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2hrs on a very sunny low river. 8 small 5-9 ins wbt in relatively quick succession. Retired early soaked in sweat for a much needed shower! Phew !

8 Trout

Weather mixed, sunshine early in the day with light winds and cloudy with a stiff breeze on the afternoon. River looking good at a reasonable level.

We struggled today, nothing on nymphs and only the occasional rise to the dry. My fishing partner MB did the best today taking 3 to my 1, mostly taken on a hopper type fly.

4 Trout

Great beat. Covered most of the main beat with very little showing. There were a few hatches coming off but very little action from the fish. Two trout caught on a nymph.

2 Trout

First visit to the river this season. Not much going on

Well first session out really since the move to Rhayader ... now bang in the thick of some awesome fly fishing for wild brownies, from all the reservoirs and mountain llyns to the feeder streams and of course the proximity of a lot of the wild streams ...

I did a recce of the Llanidloes stretch of the Upper Severn a couple of days ago , concerning levels for February and to be honest the Ithon wasn't any better !!!! Low and running clear, but on a fairly decent section , managed three shots , one after another pretty much, all feisty for their five inches !! Nothing decent showing in the three hours I was there between ten and one ....

Three good constant days rain would be just the ticket .... its worrying for the start of the brownie season if I'm honest ... the Cambrian catchment streams should be pokey this time of year ...the Elan dams are all full , including Claerwen .... that's something I guess !! I'll head to one of my favourites on season start , see how the mop flops .... clients have been ringing me and emailing for river bookings which is nice but I fear with our " new" climate a mountain Llyn early bells may be the answer to some sport .... anyway on a high note , a lovely day , bit parky with the North wind , and nice to get some on the PTN , albeit tiny , cest la vie that's fishing hey ......

3 Grayling

1 Grayling

Arrived about 10am water level quite low sun out. Fished the lower reach of this beat. Only fish seen were realy small hence the 3 others. 2 tiny trout and a minnow. The grayling took me and the klinkhammer by suprise just as the rain set in. The raun turned heavy so packed in at 5pm.

11 Grayling, 3 Other

The river was coloured with recent rain. A few hours fishing no fish caught on this occasion.

Low water and water tinged cold afternoon with a downstream breeze. Few rises seen. Fished both dry and nymph to no avail.

One 8in brown off the top.
The river bed is pretty well covered in green blanket weed which makes fishing unpleasant. Hopefully this will disappear. in the winter. River seemed pretty lifeless with only one or two rising fish, again I hope this is due to the low flow and the grayling have moved down into the main river system.

1 Trout