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A lovely day without yesterday's harsh downstream wind. River at 0.6m on the Cilmery guage. Some upwings, but little fly to get fish going and so, few rises. We both fished duo for most of the day then, given the success of the floating duo flies, went just to dry for a while, tried bugging (to no avail in DC's case) and latterly spiders in GW's (with some success). Had about 35 fish between us on the day, about fifteen of which were grayling and the rest trout from small to 14". A few grayling of 10" but most over 12" and several of 14-16", up to around 1.5lb. Fish taken on nymphs and on either Elk Hair Caddis or Grayling Steel Blue. Others were missed or came off and, of course, there was "the one that got away" - a big smash-take by a large trout which disappeared with the EHC! All in all, a lovely day's fishing on a beautiful beat.

River in good condition first thing, but coloured up and started rising mid afternoon. Fished dry fly and finished up with two small trout and four grayling to 14".

2 Brown Trout and 2 Grayling. The rest little Trout. Frank williams was my guide the day before. The river was with tobacco color but a little clear. All catch and release of course. The Foundation gave me the guide contact.

1 small trout but still an enjoyable day. River level was high but fishable.

1 grayling about 1 1/4lb, nice fish but very little trout activity apart from a few rising fish and one or two takes from small fish. This was disappointing considering that the river seemed in good condition (falling and clearing after rain 2 days previously, and plenty of fly life, sedges and small upwings).

No fly during the day until some late afternoon Sedges appeared. Hardly a rising fish at any time - August days! Fished duo most of the day and was grateful for 9 Grayling and 2 Trout and dropped a couple more. 7 fish to PT or GRHE nymphs and 4 to Grayling Steel Blue and EH Caddis. 2 Grayling of 14" and one lovely 17" fish of 1.75lbs. All fish returned.

Washed off. Nil. Gutted.

A cracking day. 7 or 8 trout to 10", 10 or so grayling to 17" and loads of parr. Fished mainly dry or duo and all but one trout came to the dry - most successful pattern being a large LT Klink.

Unfortunately mid afternoon they got the forecast right, torrential downpour and washed off the river. The Irfon rose rapidly, coloured within 15 minutes there were logs floating past quiet an impressive rate of rise!
Managed just a couple of trout before being wiped out by the rise. Amazing that on the way home other rivers literally only 10 miles away had not been affected. Ah well try another day.

Started well. Two trout 10", 12" and a 14" grayling, also a good trout lost, all within the first hour or so on a CDC Dun. Missed a couple of takes in the second half of the morning, then nothing for the rest of the day.