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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

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

1 Grayling

2 Grayling