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Made welcome by house near sawmill and pointed in right direction . Quite tricky wading though very beautiful on this bright November day. Excellent lunch eagles pub in Rhayader and mesmerising visit to red kite feeding station.

What a perfect day: warm November sun and a river in prime condition. This is a great beat to trot a maggot down but I wouldn't fancy my chances with a fly rod! I caught all day and the fish were high quality all were over half a pound and two of the WBT were over 1.5lb. It was pretty easy going: I fished 3lb line straight through on a 10ft rod and centrepin : such a lovely way to fish. Thanks to The Foundation once again for a fabulous day. Not my last visit this winter I hope. All my fish bar two were caught upstream of the bridge.

11 Trout, 9 Grayling

A cold and frosty start with the sun appearing throughout the day. Fished duo during the morning resulting in 4 Grayling between 10 and 13 inches, all coming to # 16 nymphs fished close to the bottom and in the tail of the 2nd pool. Moved up to the big pool and struggled to find one 12” Trout to a nymph and one more small grayling to a # 16 Griffiths gnat at the tail of the pool. Notably a Gray Duster was capsized by a salmon which seemed to be holding station in shallow water and which appeared again later.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

Arrived at freezing river conditions, plus low clear water. But still managed 7 nice chub on bread.
To cold for barbel ! Very enjoyable.

7 Chub

6 x grayling 10-12 inches, 1 x out of season trout 10 inches, trotting. A few hours on a bright and frosty morning before going on to Swansea. The river at a good height and clarity, having been high yesterday, but fishing a little slow.

6 Grayling

Tricky day, everything felt just right but I struggled to find the fish. Fantastic beat.

5 Grayling

2 Trout

The river is still low but clear. Despite the persistent rain it fished pretty well. There were a lot of tiny grayling willing to take a fly and a few of their bigger brothers, including a double header. Successful flies were a gold bead ptn and a shrimp pattern.

1 Trout, 17 Grayling

All the fish to CG in the lower wooded area, CS tried 3 pegs in the upper length without any fish to show for his efforts.

4 Barbel, 3 Chub