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Eels on luncheon meat (returned safely) but no sign of barbell or chub

2 Other

River was looking great with good colour and flow saw salmon rolling and a few trout rising. Picked up 3 trout swinging salmon flies biggest about 5lbs and then picked up a strong salmon hen of 10lbs! Lots of light rain but all in all a super day!

1 Salmon, 3 Trout

First time on the Irfon and found the wading at the bottom end challenging! Water up a bit and some colour,0.5 on the Abernant gauge. Rained heavily and winds gusting around 20 mph didn't help. All fish came from the tail of the top pool Trout 8 and 12 inches and a very nice Grayling of 16 inches.

What looked a double figure Salmon jumped in the top pool as I was leaving.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

2 Grayling

Having fished Aberbwtran in the morning and first time in the area I looked in on this beat. Only fished for an hour and covered the first few pools. Fishing duo on my Tenkara rod I had 1 on the Sedge dry and 3 on a bead nymph all around 8 inches. Definitely worth another look.

4 Trout

A red letter day ! Lost one of 14-15lb in rocks that spent most of its time in the air (so I had a really good look at it) before the hook pulled right at the net. Had a second one on for 10 seconds or so which then fell off. Feeling pretty sorry for myself at that point but the next three of 11lb, 12lb, and 14lb all stuck so smiles all round ! Well not for Chris or James who didn't have a pull I guess (although both maintained their sense of Humphreys throughout) but I wasn't doing anything special. Down and across with a slow sinktip and a conehead. Water was at 1'9" and dirty from overnight rain. Visibility was poor (less than 1ft) but it cleared during the day and dropped to 1'6". Drive back to London was an easy one for a change !

3 Salmon

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We booked for six but only four were able to make the trip. River seemed very low - we don't fish this stretch often enough to know what 'normal' level is - but we were saved by cloudy weather and showers which resulted in the occasional bite throughout the day.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Fished from 7 till 3pm started at the top section after 5 minutes we had the first barbel (7lb). Unfortunately that was all for the day, we changed spots every hour because of the lack of the bites so tried most of the sections and different baits too.
We left just before the heavy rain. From the other side, 2 lads were sitting in the middle of the river casting towards our side was not really enjoyable. However there were no canoeists :)

1 Barbel

Water level looked encouraging but did not touch a thing all day, despite fishing at all levels until the fast sinker started to catch the bottom. I have been to this beat a few times & I have never once seen a salmon moving? It would renew the batteries if one knew there were fish lying there. Resorted to the trout rod at lunchtime & had a few speculating with a No:18 grey duster pattern. Saw an Osprey cruising down the river 11ish & then an hour later a Peregrine handing over a dead pigeon to a juvenile in mid flight just over my head, along with a lot of squawking. Ended the day wet through above the waist (rain) but happy that I still had my wallet this time.

Thanks to all at WUF.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling