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River clear and at a good height (0.5 on the Cilmery gauge). Weather overcast, warm but with a persistent light drizzle. Despite such good conditions the fish were reluctant. We fished the top end of the fishery above the Grandstand and rose a few desultory fish to sparse hatches of Olives and Iron Blues and finished with three out of season trout and three or four grayling all about 8 or 9 inches. No interest to "bugs" fished hard over the gravel runs.

14 grayling and 10 out of season brown trout.

2 x small grayling around 10 inches, 4 x out of season trout to 11 inches. A very tough session with the Irfon running very high and a lot of debris. When we arrived it looked just about fishable, but with ongoing showers it rose and coloured slightly more, only dropping back again late afternoon. So much for the excuses. On the plus side, the sun shone in between showers, there was a double rainbow and the Irfon valley was looking at its most beautiful with trees in full autumn colours. As David said, standing in the Irfon at this time of the year is rather like being in one of Monet's paintings. Finished at dusk and found pub with a fire where we could drink whisky and warm up, while a distinct steam rose from under wader trousers.

Rain overnight certainly spoiled my day with the water up and leaves everywhere. The only place I dared to wade given the conditions was the Church catch. Water was starting to sort its self out by the end of the day but of course it was too late. Blank I'm afraid. Can I claim a wash off?

Two small grayling caught on PTN. The river was quite high and rising during my visit. I covered most of the beat and never saw a single fish move on or near the surface. My hopes were raised for a moment when I heard several loud splashes under an oak tree. At first I though it was a big fish noisily taking something off the surface, but it turned out to be a clumsy sqirrel dropping acorns into the river. I found this a difficult day, but I'll be back.

There had been heavy overnight rain so the river was both rising and colouring up. Did not see a fish rise all day. Fished Czech nymph style and took half a dozen out of season trout and half a dozen grayling. Best fish was the first one - a grayling of a pound and a half or so but the others were all on the small side. Pink bugs proved the best patterns. Despite the awful weather (it continued to rain for most of the day) it was still a joy to be back on the Irfon. There cannot be many places that can match the beauty of this valley.

A good day all round but started very slow. No interest in the heavy bugs but later in the day we changed to dry flies and brought fish to the surface all over the fishery. Approx 20+ Grayling and a few WBT to the net with many more missed. The biggest fish being around 18in. Thank you again for a great day.

9 x grayling 8-16 inches, 7 x out of season trout 6-10 inches, mainly on dry Red Tag and Grayling Steel Blue. Sunless and suddenly cold, although the water was dropping to a good fishing level and clearing during the day. Just a few small Olives from midday but only the occasional fish rising and they were "picky." Met my pal DC of Moccas halfway up and he seemed to be doing better with the duo. The best grayling actually came to a heavy nymph along the bottom, just before dusk.

A cool day at 11 degrees, and the water even colder at 9 degrees. Winter is on its way. Will wear the thermal LJs from now on - brrrrrrr! Some olives on and off from about 11 a.m. but not too many fish rising to them. Mainly fished duo (but only two fish came to the nymphs) or just an emerger. Had no joy bugging. Finished the day with 8 grayling and 5 trout. Best trout 13-14" but most about 8-10". Had two 16", each about 1.75lb, and one 14" grayling; the rest 8-12". Rising or non-rising fish either took an E H Caddis or a small dark olive Duck's Dun. A really nice day on this lovely bit of water.

The morning proved quite difficult with just the odd fish here and there. During the early afternoon we managed to find a pod of fish which were more than happy to come to the surface to take the dry fly. From there on we had a good day both fishing to rising fish and prospecting with a Klinkhammer along much of the beat. Around 20-30 fish to the net with approx. 70% being grayling.