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My wife and I were on holiday in Cwm Irfon, so I booked the Upper Irfon beat for Tuesday and Wednesday.
I fished for 1.5 hours before breakfast and caught 5 small trout of 4oz or less. I saw several larger trout (1lb - 1.5lb), but couldn't tempt them.
I fished again for 1 hour at dusk, and caught 3 small trout.

8 Trout

Fished for two hours but saw no signs of fish in the clear, shallow, water. I got a good soaking after slipping over which, together with the cold rain, made a tactical retreat back to the car seem the right thing to do.

Cold and wet no evidence of any fish whatsoever in this part of the river. Only movement on the river from a large black dog fetching stick thrown in by owner.
Wild Stream?

I'm sure I read somewhere that the tributaries were a better bet early season? Wether this applies when it was minus silly degrees the night before, I don't know. At 09.00 this morning it was glorious though. The landscape this beat travels through is exceptional and the thought of having all day to spend on this two odd miles of river, whetted my angling appetite.
Not a bloody sausage! Now I don't profess to being the best fly fisherman but it would have been confirmation of my inabilities if I had even seen a fish! It was the strangest thing, some of the water would have been seen as a "banker" but nothing. I'm coming back in the summer when the water temp has risen, this beat has lots more to offer I'm sure of that.