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No fish caught, but a very pleasant few hours in the sunshine on an attractive looking beat.

The river was up a foot or so and carrying a tinge of colour. It looked good. However, the fish weren't as enthusiastic as us and it was a slow morning. We bumped into the other anglers sharing the beat and they complained about the lack of swims. It's not a problem we have at Caradoc, there's too much choice for us! We fished hard and were eventually rewarded with a barbel each and a smattering of chub, including the same fish falling to my rod twice in an hour! A difficult day.

1 x trout 6 inches, 2 x grayling 7 inches and 14 inches on dries. I avoided the floods by fishing the Elan tailwater below the dams, but didn't have much success until I reached the steeper gradient at the top of the beat where just a couple of good fish were rising. I caught one and missed the other! A beautiful-looking piece of river, especially with the autumn colurs coming on.

Nil fish caught, decided to spend afternoon at Beacons.

Lovely stillwater although no fish caught.

None caught, lost a 5 lb grilse, suspect had another but it shook the hook before I had a chance to see it. If not that a huge brownie!!

Great day, lovely water.

No luck, will try again, hopefully when the river is in better condition ....I really liked this spot. Stayed at Gentle Jane's in Grosmont expensive but good......and a welcoming local pub.

Blank except for one good rise to light olive

6 x Barbel

Having been unable to fish Abernant the day before made our way nervously from our B&B in Hay (The Bridge, highly recommended, very good value) only to find the Wye as angry as the day before.

I know from past experience that the Irfon clears quicker than most other parts of the system so headed up to the Cammarch Hotel beats.

A warm welcome as ever from hotel's owner, Catherine, and some sobering advice - are you mad????

Again, river Irfon very swollen and coloured. Fished the Upper Beat in the morning and landed two pristine wbt 10" - 12" at the tail of the pool right at the bottom of the beat. Both fell to a weighted red tag to cope with current and colour and were returned safely.

Moved to the lower beat in the afternoon but only managed a small wbt as the conditions worsened. My brother-in-law unfortunately blanked but we both had an enjoyable session in spite of the conditions being stacked against us.

A very big thank you to Catherine at The Cammarch Hotel for the loan of the wading stick, invaluable and now on my Christmas list!