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12 x grayling 12-18 inches, trotting with maggots. Irfon back in good condition. Most of them were a very nice size of around 15-16 inches.

Tough day, couldn't find any fish with the float rod but did have two chub on stewing steak and a couple of other bites while roving about. River was coloured and up a foot or two.

3 x grayling 14-18 inches, trotting maggot. Driving through heavy rain on the way up to Builth, it did strike me that I had been rather optimistic to book into Cefnllysgwynne with this much precipitation predicted. On arrival at 9 o'clock I found the Irfon already high, but still reasonably clear, so I made a start. After a bit, a very heavy trout took the bait close to the rod top and made a series of three jumps on its way downstream before opening the hook. That explained, to my mind, why there were no grayling on that spot. The river was now rising but after a while I began to get bites a long way downstream, and took a grayling of 14 inches, followed by two lovely fish at 17 inches and 18 inches, both of which took a long time to play up-current. However, by this time the river had risen drastically, coloured up and become full of debris. The fish switched off and it was all over by 11 o'clock.

Very dull and windy with persistent rain. Fished from 9am to 4pm had the one Grayling 15" safely returned at around 2pm on an olive czech nymph and that was it. Only fished the beat from the top weir down, too many snags and obstructions in the top half through the wood, may be fishable if some of the debris was removed. Also had the pleasure of two sets of canoesist pass through (one party several strong).

Lyepole has always been a favourite venue of mine for a good days winter fishing. However on this day it was not to be, I caught just three fish, two tiddlers and one good grayling of around 2lb. This fish had half of its tail bitten off and scars caused by a beak on its back. Hard to believe the fishing was this bad on a perfect river, with mild sunny conditions. It has been a poor winter for grayling fishing, roll on the trout season and some warm weather.

Eight chub on a thoroughly miserable day, seven to my companion. Thoroughly miserable! We booked on the Friday when the forecast was better with a hopeful desire to catch a last barbel before heading off to the himalayas to circumvent another member of the family (may he be as heavy as Sir Roger). It wasn't to be, but we fished hard all day and found the chub shoals in the gullies mentioned in the description. We'll be back later in the year as this beat looks excellent for a summer barbel or two, or maybe three...

A lovely warm day with the river at a good height and with slight colour. The fishing though was very slow. Even the dace were elusive and I only saw one fish rise all day. Just one bite all day despite trying all the likely spots - this resulted in an out of season brownie about a pound.

16 grayling to 2lb 4oz and 2 brown trout, one over 2lb. Also a 4lb chub which frightened me to death. I thought I'd hooked the mother of all grayling until I got sight of it!

4 Barbel to 6lb 15oz and 2 Chub to 4lb 13oz. Three fish taken early on with a chub early afternoon, then a long wait until 4pm when I had the final two barbel which were both over 6lb. All fish accepted ledgered Halibut Pellets.

First time here so didn't know the ropes. Bumbled about a bit until I found a knowledgeable angler who did know the ropes and put me right. However still struggled and whilst I don't believe in luck I suppose it must have played a part for whilst he had a load of fish I had but 4 tiny grayling that would have been hard pressed to make a pound between them. Trotting with red maggot. Air temp 8 deg. water temp 5 deg.