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First time on this new beat – a lovely stretch of water with plenty to go at. Access is great from the bottom car park, you can zig-zag your way upstream, in the water for the most part and having to get out into the field when you reach a few of the deeper pools. It was tough going – it seems to be more about quality, than quantity on these beats. Both grayling and one of the OOS trout were over 40cm.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

5 Grayling

A hard frost and an east wind probably wasn't the ideal conditions. So a Nil return. But a nice beat with good access and some interesting looking water. Look forward to seeing it in the spring.

Weather - clear , cold and frosty first thing . River low and clear . Line freezing in rings till midday when cloud cover came
Method - trotting .. red maggot
Returns - hooked 9 fish , lost one trout , lost one very big grayling .. had seven Grayling all over 1lb the biggest were 1lb 15oz 2lb 1oz, 2lb 1oz and 2lb 3oz which is a dream session for me
Other observations - because of the boundary fencing and high banks be prepared to Wade across river and back again to get from one field to another but thigh waders suffice easily for this in the low conditions. Great fishery and a big thanks to Allyson for assistance

7 Grayling

15 Grayling

3 x grayling, 17, 17 and 18 inches, 3 x out of season trout 12-16 inches, trotting. First time on this new beat in a sort of continual mountain mist/drizzle, and I can see it will take some learning. I spent a lot of time working out the access via the little fields at the bottom end - there are no styles and lots of fences so best to zig-zag your way up the river. Steep gradient with lots of fast running shallows, gravel flats and slate ridges and very open - a little like the upper Ithon. Where are the grayling shotts though? I had the impression of not a big head of fish altogether, but a few big ones if you can bump into them.

3 Grayling

Caught 2 good sized grayling

2 Grayling

Fished the top half of the beat. Failed to find the grayling but one oos trout grabbed my nymph. One salmon moving around.

1 Trout

5 Trout, 5 Grayling

Grayling we’re hard to come by but numbers of trout were high

12 Trout, 2 Grayling