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One Rainbow Trout 1lb 7 ozs caught on worm.

Once again a real pleasure to fish this beat. Weather was overcast with some wind. Catch returns as follows - Ian Mellings, 6 Grayling and one Trout, all on dry fly. Tom Hitchman, 7 Grayling and 5 Trout, all on dry fly.

Fished here the previous Saturday (02/10), and forgot to send in the catch returns which are as follows. Ian Mellings, 2 Grayling, both on dry fly. Tom Hitchman, 3 Grayling and 2 Trout, all on dry fly.

Excellent service from WUF as always.

No catches. Saw coloured Salmon jump (+7 lbs) on run below Salmon pool corner. River looked at a decent height and clarity. Overall a very enjoyable days fishing.

Enjoyable day exploring the Carodoc beat. Water around 2ft over summer levels and dropping through the day. Plenty of features on this water though some swims snaggy. Long day of zealous work to find the fish. Between us we had 11 barbel, 7lbs - 8.25lbs, most in pristine condition + three chub. One barbel looked like it had been gored by cormorant or heron. All mouths in good condition (praise to those who use barbless hooks/tether free rigs). All caught on 12mm pellet. No problem driving along the bank as relatively dry track.

First time on this beat. Water very high, coloured and going at a pace. We walked the beat looking for a gentle slope to the water as my 10 year old grandsom was with me. We found a spot but with a very slippery slope. Callum went for long trotting using maggotts and corn catching several dace. He then took over my ledger with peperomi and a bait feeder. We had some chub but small up to 2lbs.

About 30 minutes to darkness I took some equipment to the car and on my return Callum had landed a 6lb 11oz barbel, half a pound short of his best. This time on the hair rig he had a halibut pellet, slice of pererami and a piece of luncheon meat; by the way we had tuner mixed in with the hemp and corn feeder bait.

Not an easy day but good sport. In the darkness I dropped two rod tips at the White Cottage gate where you park. If anyone finds these please advise the Foundation.

An enjoyable afternoon and my first time on the Irfon. 6 Grayling (largest 1lb) and one out of season BT. Mostly caught Czech Nymphing. Great stretch of water with miles to go at. Wading is pretty tricky!

River dropping off after weekend prior. Picked swim which appeared productive for barbel. Alternated between feeder for barbel and float for dace etc. But after several hours only dace caught. Mid afternoon the Baliff (Adam) stopped by for a chat. Changed swim on his advice and subsequently, thanks to this, caught 3 barbel (8 3/4, 9, and 5 lb) on pellet and straight lead before poor light stopped play. Once again thanks for your advice. P.S. saw 3 salmon moving during course of the day.

Nil Return.

Despite attempts to catch only grayling, I succeeded in just hooking up with trout. A very pleasnt day non the less and yet again this beat showed it's best.

Have to say that after the middle Wye (good as it was) that this beat really was the business for me as I like to long trot (legering for Barbel is OK but...). The Grayling were very obliging I took well over 30, majority 10" fish with the odd bigger fish. Inevitably I bumped off bigger fish. Jeff fished further upstream (I braved the cows and the bull) and took a chub then later on joined me and had a few Grayling. If the rain had stayed away I would have brought out the fly rod (got a bit obsessed with trotting). Definitely be back a brlliant beat.