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Slightly misty conditions in morning. Started at Bridge Pool in the faster water and picked up 5 grayling fishing across and down with a team of spiders and a beadhead bug on the point. Moved up to the tail of rock Pool where the same tactics yielded another 8 grayling. Grayling mainly taking the beadhead bug point fly. Both these beats are full of salmon parr, which augers well for the future. 3 nice brown trout taken from the Ty Mawr pool on beadhead hare's ear flies.

3 Trout, 13 Grayling

A lovely warm day with not too much sunshine, little wind and the water clear at 1ft 1" on the Llanstephan guage. Arrived later than expected at about 10am to find fish rising and accepting emergers, particularly the UB Duck's Dun. Then fished some faster water further up the beat with success, particularly on tung-head, stripped quill nymphs. Returned to this section later in the day fishing duo, traditional and Tenkara, to find rising and non-rising fish taking a grizzle Elk Hair Caddis in preference to nymphs. Then had a rather frustrating hour at the end of the day with fish seemingly rising to an ant fall - many fish being moved but most proving difficult to hook but we still finished the day with yet more grayling and some trout. Took other fish during the day on spiders, nymphs and other dries and emergers. Lost count of the grayling but had at least 60 fish - mainly 8-10" with only 6-8 of 12-13". Of the trout, most were 10" or less but one larger fish of 12" took the nymph during the morning session. Quite a bit of fly around during the day - mainly YMs, stonefly, some small olives and latterly the ants! A fun day during which, remarkably, we both managed to stay dry (quite an achievement given recent experiences on both parts, and the slab hazards on the beat!).

15 Trout, 60 Grayling

The top of the beat was a little difficult to find but once located it was a lovely bit of river. Hooked a salmon in Bridge Pool and performed a long distance release after 20 seconds. Did not get to Rectory Pool as I struggled to find the access.

2 Trout

1', bit of colour after heavy rain over weekend. Skuds of rain.
Was working in the area so took a few hours to have a go. Tried the likely places, but no luck-nothing seen. Egret flew over.

Very good day, a total of 38 fish caught - Salmon Parr, Trout, Chub & Grayling. Style:- Dry fly/Nymph/Czech nymph/high sticking method of fly fishing with nymphs. Great guide with Kim Tribe.

10 Trout, 10 Grayling, 1 Chub, 8 Other

Fished a couple of hours in the evening, mainly with the purpose of testing out a new switch rod. There were plenty of sedges about and a few blue winged olives hatching but not much surface activity from the trout. Caught a few up to about 13" and a small grayling, mostly on nymphs in the faster water with a couple falling to a black klinkhammer.

7 Trout, 1 Grayling

Another nice day. No salmon seen or caught.

Really enjoyed my day at the Rectory. The weather played ball, was expecting heavy storms but never happened. River was low but started to rise a little and colour up slightly. Decided to fish above the bridge in the morning. Had a few small trout on the long flat water and the Tail of the Rock Pool produced Grayling, pretty much one a cast for a while, once I got it right. Bumping shrimps along the bottom was pretty deadly.
Using the same method on the Bridge Pool caught me my first Barbel on a fly. No Monster, about half a pound, but very welcome.
After a couple of pints and food at The Bridge Inn I fished the lower end of the beat. Very Beautiful, challenging fishing. Not easy access in places, but that's wilderness fishing. Loved it. Caught plenty of trout, nothing massive, all about 4-8 inches. Further down saw fresh Salmon jumping around.
To sum up, a beautiful place which you will never fish all of in 1 day. Various water types, shallow rapids, long runs, and some very deep holes. Will be back.

8 Trout, 10 Grayling, 1 Barbel

Stayed at The Griffin which, besides good ale and food, allowed an early 5am start. They also allowed me breakfast at midday.
From the start saw two fish show in the neck of The Rectory, one coloured the other silver, both about 10lb. This offered encouragement. Along with cooler early morning temperatures, cloud cover faded as the morning progressed and temperatures increased. Just a few trout taken in the faster water at head.

3 Trout

Beautiful day, no fish seen or caught.