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Fished from about 10:30 to 16:00 when dusk arrived early on a dull, cold day. The conditions did not seem to affect the fish and the two of us finished with a total of 18 grayling to 18", averaging about 12", and four out of season brown trout.
Trotting maggot towards the top of the beat.

River up around 2 feet with nice colour, plenty of weed and debris coming through. 5 Chub between 4 & 5lb and 3 Barbel of 5.14, 7.08 & 8.10 most fell to pellet with biggest Barbel taking large bunch of Maggots. Entrance to field and parking area getting rather boggy at time of visit.

Went looking for Grayling and just kept on catching trout!
Six in total between 10 and 12" all returned safely..... lost a much larger one from a narrow gutter.
A wading tip for newcomers to the beat...the last pool on the beat is long and deep and about halfway up on the right side looking upstream is a largish submerged rock which is v.easy to trip over!!

What a fantastic day!!
My first time on the Irfon and it's a stunning stretch of river. The day was made even better when I managed to hook and land my first grayling after several unsuccessful trips in search of this beautiful, hard fighting fish. This fish was about a pound and a half in weight and was the first of three. The other two were around the half pound to a pound mark. A small wbt of about 10" was also landed and a much larger fish lost as it somersaulted through the air. All fish were taken on Czech nymphs.
A fantastic experience made even better as the wife also landed her first grayling.
Many many thanks to Seth who's advice proved to be invaluable.

10 fish - 2 os browns. 8 grayling 1 @ 46cm 2 @44cm. All returned.

Decided to take a chance on the river being fishable following the recent heavy rain. On arrival the river was carrying a lot of water and a bit coloured. Gave it a go and headed to the bottom of the beat. Nymphs were the order of the day and 4 hours later I packed up having caught 10 fish (ten more than I expected to catch given the conditions!) 2 Browns and 8 grayling. One was a fish of 46cm followed by two at 44cm the rest a mix of sizes. Headed home to a roast chicken dinner with a bit of a smile on my face having enjoyed a nice mornings fishing,
all fish were returned safely.

Lovely day with the river only about a foot above normal and slightly coloured. River temp 10 deg C same as the air temp as I started. This is a cracking beat but the fish were difficult to find. In the end managed 3 grayling all about 12 " and one oos trout about same size. Fished Czech nymph hard all day and lost quite a few heavy point flies on the bottom. Nevertheless enjoyed the day.
Saw several dragonflies (in November!) and some pesky comorants which I shall put on the cormorant watch website.

I took the advice from Mr.Fisher and fished the Rope Pool. The river was tanking through, and the colour of soup, but the steps swim offered a nice cast to the edge of the flow. I caught 4 barbel, biggest 6lb 2oz.

Healthier water levels at last for the Arrow but still running coloured on Sunday. However it was a beautiful sunny warm day so I fished for a few hours in the afternoon with nymphs taking two out of season small WBT. I couldn't find a Grayling in the deeper water but eventually caught a tiddler experimenting with spiders in shallow fast water. Despite my failings the beat looks very promising and should be perfect when the water clears this week (I also note someone did much better than me yesterday upstream at the Court of Noke).

5 barbel up to 6lb one from the top end of the beat five from the tree line no fish from the lower end. All fish caught on pellet. Fishing was limited due to match on opposite bank.