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river at a perfect height, fairly coloured but not horrific. have been determined to get a fish from this beat, but looks like another season may escape me.. always next time.

Saved the drive from Bristol, as I thought the river may still be too high / brown to get the best out of the beat, so did not fish. However seeing the reports, 2 fish came out of the Lower Llanstephan section on that day! Always learning - always wishing I HAD gone in the end! I do sometimes wonder if my life would be less restless without Salmon fishing in it... but then I reply: Where's the fun in that?

Beautiful small trout river that is clearly well looked after by the local angling association. There was a pretty good flow of water in the river without being overly turbid. Fished using a duo arrangement (nymph beneath a dry fly). In the morning caught on the nymph (PTN and later replaced with a red tag nymph), then caught trout on the dry fly (elk hair caddis) in the afternoon. Most trout caught between 7 1/2 inch and 10 inch. Fished upstream from Clun Bridge. 1 fish taken; the rest returned.

7 Trout

JH & AB fished the Craig Llyn beat for, maybe , some end of season brown trout, dry fly being the preferred choice, we were left wanting. A Grayling succumbed to what is regarded as a trout fly changed our pursuit of the spotty ones and seven ladies fell to the Grayling Steel Blue in the latter part of the afternoon. AB netted the pick of the bunch with a 19/20" fish. Hmmph !

7 Grayling

No fish caught.

2 Trout

Thought I would try the Ithon as the Wye was still high, but it was also high, fast & coloured - lucky to hook 1 good grayling on a nymph from a slower glide under an overhanging tree, c. 22" & est. 2lb + - good fish for this stretch. Put up a strong fight on a 15' Tenkara rod with lots of aerial action, but successfully landed & returned.

1 Grayling

Two trout caught on small bead-head nymphs on the edge of the fast water. One trout on dry fly (grey klinkhamer) later in the day. Plenty of rises later on but difficult to reach. The river was quite high and fairly colored - good conditions.

3 Trout

6 Trout