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Lovely setting, no fish caught, no fish seen.

A pretty damp and dreary day on the Irfon, and the fishing was hard going, picking off odd fish here and there, in what was a very good river level. I tried all morning with the fly rod with various bugs to no avail. Fish were starting to show on the surface so I changed to dry fly, had a couple of near misses and that was that, lunch. Then joined Rudi with the trotting rod which was a good move. The day's total 22 Grayling, 2 OSBT, 2 Chublets, and for myself, in total disbelief, a whopper of a rainbow @ 22" approx three and a half pounds which I first thought was a salmon. After a long fight all over the river it finally came to the net and it didn't fit very well in the bow net. The fish was in superb condition, thick set and beautiful fin's. After a little chat with the wuf team, it is apparently an escapee from nearby ponds. Another good day.

Sorry, didn't manage to fish on the day, work called so no fish to report.

1 pike around 9lbs on sardine. Not a touch for the rest of the day.

Weather great for fishing on a beautful river. No grayling caught, had a lovely picnic on the river bank.

29 x grayling 10-15 inches, 4 x out of season trout 10-13 inches, trotting with centrepin and Avon float. Rod icing until midday and it wasn't all that much warmer during the afternoon. It's a moot point what to do about rod ring icing. If the river itself isn't too cold, as today, it's usually possible to immerse the rod tip to melt the ice, then give the rod a tap and a shake to get the water off as the float goes on its way. If the river temperature goes right down to 4 degrees or so (remember last year), then nothing works except manual deicing. This time, the OOS trout all looked like post-spawners, which is as it should be. The grayling today were mostly junior class fish of 12-13 inches. One really nice one one hooked just before dusk took 5 minutes to play up against the current, then shed the hook at the last moment as I got ready with the net. Ah well....

Had a lovely day on the river, very cold day but deadbaits produced a few nice pike to mid doubles, wonderful surroundings and a really nice peaceful day on the river, thanks.

2 x Grayling, 1 - 1.5 lbs.

Blank day unfortunately, but good access to water and an enjoyable day - will be back!

10lb pike caught on a dead pollan.