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As per the previous day, caught a few chub on pellet, barbel were not in evidence. River still pushing through strongly and fishing very tough. Will try again when river has calmed down a bit.

Caught a few chub on pellet, barbel not showing but conditions were difficult since this river had burst its banks the previous week, and although down was still high and pushing through a bit too hard. This stretch I think favours lower water conditions.

2 grayling, one around 2lbs the other around 1lb - lost a few smaller fish under the rod tip. Half a dozen out of season brown trout with one an absolute whopper that would have pushed the 3lb mark in season for sure. Nothing rising all day, although very mild. A privilege to now trot this stream with maggots - there should be some very special fish caught on the right day. River was up around 40cm and had a tinge of colour - we would have prefered if about 10cm lower as it was just a bit 'boily' in places. All fish fell to red maggot as the 'target' grub amongst loosely fed whites.
Cracking day out in cracking company. Just what Wednesdays should be about! Thanks WUF.

One small WBT and a couple of very violent pulls was the sum total for the day. The river was still running very coloured and too fast to present a fly properly. I had a great time on a beat which looks full of potential given better conditions. Will try it again before deciding whether it lives up to the cost of fishing it. Action for the day was on a pink shrimp as I think it was probably the only fly that was visible in the murk!

A 5lb barbel within a minute of casting meant I could relax on a mild mid winter day. THe river was still running strongly so the rest of the day was relatively quiet. My companion and I had three barbel and two chub from the top of the stretch which seemed like a good result for the time of year.

A frustrating day! A serious case of 'rubber hooks' saw me lose no less than six good grayling on upstream nymph tactics. Took two decent grayling, five 'graylets' and one small WBT. Conditions & level were ideal but just didn't really 'get amongst them' today. Drowned my mobile phone to cap it off too! At least the location & wildlife made up for it. Many thanks WUF.

Washed off last week so it was great to be back on the Irfon on a perfect day. Cloudy for most of the day with little wind and a bit of sunshine first thing.
First time here for RM who struggled a bit to score 3 grayling up to about 1.5lb. TH had a good day with 28 grayling up to about 1.5 lb, 9 oos trout and 3 salmon parr.
Most of the grayling from the bend upstream from the chapel in fast water about 18" deep. Had to move away from the water behind the chapel as all we got there was trout and parr. Quite a difficult venue for a first timer lessons have been learned. All fish caught using long trotted red maggot.

27 x grayling 8-17 inches, 11 x out of season trout 7-10 inches, long trotting with a centre pin. How good it is to get out on the river again after a month of floods and indoor frustration! The Irfon had come down to a very nice height; plenty of water still pushing through but very little colour. A warm, grey day with just a little drizzle, but nothing to affect the river. More pesky trout about than usual at this time of the year (and no visible signs of spawning about them), but the grayling were mostly good ones with two fish at 17 inches and quite a few in the 15-16 inch range. The Wye is still high.

8 chub, 2 barbel, 1 pike. Meat and cheese paste.

Great days fishing, plenty of grayling to 2lb, lots of small trout plus one chub of 4.2lb, all taken on the pin.
Many thanks to all.