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Very misty murky day, air like pea soup. River still a tad high. A few grayling about to around 14oz but hard work for them. Plenty of salmon in evidence, hooked 2 on nymphs (eventually came off after running hard downriver!) Several dead ones on the bank half eaten by otters. Its a long walk to the river - make sure you have studs in your boots the bedrock is pretty slippy.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

A blank today, no sign of fish above or below. Did hook one Grayling but lost it due to fishing barbless, well that’s my excuse.

Beautiful autumn colours on the Irfon this afternoon. Arrived to a hatch at Aberbwtran Pool, during which two grayling escaped the net on dry flies. Managed two more decent ones on beaded nymphs further down the beat. The river looked to be in fine fettle. Leaves starting to fall now.

2 Grayling

Caught an OOS trout absolutely perfect condition albeit I was after grayling. The river was low but extremely fast , need more practice fishing for grayling

1 Trout

Grabbed an afternoon on the Irfon, river is low, some lazy rises and plenty of refusals. Trout, 2 x 8-9”, Grayling, 1 x 10”, 1 similar lost at the net and on the final cast of the day a heavy 17” Grayling, all to #16 Greenwells. Visited by a herd of mares and foals who wanted to drink where I was fishing..beat a retreat!

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Stopped here on the way back from another beat, arrived at 5.30pm.
French leader and Nymphs worked deep took the fish, best Grayling was 2lb

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

2 Trout

6 Trout

Lovely beat. Fished from 11am to 6pm. Cloudy all day. Very little surface activity. Grayling caught on size 18 CDC emerger pattern.

2 Grayling

After leaving the Upper Irfon beat I thought I’d stop off at Aberbwtran mainly out of interest in seeing if the Grayling shoal I found last week was still in the same place..it was and I caught 5 fighting fit fish between 12”-15” all came to a #16 Griffiths Gnat. An hour of rain put them down and I hooked and lost one other to a #16 tungsten hares ear.

5 Grayling