot. Grayling generally 10-12” Chub 4lb 2oz

7 Grayling, 1 Chub

Lovely river conditions, this beat is so rewarding when you learn your spots. Fished a french leader style for the first time for about an hour and caught one small grayling, before switching to Czech style where I landed two more decent fish. One had a split fin, whilst the other had a healed gash in the body (they must have started rutting for the females, or an otter swung by and they narrowly escaped I guess). Fished for about 4 hours in total, and during the winter months you can't beat a pink wool tup bug on this beat. Hopefully will come back soon!

3 Grayling

A lovely day trotting maggot on the builth Wells club stretch . Took a while to get the Grayling feeding but soon started getting regular bites , all fish were a good size with the largest tipping the scales at 2lbs . A number of fish had wounds , possibly from the 3 goosanders who watched on for most of the day .
26 grayling 1 brown trout

26 Grayling, 1 Other

The day looked promising - overcast and occasional drizzle. The water looked promising - good flow but relatively clear. The equipment was good - we were experimenting with nymphing. Sadly the fish hadn't read the script! Two rods - 3 fish to one and one hooked and lost to the other. Challenging but none the less enjoyable.

3 Grayling

A very cold but beautiful day.The river was running at perfect height and crystal clear, a slight upstream wind and so perfect conditions. I caught fish right from the first cast trotting maggot, the biggest Grayling was 15' in perfect condition and very solid and substantial girth. I would say around 1 3/4 lb. also 3 out of season WBT .

17 Grayling, 3 Other