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Pike fished the stretch with dead baits. River fairly low and very clear. Otherwise conditions overcast and not too cold. No one had a bite!

River very low and clear. Still managed to catch 8 graying with 6 decent ones. Packed in at 3ish, leak in the waders made up my mind to finish early.

8 Grayling

Tried a variety of methods. No fish caught which is very unusual. River was very clear.

A good day if not a little cold but a couple of pike caught to 14.08. first thing and during the last hour.

2 Pike

Decided to see how arctic the grayling were feeling today, after two consecutive nights of minus 8 and one of minus 2! Arrived at 11.30 a.m. with the air having risen to zero degrees (which got as high a two later on), ice in the margins and the water temperature <1 degree all day. No sun but kept warm with the neoprene's first trip out this year. A lovely day for trotting the centre pin with no wind at all. The grayling duly obliged with fish from the off, until exceedingly cold feet drove me from the river four hours later, with another 15" fish on the dangle from what proved to be the last run of the day. Found fish in the creases and also still in quite shallow water. Fish from 10-15 inches, around the 1.5 pound mark. The trout were at it as well and two fat 3.5 - 4 pound chub also found the red and white maggot combo enticing. All in all a very rewarding day. Who says mega drops in temperature put fish off the feed??!! Me, but what do I know?

8 Trout, 21 Grayling, 2 Chub

Fished with DM from Swansea. Water below normal and clear. Overcast and a balmy 5 deg C on arrival and it didn't get any warmer. Snow on hills and ice in the margins. Both of us trotting and trying not to wade much as the water was painfully cold. Total catch about 40 grayling mostly around half a pound, and mostly caught by DM, but a couple of larger fish to ~1.5lbs. A few large out-of-season trout as well to about 3lbs; superb fish. Had to hunt to find the grayling.

3 Trout, 40 Grayling

River had finded down to just above normal level and was surprisingly clear. This was our first visit to Sugwas Court, what a lovely stretch with some very interesting features. What we hadn't reckoned on was the treacherous nature of the banks after the previous weeks floods.
Rolling meat under near bank fallen trees produced a Chub of 4-5lb with two other similar lost. Great day was had, thanks.

1 Chub

After the previous weeks flood levels the river was gin clear and had finded down to just above normal. One thing we had not bargained for was the treacherous nature of much of the bank was left after flooding. We did however have a great day although only one Chub of 4 - 1/2lb was caught, this was on rolling meat close to a fallen tree. A wonderful beat, will re-book next season.

1 Chub

A very cold day, with frost still on the ground, but overcast and not clear like the last few previous days. The river was higher than I had seen it back at the end of September, but still not massively high (plenty of evidence of high floods a couple of weeks ago). It had a good strong and fast flow in places and was pretty much crystal clear.
Not much fish action, didn't see any but did hook one but it shook free before I could land it (on tungsten nymph, with Klinkhammer indicator). In retrospect I think I should have been fishing a bit deeper on the dropper. A enjoyable day none the less.

Visiting angler Alan Clerk fished most of the beats with sprats sink and draw to take 4 pike 8- 16 lb. Much larger fish seen turning away from the baits. Water temperature and height rising slightly throughout the day.

4 Pike