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Six Brown Trout in total, 1lb - 1lb 12oz each. Good condition and all released for another day.

2 fish - F Fly
2 fish - Klinkhammer
2 fish - G&H Sedge

4 good trout to 10 inches on the Cammarch all at the lower end near the railway bridge all on the nymph.
1 trout (small) although it was a fantastic days fishing with fish rising all over and slashing at the fly. Penpont is a lovely bit of river with beautiful surroundings.

We had a lovely day no fish caught, no fish seen and water level just under 2ft on marker board river looked very fishable.

Water high (but falling) and the colour of weak tea (but clearing), conditions which sometimes give a red letter day on the Irfon. Old-fashioned fishing with traditional grayling flies: Red Tag, Treacle Parkin and Grayling Steel Blue, that is to say two flame tailed fancy flies and an olive imitation, first fished wet as a team, and then dry individually when the sun came out after lunch. Grayling Steel Blue on the top dropper scored best wet; Red Tag was the most acceptable dry.

33 x trout, best two fish (both hens) 17 inch and 18 inch. 18 x grayling, best fish (cock) 17 inches, but a number of others around the 15 and 16 inch mark. Why can't it always be like this, I wondered? I didn't even mind discovering that my waders were leaking.

Two rods.... 1st day unfishable. 2nd day river level down. We had 11 barbel from 4.8 to 9.15 and one chub all on pellet. lost 4.

4 Trout caught from about 6" to 9" all returned safely.
3 to klinghammer one to hares ear nymph. Lovely day out. Saw kingfisher, dippers and mink (watched me from about ten foot away) A couple of significant log jams starting up.

Ia Mellings

Good days fishing in great location, accurate directions and beat description. Will fish this beat again. Catch returns as follows.

2 x Brown trout, 2 x 10".
2 x Grayling, 1 x 11", 1 x 13".

All fish in excellent condition and returned to water.

Many thanks to Allyson for sorting out the beat map problem.

Fished from 2-6pm Monday 7th September 2009. A sunny/cloudy afternoon with the occasional strong downstream breeze. (Made casting a challenge) Not much fly life about and rising fish hard to find. Some small fish rising odd times which I suspect were small grayling Found a few fish rising mid-afternoon about half way along the beat. Hooked and lost a couple on drys and landed and released one nice brown trout about 12-14 inches on an Adams after witnessing it chase/rise to a thistle seed.

My wife and I rounded the day off with a pint, a lovely meal and a nights accomodation at The Bell at Skenfrith. What more could I ask for. Excellent!

A pleasure just being there, but catching 3 barbel to 7lb (and losing 1) and 9 good chub to 4lb+ made it all the more enjoyable. I shall return....

4lb Grilse taken on an Black/silver Rapala. fish was slightly colored and was returned safely to the water.