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Overnight rain but water fairly steady at 9" on Rhayader gauge. Both grayling and trout to 14". Little rising though pale wateries hatching and a few stone flies and sedge about. Few trout on dry Elk hair sedge fished blind. Grayling and other trout on nymph. Beautiful water, slippery bed rock.

9 Trout, 3 Grayling

Water low and clear, missed a few takes to a small grey fly.

Fish hard to come by. Water felt quite cold and peaty as it has been all summer. First time for a long time I have been cold fishing. Intermittent rises but nothing steady, few flies hatching throughout day. Managed 3 grayling and 1 trout at approx 10" - rest all small up to 6". Caught mainly on GSB, one was on a small unweighted ptn and one on a klink when fishing duo. Best fish came from Abernant Stream. Even waded out in Stone Catch but nothing.
Tried dry fly, duo and heavy bugs in head of the Catch.
Packed up when the British Army turned up en masse for a full battledress and equipment crossing of Lady Alexander's Catch. It also explained why field was trampled at 9am when I arrived and fishing has been so poor in the whole of the Catch - they had done one exercise there early morning already!

5 Trout, 6 Grayling

1 Trout

Fifteen trout caught on dry fly all caught after lunch when I had already been fishing for 2 or 3 hours. So, I was starting to get a bit twitchy, but thankfully had an action packed afternoon. Most successful fly was a rusty klinkhammer with bright green body and a CDC post. One notable fish at a fat 12" was probably the biggest fish I've had from Edw this year. New parking space put an extra 1/4 mile on the walk back to the car.

15 Trout

Two grayling taken on a wet fly and safely returned. Hard going though on a beautiful beat, with few rises.

2 Grayling

River in bad condition, low and clear. Dad had 5 barbel, I had 1 and lost 1, all after dark nothing in daytime. Last year I had 11 barbel so very disappointed with this trip.

6 Barbel

Another beautiful stretch. River low but found good swims below the wood. Fish caught on pellet, barbel to 8lb and chub to 3lb.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

The sudden change in the weather did not bring the fish on I'm afraid.

40 Trout, 7 Grayling

No salmon caught.